Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-31
BELIEVEIN GHOSTS.

Some Saratoga Citizens Say They See Spook
ana Spirits.
New York Sun.
John NJ. Eddy, prosperous farmer
living two miles south of Saratoga, n. Y.
habitually wears on the little finger of his
left hand a heavy ring. An incident oc-
Cured recently in connection with this
ring which caused Mr.. Eddy to prize it
so much that he says he would not be
willing to part with it at any price.
"A short time ago." said Mr.. Eddy, 81
was at work with my men in large field
cutting up corn and setting il up in
stocks. In the evening, while at supper,
1 noticed that my ring was gone. It was
lost but where and when | had not the
slightest idea. But to have lost the ring
worried me. Now I am no spiritualis st
nor medium" nor believe in ghosts, but
as true as you live, that night in my
dreams, or, at all events, in my sleep,
somebody came to me and told me just
where the ring was and showed me the
exact spot where / could find it. The
next morning, being impressed by the
vision, or whatever you choose to call it,
of the night before, went straight into
| the cornfeld, in the direction indice ted,
| and amid surrounding objects made
familiar by my dream, until recog nizing
the very stock of corn that had been
shown me, I removed it, and there,
pressed into the ground by the butts of
the stalks, was my lost ring, just as it had
been showed me in my sleep. I know
this seems like strange story" said Mr..
Eddy, but it is true, and tell you if
would take good deal of money to in
duce me to part with that ring"
Here is another strange incident:
There is an aged widow living in the near
suburbs of Saratoga who has a wonderful
gift or faculty for finding lost and es-
pecially stolen articles or money. A
notable instance of her marvellous gift
has just occurred. few days ago a
young woman servant in a wealthy family,
being about to leave her place, was paid
$50 in money, it being the wages due her.
The next day she discovered that her
money was gone, but whether lost or
stolen she could not tell. After several
days, during which many vain attempts
we're made to find or recover her money,
the girl having heard of the witch
woman" as she is called, went to her, ard
simply said: "Mother, 1 have lost $50.
Help me to find it," The old lady re-
garded her for a moment, and then, as in
trance, without speaking word, put on
her things and, taking the girl by the
hand, walked silently and swiftly to the
residence of the family where the girl had
recently been employed. On entering
the house, the living-room of the family,
young man sitting there was peremp-
torily told to take off a shoe and stocking
and submit to search. He did so. On re-
moving his stocking it was observed that
there was a bandage about the limb
reaching well up from the ankle, as
though put there to reduce sprain.
The old lady tore off this bandage from
the limb, and shaking it out there fell
from its folds the identical $50 which the
girl had lost-a $40 and tive $40 bills.
This is only one of many instances of
the wonderful faculty of the switch
woman" for finding lost and stolen arti-
cles. She says she doesn't know how she
does it, but suspects "that somebody
does it for her."