Iron County register., 1897-09-16
MIC TALK WITH a GHOST.



Pr@9-D0AbeRre, OF Tufts, Reports On
Strange Experience.
PR. A. z. Dolbeare, of Tuftz college
who iweI known as an electrical ex.
pert, .ys he has not only seen a ghost,
but tazed with it. He says it proved its
identil to him by performing a pc
euliar rick with its shadowy fingers
that n other ghost could have done.
Prof. 4lbeare's story reached the ears
Of the'ociety for Psychical Research
and hes a marked man from this time
on.
ProDolbeare has just returned from
Eliot, D., where the convention of the
Americl Institute of Electrical Engf-
neers VS. held in honor of Moses G.
Farmepne of the pioneer inventors in
the fieIof electricity. just half CEN
tury bere to day Mr.. Farmer had op-
Grated .ccessfully an electric car at
Dover, I'll During many years of his
life Mr. armer lived at ''Bitter Sweet, p"
a homesad place, where he died few
years ae and where his daughter, Miss
Sarah J. Farmer, still lives. Miss Farm
er enterined Prof. Dolbeare, and on
q recentunday the professor slept in a
room soewhat noted locally as the
room othe seven doors" 1t is on the
second for, a small nearly square
room, tn, is light, airy and comfort
able. Itsost notable feature is its COL
lection o1oors. The seven are all just
alike anapparently of the same size.
They weIfinished in the natural wood
al aI Ilnrlrr1l
Let meen you something about that
room," sd Prof. Dolbeare, ''or, rather,
about sorthing that happened to me
there. I'd been talking of Farmer
with his tughter that evening, and
when tuned in / was thinking of him.
How lond lay there before sleeping,
or whetht went to sleep at all, do
not knowbut presently was con-
scious of sne presence in the room. \
moment Ter 1 saw Farmer standing
by my be- At least / recognized the
figure as tat of Farmer, and was sur
prised, bu / DO not recall that was
very muchtartled. Hello he said, or
somethingf that sort-a saIutation, ar
all events.I replied in kind and said:
Who are GU? L am Farmer was
the answeiand he held out his hand tc
me.
'1I shool1ands with him and thought
as did sGhat the fingers felt. little
cold. 1 reased the hand and was
thinking aout the matter while con-
sidering wat next to say. When ]
looked up was gone. IL was awake
at the timd fell asleep again; at any
rate let Il matter pass, though some
what puzzH, but very soon 1 found
the figure ras again standing by the
bed. 1 do Dt know that / doubted it
was Farmeput thought / would make
certain, so baid:
How shl know you are Farmer? p
'''I will SOW you my hand he said.
In the dark saw he was holding out
his hand thE I might see it, but / was
determined D take nothing for grant
ed. so I said
but howhan know it is Farmers
hand?'
"'Ill shovyou my finger he replied,
and then h crooked up one of the
fingers in sch peculiar way that I
tried to imitte him. / could not do it
without theassistance of the other
hand, and vile L was trying to per-
form the lie trick the figure disap-
peared. I pzzled over the vision, or
dream, or wat you chooses for some
time, but wen I once more went to
sleep-if I hi been awake-and saw
aothing moref the figure. In the morn
ing / told Mss Farmer of my expert
ence, to her cry great interest. When
1 came to th trick of the fingers she
looked at meastonished.
That sh said, when illustrated as
best could was favorite little trick
of my fatheraew people could do it,
'It appear Prof. Dolbeare con-
cluded, "thatwheneyer Farmer met a
person TO whln he took liking, when
the acquaintace came to an informal
footing, 1t ws his way to hold out
his hand, eroding his finger in the way
1 have showHyou, to say: Can you dc
that?' 1t wa little thing. perhaps
but peculiar the man. We all have
minor characsristics by which we may
be Known Y. Sun.