The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-03-05
CAN DOGS SEE GHOSTS9
ASPIRATIONS WHICH HAVE
FRIGHTENED THEM.
lawyer Who Proved to Hi' Own
Satisfaction Tn at Dog. and Horses
Fear Ghos ,s--aIiss Kembis's
Experlence.


soc and hear what we do not hear.
says the St Louis Globe Democrat
First OF all let us get to the facts
or the averred facts. In Rod and Gun
appears the following letter:
''SIa: There Is reason to believe
that animals see spirits At any rate.
I have very remarkable fact to re-
late There is in Devonshire a large
rambling old house which has long
had the reputation of being haunted.
Family after family tried to make 1t
their home. One after another they
gave it up al for the same reason
that was frequent spectral ongoings in
one OF tho corridors.
sometimes the ghost was seen by
one member OF tho household. while
it was invisible to others close by.
Sometimes mysterious sounds showed
the ghost to be about while he was
not visible to any OF the watchers.
The family that last occupied the
house thought fierce dog might set
tie the problem, on the superstition
that a human trickster was at the
bottom of the disturbance.
On the first night OF the dogs resi-
dence the SPECTRAL ratings were heard.
The watchers took the dog to the cor
ridor. True to the instincts OF his
nature. he rushed to the front barking
savagely. Suddenly whom half way
through the corridor the dog stopped
and gazed upward in evident terror.
His tail dropped, and then he retrcated
trembling. But to the human eye
nothing was visible"
This story is authenticated as COM
ing from persons Of unquestioned ve-
racity and excellent powers OF judg-
| tnent
A writer in the Charleston Demo-
crat says that he heard n lawyer Of
ability relate the following incident:
Perhaps you are not aware that
| dogs and horses are as much afraid OF
| ghosts as the most timid of the human
species. 1 proved 1t at one time on
two dogs. Not long after the war the
negroes were 30 bad about our place
in Kentucky that it was with difficulty
that we could keep our belongings on
our place. Every other method hav-
ing failed / finally hit upon the plan
OF frightening them by appearing be-
fore them dressed as ghost is said to
habilitate himself
.Of course, the negroes were sue
cessfully frightened away from us
but upon one occasion also frightened
our two watch dogs as badly as the
negroes The dogs were fierce fellows.
and would allow no stranger OF
strange thing on the place but one
moonlight night they came on me in
my spectral attire.
The first dog to come up to me
bumped up his back until all his feet
covered not more than six square
inches. His eyes stood out and his
hair stood up and he began moving
backward. never for n moment taking
his eyes from me- His companion
came up. went through the same
movement then both backed eau
tiously off together. AS long as could
see them they put distance between
US in that way.
"A few moments later / heard
them barking at home. half mile
distrnt They then took refuge under
the house. 1t was four DAYS before
we could coax them out OF their re-
treat"
II you will excuse me for turning
aside from the main thought / will
give one or two illustrations to show
that ghost seeing is not so improbable
as you have judged. Fanny Kemble
tells that when residing in Ritten.
house square. her maid sitting SO thai
she faced and could see the staircase
and upper landing, saw the door o.
her bedroom open. and an elderly wo
man. in flannel dressing-gown. with
bonnet on her head. come out wall
the whole length OF tho passage. ant
then return deliberately in the same
manner.
The maid knew her mistress wa.
downstairs and also was confiden
that no such person rs she saw coult
be In the house. Having good nerves
the woman did not at first tell Mis-
Kemhle what she had seen. but ran
sacked the rooms to see II she coult
solve the puzzle-all the time afrai,
her mistress would be disturbed b,
J some similar apparition. She after
ward came on portrait in the hous
suddenly that was an exact copy o
her ghost
Miss Kemble tells a better story a
follows: CORY boro my friend
pleasant home~in the Highlands. wa
a moorland farm and grouse -shootin,
property. The house stood within II
own grounds. ut distance from an
other dwelling. entirely isolated. will
no habitations in its neighborhood bu
those OF the people employed on tn
land. which circumstances render curl
GUS what am to relate
II was expected on visit there o.
certain day OF certain month an
week. The persons staying In tn
house were friends OF mihe. as we'll a
OF the laird's and had all been look
ing for my arrival In the course OF tn
day. When, however the hour 70
: retiring for the night had been oveI
passed In the hope OF my still possibl
advent and everybody had given m
up and gone 70 their rooms a sudde
sound OF wheels on the gravel drive
the loud opening OF carriage doc
| s.t-l - oil <xf he IL,