Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-21
A HAUNTED HOUSE


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S,r,arlla Tex correspondent OF
,hs S. Louis G!obs-DsmoeTaf Says
mon the country road leading from
N. Mace 10 Richmond. the county
eat q an old deserted house that bears
he reputation Of being haunted. and 10
.o,.sauenes Is avoided By the eolored
,soUls At night, and i only passed 10
broad daylight when company IS 70 90
,ad The house presents most DESC
ate appearance with is shalterless
yipdows and ruined chimney. II Is
notable fact that no green thing grows
within one hundred feet Of this house
Al ar,unI il as bare Is II ire had laid
ysste. but outside tbs barren circle
immense oaks aud lofty elms stand
Ike giant sentinels draped 10 The gray
moss that adds. with rs funeral hang
lpss, 10 the ghostly aspect OF tbs place.
Various eItraYaganl stories are 10
.ircnlation regarding this haunted
house, but no one has possessed any
accurate knowledge Of is historf and
mystery. The oldest Inhabitants 10
me- county say that thirty years ago
lie place looked very much the same
4 / does now. Ia Iced. deeayed and
.u.ncI - il IS il seems AS II time has
40 poWeS 70 demulish IL That i has
been left A. d monument OF 4 iFightiul
zine was proved by the sights vii.
aessed thin il few highis ago ~
TWO wol!-aunW4 farmers o. this urlgh-
borhooI One Of these gentlemen
was ding along the ROAD which runs
lb0ut two hundred yards from this
house, wnea his horse suddenly SHE'D
a4i MI bat threw him. The animal
" 5 NJ, ogdinart saddle horse. aud had
never been known 10 10 sneh = thing
before. 80 Mr.. y couelullel that some
small insect had bitten him. for the
moon. shining brightly. shovel lhat
there wns no one near NJ least Ia tho
roatL The large trees asd under
growth on boIh sides. however. pre-
vented BIN FROM seeing any great die.
tnnc. 10 The right OF left. The horse
refused 10 stir. and on Be ng struck
with the whip reared % and thea be-
gsn 10 whluuy. ~ Il Ia fright MF A.
nov doei,isd 10 slight. and vas ab0ag
% 90 50 when something ran across
tbs road. emerging from the nader
brush on Mo left and dsrting a Tho
direction - tbs house Il Was gOas
b. a second. bus Mr. \ saw that & vas
= human form. bsnt aui tatst~d IN =
most unnatural manner. add about The
q Of = tWe,ye-ycar < RI
Whether the gsullrmgu would have
tarrrI a. investigate Ghr mallsr alone
had not his horse decided ia Ibs mega.
. tisr. will never D. kuawr. for TIC 81.
garinus a3tual took % his heels aud
. never stopped until be reached home.
7 BuI Mr.. y, persuaded his brother a.
law Mr. A, 10 spend tho uss, ghg
/ with hins IN the h1unlej house. and.
I equipped with double. barrelgd SHOT.
Z guns, revolver. aud plenty Of candles.
( tho two departed On reaching tho
house bali dozen Of the candles were
7 disposed about the smaller % the two
I rooms the house contained. and the
I weapons handv. The second and back
I room was nearly twice AZ large. aad 10
the middle Of IL stood largo kettle
| somewhat like those used now tor boil.
I ing syrup In sugar mill. though Ihi,
had been there long before there wa
7 such thing AZ sugar mill Ia tha
country. This kettle Was red with rust
\ and entirely empty.
] The gentlemen. Attsv brief lnspse
! ton, returned 10 tho front room. Tn,
windows were guiltlssa Of glass aud th,
shnl.erS Rs | said before. wero gone,
so that the wind causcd the candles "a
glare titfully. An unnatural aiienc,
reigned, which Dir. A. found so opprcs
sive that no proposed a gamo Of card,
70 his companion. who consented
Ihey played about an hour. when
81 Hing 0dor, like tho fumes OF sulphur
filled the room and hand. long. hairy
and gnarled. with cruel. hooked lin
gorS made clutch at tho cards an
flung them TO tho floor. Tho ham
alone was visible. All about and be
yond the wrist was curling smoke Tn
men sprang to their feet and Mr.. A
made an attempt 10 seize tho hand. bu
II was gone and bali howl. half laugl
ran through tho room.
! Mr. n. says be felt himself slappe,
In the face and could not see VII,
dealt the blow. Running 70 the gun
they found that the charges Of boil
bad been drawn. and the revolver wa
dripping wet. though all three weap
ons had been In their sight al through
the game Of cards The interior of N,
room was dimly but sufficiently llyhto,
by the candles to show them eyery OBJ
lect IN IT, aud the sulphurous smell wa
unaccompsnled by any smoke. Will,
they gazcd uneasily NJ each other IN,
house was violently shaken and erie,
OF exultation. terror. and pain brok,
out from every part Of II, making
horrid medley. There was n sound q
running. naked feet In the back room.
i ana the two men made n rush for N
lhe crazy door between the two apart
ments was slammed loudly as Tho,
passed through They found the room
Illuminated with an unsarthly. yellow
'sh Nght. which, curiously enough an
peared to emanate from the old ksttle
WI On, upon being approached WA,
found to DO filled with simmerIng
transparent mass. evidently hot. III
Enough there was no FIRE beneath ~,
Kettle. While they looked Tho SOM,
OF the naked feet flying about the room
was still heard. and presently tho cen.