The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-12-25
STRANGEScENESIN SUMTER
A Little Colorel Girl by Some UneNplain-
ed Power Smashcs up Crockery, Breaks
up Furniture, and does Il Number of
TueyDlaincd Acts.

cOnSlQefaDly pUZHIeu Dy lile SltallSe Au"hA-
fcstations OF some hidden force which seems
to follow the little colorcd girl Daisy Rob
inS1n. She is quite IN ordinary looking
girl Of about u years of age, and has a rath.
er subdued or languid look out OF her eyes.
She seldom smiles and seems to gaze list
leSS!y around at the crowd CT white and col
ored people of both sexes and all ages who
are continually going to see her, some Of
them two or three times 4 day. Daisy $
| mother is dead and her father resides in
Camden, but she lives with her aunt, who
is employed as a servant by Nh. +. A.
Treadwel, an excellent gentleman, who
with his estimable wife have both seen and
beard things which, being vouched for by
them, cannot be disputed.
Your correspondent is quite skeptical In
such matters, having several years since
with the assistance of friend, exposed and
broken up certain pretended spiritual man
| ifestatiops of a very similar nature; so IN
company with one or two friends he accept
ed the kind invitation extended and pro-
ceeded to investigate and fpossible see with
his own eyes some OF the strange sights 60
ing on, feeling quite confident of an easy
solution OF the matter. This little party
were happily more successful than many
others had been, for only very small pro-
portion of the large number continually
tocking to the place hayc had the good for
tune to see or hear anything unusual. Had
the unknown power been at all accommo-
dating and manifested itself to only one
half the people who have been to Mr.. Tread
wells, it would have been a sad atdlct!on to
,,s.tlouasertir not only would all the
household effects Of Daisy and her aunt and
several other colored persons who reside on
the premises, have been utterly demolished,
but also all the worldly effects of Mr.. and
Mrs Treadwell Their houses, fences and
everything else would have gone in the same
way. Therefore they are to be be congratu-
lated that the strange manifestations occur,
as it were, only enthusiastically.
When the little party referred to above
reached the premises of Mr.. Treadwell they
were cordially invited by that gentleman to
repair at once to the room which Daisy oc-
cupies. Everybody was excluded from the
room except Mr.. Treadwell, Mr. c. E.
Stubs, Mr.. J. F. Pate and q friend of his
(whose name We did not learn Daisy Rob
inson, colored man, William Tate, who
held the lantern, and your correspondent.
The door of the room was closed and faS-
tened on the inside to prevent anyone COM
ing in and disturbing the party, who all
stood in a semi i-circle facing Daisy, who was
sitting near the door. In the room was a
bed, bureau, cupboard, and a small
chair. The crockeryware Tor rather all that
was left Ct it, for it had nearly all been
brokeh up) of Daisy's aunt, who occupied
the room with her, was packed away in o
bucket under the bed.
For few minutes the party was silent
awaiting developments. but gradually gen.
erai conversation was INDUCED in upon the
subject which had brought us to the place,
each member of the party keeping IN eye
on Daisy Ill the time. Suddenly large,
heavy tea cup was thrown upon the floor at
our feet. 1t spun round few times, struck
Mr. Pate on the foot and rolled into the
fireplace. The cup was not seen until our
attention was attracted by its striking the
floor. Mr. Pate is certain, from the direc-
ton from which it struck his foot that it
came from under the bed. All the party
were positive that Daisy did not throw it,
as she was not seen to move muscle neith-
er could the colored man have thrown it
without detection, as he was Standing IN the
semi-circle with the party Your CORES
pondent to satisfy himself and the rest of
the party took the lantern, and carefully
searched under the bed to see if anyone was
concealed there, but no one was there. The
whole room was afterwards examined, and
was found to be closely sealed above and all
round. The floor is tight, and careful ex-
animation from the outside failed to reveals
crack that even 4 ten cent piece could have
been thrown through.
The party was completely nonplussed,
and after waiting q few minutes without any
further developments dispersed. Two of
into the resiAeRca of Mr.. Il read
WE'LL where a few moments were spent very
pleasantly discussing the strange occur
rences. Many good and estimable people
whose names might be given and whose
word cannot for an instant be doubted lave
told your correspondent of some very
strange things which they have seen and
heard, such as mysterious rappings the
overturning of I heavy bureau standing on
q secure foundation, when no one was near
enough to touch it. Cups, plates, saucerS.
vases shovel, tongs, candlesticks, kerosene
lamps, fire dogs, etc, have by them been
seen to leap into the center Of the room with
considerable force, sometimes being broken
into atoms and other times not being in
jured at all. There IS undoubtedly some
unseen force being excited in q very myste-
rious manner, and it seems to have been
utterly impossible that these things can be
caused by any human agency without de-
lection long before this time.
Yesterday morning Daisy was taken from
Mr.. Treadwell.s by her sister and carried 20
her house at Mr.. G. E. Stubs Since then
singular and seemingly supernatural oc-
currenccs have not been manifested at Mr..
TreadwellS but have been going on at
great rate ut Mrs Stubbss. Lettie Robin
son, Daisy's sister, says she cannot afford
such costly entertainments for the public,
and does not know what to do in the matter,
as she cannot turn her sister out of doors,
and says that this morning while Daisy was
eating her breakfast, the bedstead in her
room was actually wrenched to pieces by an
unseen power. These things are indeed
very strange, and as yet not even the faint
est hint at solution Of the matter has been
given by any one.-Ne,cs and Courier.
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