Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-04-26
A TERRIBLE NIGHT.


yeas ago Il house Of considerable size
which was commonly said to he haunted.
The last tenant and owner was Squire
Dudley, to whom also belonged many
s)road acres in thr district. Al the age of
10 he married II .tirl Of II. Incompatible
ny of temper, il was said, led to frequent
MISUNDERSTANDING and quarrclingS, and
snrry voices and sometimes screams were
heard DroGncding from the dwelling. Two
sons were born 10 TIE couple. The elder
soon after attaining his majority, went
abroad 10 seek his fortune III ,tTiccm"nts
with his H. Lcr and an inclination Tor IL
roaming lille led to Ills decision. Tho
younger turned out u good for nothing
ScapcgraCe.
Having made serious inroads into his
fathers resources and having rendered
himself liable to PENAL sC.VitUdc by cn-
bczzlemcnt and forgery, he fed the nci%n-
s)orhood and country. Then everything in
zhat household went swiftly TO rack and
ruin and one winter about Christmas
time, Squire Dudley and his wife mystic
riously disarr aired. Af;cr II brief inter
val the creditors took possession stripped
the house of is contents, leaving only Il
little lumber, and from that day to tho
time of which | write rats, spiders and re-
puted ghosts were It's only occupants. Ac-
SY)rding TO common report, no Human foot
xHCsrod is threshold for at least ten years
The gossip of the neighborhood tecmcd
with accounts of the awful sounds that
had been heard issuing from the building.
d5rOans, shrickS md piteOus walls unlike
any that had ever come from human lips
broke upon the midnight darkness. Tho
bell, which seemed to sob and moan, had
scared many a traveller into rapid flight.
In t,u,v NAM nH n "a "a
sSonyivial party, in which l was included,
seated around The smoking room fire Of thu
Crown hotel HOllCrtOn, on Dee. 3D. IS.
The party consisted of two London com
merci;s.s both Of them friends of mine; a
rich groccr, who related the story; the Load
ing draper of the town and mysell-rUnl
Smith.
The grocer thoroughly believed in tho
spiritual manifestations as he termed
the doing of the ghost. The other men
werc slightly skcptical. AS for myself,
utterly and cmpha; cally roohpoohed ev
<rything ATTRIBUTED to the ghost.
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e'Ah wouldn't spend il nece,l.t i'll that EaY
come place for thousand Eun!'
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0ulc had thrown en- the absurd alarms c
the people and now leaned forward in my
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