The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-03-01

Member says He Has Experienced the
sight OF Many Ghosts.
DEAR H. L. G. FRIENDs-I have been
silent a long time, but there are times
when silence, like patience. ceases to be
virtue monotony affords about as cheer
ful a prospect as dude blowing his way
through tray full of potluck. Being per
fectly convinced OF the truth of my own
assertions here, l am once moro ready for
somebody to jump on me extinguisher
fashion, or give ne room enough to wig
gle out and extinguish myself
Evening star" III my views were not
the same az your own in regard to writing
for the page I'd consider myself knocked
out on the first round. / don't know
whether I'm in inc with your
views upon spiritualism or not. You may
decide the ma ter for yourself. Like In
cog" ] always ielt too ekittish to give the
subject much thought However, Tor fear
that somebody may think that | am an in
fdel I'll say that I've seen too many ghosts
not 20 believe ia them. and the older
grow the more | am convinced that they
exist. both Gin and out OF the imagination.
/ There are many kinds. but I'll on speak
OF the invisible aud the visible. The lat
| ter, although very respectable eve bump
er. vet It's not hall so weakening 10 the
nerves a. the latter, because II is visible TO
the world aud We know its u practical
worker when AZ tries 10 rope
fellow in. Oitentimes its WHY
FRANKS leads one 10 think that il il gen
uins article of invisIbiiity, but tits no
proof that the ghost is a fraud. tits only
| through ones distorted Imagination that
| its good name is sOiled. We used 10 live
in friendly distance OF Deacon Farce. His
! house was headquarters for most any
| thing gloomy or funny. Young folks and
old too, for that mEtt-r, went there TO cut
apples, drink cider and discuss current
topics Finally We merged into an Cd
| held literary club. with the deacon as
PRECEDENT We found a lot of bv awe,
which set it's heel on politics. but allowed
| US TO fuss and Sass one another Gll We
/ wanted 10 upon religious subjects. We
/ got along fine for we all recognized the
sacred right Of fighting for ones religion.
| Attic the deaCnn's creed didn't dOye-tail
! into some of our views vet We got along
20 we'll that We never duarreled about the
| difference. Neither did his coon ana our
rooster pull hair over politics. Every
| thing run az smooth "a n hog on ice.
| guess deacons are little better than com
mon foikes. at least We thought ours was
] for he would frOwn and bob up eerenely
whenever one grinned in meeting One
/ day the deacon asked q fellow if he be-
leved in ghosts.
"Yes" Was the answer.
"Well. I'm pretty old" said the deacon.
but the ghost theory has never made q
fool of ne yet"
That very evening it fell 70 the lot Of
/ Squire Flint 5 vicious ram 10 convert the
| deacon by knocking the fool out and the
| ghost IN. The deacon went one evening
TO chat with the squire till bed time-iCno-
rant of the fact that the squire
had bought naughty ram for the sole
! purpose of butting the boys out of hi-
watermelon patch. l don't think the
squire could have got better tool Tor do
ing up a little dirty work had b. looked
the country over; it worked better than a
shot gun. That very dav the ram charged
on a rose bush tuil of clothes, carrying of
one OF tina 'squires white shirts upon mis-
horns. fad the deacon known this proba
bly, he never would have believed II
ghosts. Facts will convince a man, while
theory only muddles the BRAIN. So il was
with the deacon His WAY home led
through pasture. by the still waters of 6
slvery brook. Here and there stood
clumps of the beautiful crab tree. bespat
tered with the Juice OF the p0keberry,
upon the crown of hill was a long neg
iected graveyard. while at q short dis
lance stood z dIlapIdated building where
corked spirits and snakes creeped into
mems boots for price. Altogether il wa'
a lovely place for a ghost nest. On hi
way the deacon pioded. Skinning an eye
for surety-auOther glance then ht
nodded; Yes, he sees dark object with
white top-knOt feeling its way from unde
4 - 4 ~ i l.
order to brace up, the deacon quoted from
Proverbs: The wicked flee when no maj
pursueth; but the righteous ars 40 bold a
a lion"
Twas q good tonic; but his time was toe
limited to make il stick. So away wen
the deacon with the ram in hot pursuit
With might and main be struck for IN,
fence while the pursuer strained ever
nerve To plant it's horns in the deaconI
back.
Finally the pinch came. As last of
fort the deacon threw himself across tn,
fence. The rail broke and toppled hin
over just a. the ram drove Its nose wedge
fashion into the fence. Then it turned
over with It's neck shaped ike n cork
screw. The deacon lay lank aud breath
lass. He tried to faint and forget, but va
too full of breath. So he shut his eve
anu SbtiNN ONcA ONCE VII tbo ktOuhA
till he landed in sight of the house. Mex
morning the deacon rode over to th'
squires to tell the particulars of his ad
venture aud to affirm his faith in ghosts
the squire winked at his spouse and
said: II think YOU will find your ghost
tied to a stump in the back yard. But tint
deacon saws he's too Old TO be fooled tia
way. And now he believes in ghosts
Farmer Girl" how dos you manage t,
get along with your farm below zero thi
winter? l tell you, / don't piow uuch
I'd rather let the mortgage 90 that
Peach Blossom" you are doing GOOD
work for the page.
The SENTINEL OF Jan. % aud Feb.
failed to reach me. So if have failed &
respond to greetings the writer will know
why. Greetings to all. ARANMoRE.
LET US HEAR FROM YOU.
The NOn-Writers Invited to Come-Books O
the Club Catalogue.
DEAR II. L. G. FRIENDs-I snatch m,
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