Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-12

feet, bat IN q short ttmeit appeared 20 reform
again, after which no exertiun ne was capa-
bic OF could yet rid OF Il, and II remained,
still pressing tts heavy weight upon 81.
breast, until daylight, when he was found
10 The condition above described. Belts
never Tally recovered from the effects OF his
nights stay In the haunted ROOM.
Captain ~Eoyhnrst slept I'm the same room.
lie saw an object which looked Ike a bead.
lees nan. lie cannot be prevailed mon 10
stay another night in the house.
Two men named Wolserton were en- route
home one night, driving an OK team. When
on top OF the hill opposite TIE Belts farm
they say they heard The boof.bests a. Of a
squadron OF cavalry, with the clanklng Of "a.
bres and low.tOned commands Of an officer.
Directly they san them coming down the
road ~ their direction. The cattle also
appeared 10 see them, and, becoming fright
ened, rem on down the hill into the woods.
As the troop approached one Of the W0lver-
tons spoke, when the mystic cavalry In
slantly disappeared. The cattle were not
fonnd until The next day.
A short time ago three men who were
driving through from Clay county passed
the Bets farm about II or IL O'Clock at
night. As they were driving along the bill
side. singing and whistling. something about
the size OF a man. but Of q peculiar, uncarny
shane. appeared "a Goat out Of the woods to-
wards them. The men sat looking, wonder
ing what Il was. when II appeared 20 glide
through the air directly into the wagon.
The men were chilled 20 the marrow and
psralyzed with fright. Their team ran ter
ror stricken down the road for n mile before
tncy recovered their senses, and when they
did they found that the object which bad
f.-a---4 49,. ~ thrgu arfr.uf. IaH At
appeared.
ANOTHER man who was riding in The dircc-
ton q Granville one night met with the
phantom. or Whatever 1t was. near The same
500, where the Wolyertons met the cavalry.
The object, he says. was indescribabie. II
wa. seen by his horse, which took fright and
ran of with him.
Henry Newman. a w~ell-knOvD timber
man, also had an experience. Newman - a
msn'six feet or more IN height and i noted
Tor bis courage. lie told the World CORE
spondent that he stayed in the haunted room
one night through mere curiosity. Some
time during the night the beG.clJthing was
dragged of him by something which be took
10 boz \ cat. lie replaced 70 on the bed alter
having examined every nook and Granny IN
tic room aud finding nothing, alter which
the same object renewed the attack upon tue
bed-clothcs. Mr.. Newman doesn't believe
I'm ghosts or the return Of spirits TO this
/ sphere. but ne saws there Is something un9c-
countable about IL and be doesn't banker
after auotber Interview.
The female members Of the Belts family
make no denial Of these stories. They have
I often admitted that there is an uncIucidatcd
/ something which attaches 10 that locality.
Pc9ule all over Calhoun are familiar with
/ these stories. and although OF course there are
many who have 4 vein N superstition there
are many other, Who try TO explain u all on
/ the theory that there are sOme poisonous or
mcDhctic gases which arise under tnat part
/ OF tine house aud cause the expressions aud
fearful sights seen by the slceper-, but this
theory docs not account for 1t, Is some time
/ since the old house was torn down and anew
! one built NJ some distance away and that,
too, is said 10 De occupied Dog the same my,-
tory. Since the rebuilding Of the Bets house
several parties have been nearly frightened
10 death on the mountain side by the APP
pearance Of some Notwithstanding object.