St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-27
The Apparition Of a Girl and
Her Babe Troubles a
Household.
Circumstances Indicate That
They We're Both Murdered
by a Farmer.
A Spook Which Was Seen in
Front Of a Family
Crate.


Part XIV. of its proceedings, containing
articles Oil apparitions, duplex person
atty and seanees with the celebrated
medium, d. ID. Home, says an Ottawa
special to the New York Sun.
The following case comes from Mr..
Wilfred Ward land Lord Tennys0n. for
whom it was first committed to writing
some years ago.. 1t was sent by Mrs.
Penne, of ST. Anne de Beaupre, Quebec.
daughter of the late William Ward "a
Conservative NJ. P.), and sister of the
late Rev. A. B. Ward, of Cambridge:
weston Manor, Freshwater, Isle of
Wight, 1SS4.-lt was in the year 1886
that my husband took me to live at a
house called Binstead, about five miles
from Charl0ttetOwn. Prince Edward
Island. 1t was goOd-siZed house. and
at the back had been extended to allow
of extra offices, since there were about
200 acres of farm land around it.
neeessitating several resident farming
men. Although forming part of the
house, these premises could only be en-
tered through the inner kitchen, as no
wall had ever been broken down to
form door or passage from upstairs.
Thus the farming mems.
SLEEPING ROOMS
were adjacent to those occupied by the
family and visitors, although there was
no communication through the upstairs
corridor. 1t was always in or near the
sleeping apartment immediately ada
cent to the mems that the APP
partition was seen, and as that was
one of our spare bed rooms, 1T may
frequently have been unpereeived.
About ten days after we had established
ourselves at BinStead. we commenced
hearing strange noises. For many
weeks they were of-very frequent 0c-
currenee and were heard simultane-
ously in every part of the house, and
always appeared to be In close prox-
unity to each person. The noise was
more like rumbling. which made the
house vibrate, like that produced by
dragging a heavy body, which one so
often hears in ghost stories AS spring
came OH we began to hear shrieks, which
would grow fainter or louder, as ii some
one was being chased around the house,
but always eliminating in Yolley OF
shrekS, SobS, means, and half-uttered
words, proceeding from beneath tree
that stood at little distance from the
dinngroOm window. and whose
branches nearly touched the window OF
the bedroom have mentioned.
's.It was in February Il think, 1857, that
THE FIRST APPARITI0N
came under my notice. Two ladies were
sleeping in the bedroom. OF course,
for that season of the year a fire had
been lighted in the CRATE, and the tire
place really contained CRATE, and not
an American substitute for one. ABOUT
9 o'clock Mrs. M. was awakened by
bright light which prevailed the room.
She saw woman standing by the fire.
place. On her left arm was young
baby, and with her right hand she was
stirring the ashes, over which she was
slightly STOPPING. Mrs. NJ. pushed Miss
C. to awaken her, and just then the fig
ure turned her face toward them, dis
closing the features of quite a
Young woman with singularly
anxious. pleading look upon her
face. They took notice OF little
check shawl which was crossed over her
bosom. Miss G. had previously heard
some tales concerning the house being
haunted (Which neither Mrs. Nj. nor
had ever heard), so, jumping to the con-
clusion that she beheld a ghost, she
screamed and pulled the bedclothes
tightly over the heads of herself and
her companions: so that the Seduel or
the ghosts proceedings is unknown.
1.-The following spring. went home to
England, and just before starting had
my own
EXPERIENCE OF SEEING A GHOST.
! had temporarily established myself
in the room, and one evening, finding
my little daughter now Mrs. Amyot)
far from well, hac he bed wheeled
i'm beside mine that | might at
tend to her. About Il O'Clock |
got up to give her some medicine. and
was feeling for the matches, when she
called my attention to brilliant light
shining under the door. | exclaimed
that it was her papa, and threw open
the door to admit him. l found myself
face to face with a woman. She had
baby on her left arm, a check
shawl crossed over her bosom,
and all around her shown a
bright. pleasant light. whence
emanating | could not say. Her look at
me was one of eD'reaty, almost agoni-
Zing entreaty. She did not enter the
room, but moved across the staircase,
vanishing into the opposite wall.eXactly
where the inner man-servant's room
was situated. Neither my daughter nor
myself felt the slightest alarm; at the
moment it appeared to be matter.
of common occurrence. When Mr.
Fennoe came up stairs, and told him
what we had seen, he examined the
wall, the staircase. the passage. but
found no trace of anything extraordin-
airy. Nor did my dogs bark.
ION my return from England in 1858
| was informed that the creature had
been carrying on but it. was the
screams that had been the worst. How
ever, Harry. a farm servant, had sever
al visits, but
WOULD TELL. NO PARTICULARS.
81 never could get Harry TO tell me
much. He acknowledged that the
foot of his bed, but he would not tell me
more. One night Harry had certainly
been much disturbed in mind, and the
other man heard voices and sobs. Moth
ing would ever induce Harry to let any
one share his room, and he was most
careful to fasten his door. AT the time
| attached no importance to his ways
as we called them.
.sIn the autumn of the following year.
1859, my connection with BinStead
ceased, for we gave up the house and
returned to Charlottetown. left Prince
Edward Island in 1861, and went to
Quebec. In 1877 happened to return
to the island. and spent several months
Uilcrt. VII UdN l. was Tue oiSbOp sSSi-
dence when the parish priest came in
with letter i'm his hand. He. asked me
about my residence at BinStead, and
whether could throw any light on the
contents of his letter. 1t was from the
wife of the then owner of Binsted, ask
ing him to come out and try to deliver
them from the ghost or 4 young woman
with baby in her arms, who had ap-
peared several times.
after | went to live in Charlotte
town l became acquainted with the fol-
lowing facts which seem
TO THROW LIGHT ON MY GHOST STORY.
The ground on which Binstead stood
had been cleared in about 1910 by rich
Englishman, who had built very nice
house. Getting tired of colonial
life. he sold the property to man
whose name forget, but | will
call Pigott THAT was like the name). He
was man Of low tastes and Immoral
habits, but a capital farmer. 1t was he
who had added all the back wing of the
house. and made the necessary divis-
.