The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-12-16
THE LUMINOUS GHOST.
THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF A
s. YOUNG LADY. .s.r...>... 8

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YOUNG LADY. G.ees.e:. s"
The House Was Haunted by Spirit With
81 a Black Face. and Even the Family
d Dog Refuses to Live in It.-TroubIes
81 of q Handsome Irish Setter.
RI In the northern section of Wood
bury, Penn, in what is known as the
First ward, is a pretty cottage that
many of the residents of Woodbury.
firmly believe to be haunted. That
strange and uncanny sights and
sounds occur there both night and
day is vouched for by some of the
more recent tenants, and for several
months past it has been given up to
the rats that scamper through it's
empty rooms, and the sparrows that
fly in and out at the broken garrett
window. u"
The place was for many years the
home OF Rev. Sidney l. Dyer, a
Baptist clergyman, whose name
graces the title page of many books
Of the Sunday school type. About
six years ago Mr.. Dyer died: His
wife left Woodbury., and a year later
she also died. There were rumors
that the Dyers had not found the
cottage pleasant place of residence,
but they kept their own counsels, if
such was the case, and little was
known Of its peculiarities until it
DaSs sed into other hands
s The latest tenant was Mr.: N. B.
ellison, fresco artist, who took
possession of the place and occup pied
it for three months. His family prob
ably had, the most startling expert
Eence of any of the recent occupants
ct the cottage, and the details were
narrated to the Philadelphia Press by
a member of the family
4 The family, which consists of Mr.
ellison, his wife and a grown-up son
and daughter, are not supers stitious
people. Joe ellison, the son, re-
marked: my sister and myself have
been brought up to reject supersti-
tion in all it's forms, and even now l
am not prepared to say that believe
in ghosts, but man doesn't want his
sleep disturbed by such experiences
as we have had in this house, and, to
say the least, it is not pleasant
place to live in"
For a month after the Gilsons took
possession of the cottage things went
smoothly, but at the end of that time
tssaY Ysheganstp haze disagreeahle .sex-
periences. One evening, as the fami-
~ was about to retire, a noise like q
heavy explosion shook the house,
which was followed by such sounds
| as would be caused by the overturn-
ing of furniture and the rattling OF
windows. From that time until the
Gilsons left the house these noises
were heard. with variations at inter
walls. They were not confined to
night or day.
| Shortly after this occurrence q
young lady from Wilmington, Del.
| was a guest Of Miss ellison. She oc.
cupled room on the second floor.
She awoke one night and saw a white
figure standing at the bureau. Think
| ing it was Mrs. ellison or her daugh-
ter, she spoke to the figure The
apparition. with the rapidity of light
ming. disappeared, but in a moment
it was again seen at the bedside of
the now thoroughly frightened girl,
and again disappeared on being ad-
dressed. The young lady spent a
night Of terror and in the morning
left her friends, declaring that moth
ing could induce her to spend anoth-
er night in the house.
After that night the room was oc-
cupied by members of the family an d
guests, and the strange apparition
was seen in turn by each occupant
1t is described by all who have seen
it as wearing the traditional white
garment, and over its head and
around its face is what appears to be
white handkerchief, tied under his
chin. The figure is luminous, and
the face is a black, horrible blank.
The spook always appeared first at
the bureau, as if in search of some
thing, and would melt away in the
darkness upon being spoken to and
again appear at the bedside. Articles
LII oA4AS AOoW "CI0 Ic"Of0u IRON
th2ir places, and the contents of the
bureau drawers left in confusion. -.
The figure was only. seen in this
room, but shadows were often seen
moving along the walls in other
apartments, and their appearance
was always accompanied by noises
like the explosion of toy balloons or
inflated paper bags. Even in broad
daylight window shades were pulled
down by unseen hands, and china
and glassware fell crashing il the
closets. I .<s<,s.
Il Perhaps the greatest sufferer from
these uncanny sights and sounds was
the family dog, handsome Irish
setter This poor brute was in q
state OF constant and abject terror.
At the occurrence of the sounds, or
even the opening Of door, he would
cover at the feet OF some member Of
the family and shiver and whine IN q
most pitiful manner. He refused to
eat, and only regained his health
and spirits when the family left the
house, The Gilsons tired of this