New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06
NOVA SCOTIA'S GHOSTS.
HAUNTED HOUSES IN SYDNEY. CAPE
BRETON WHERE THE SPIRITS OF
FRENCH OFFICERS AND IND
IANS ARE ASTIR-

From The Halifax Herald.
sydney Cape Breton. that most fruitful source OF
Thomas Down of Yarmouth. told me this story
of his brother Williams adventure in the lngovhie
House at sydney 1t Is IA large. old house, with
store underneath, which has always had the repu,
by William Bown.aw also used one OF the bed
rooms. People used TO ask him IL he had seen
ANYTHING" and If he not afraid TO stay there
lie was man without fear. and had seen no appa-
rlions This state of quiet went on Tor a lo 11
time one night. however he was awakened lie
found his room perfectly light. and coming through
the ceiling was hand ana arm n m name sTnfe @ nS
room ;, became instantly dark. Determned to pluck
out the heart of the mystery. Mr.. Brown lighted
lamp ANA went the whole house. from attic TO
tIns dispac U was there the slightest break
in the cr'ling of the room in which he had slept -
which the sounds heard seemed to have special ref
erence TO some approaching calamity IN the lamiy,
names suppressed The Information had been fur
nished by member Of the family owning the
Before NJ died she left the room for few min.
H h anh on ergr ha or oGe M saw Se
same the night Il; died Two or three TINES foot
in the night. heard wood cracking. and went into
the kitchen to see If the servants had left too
heard Footsteps coming down the hall and into the
kitchen. She didn't turn until they were alongside
who had mistaken the hour for getting up; Just
as the footsteps came up to her. she turned say
was no one there. Another time 6. followed foot
s1epT aGw a9 5nS T sn IH ai me nyenng at Ms
is. and H.. after getting ready for bed. brought
afraid to stay alone. They were doing on the sofa
when II. heard the front door open and the pat
terine Of wooden sabots, which they used 10 wear
in the garden. and sometimes when they went out
after tea: coming down the hall She said To- q, the
girls: There's Miss g.: now, I'm so glad They
opened the door and there was no one In the hall.
AnG1aeT time there were nree or four men in the
and Mary was Just ready for bed; when they heard
thrown with great force into the middle OF the
top of them. The noise was appalling. They
screamed and the men came running out OF the
they got to ;he kitchen everything was still. ana
nothing had been stirred. The same thing hap
before the old house pulled down they took up
and in taking away some Of the earth underneath
c cngy louRd SGme 9oneS among them an arm and
cellar; and PERHAPS Indians French had been
buried there before The house was built"
The last story recalls the haunted house OF the
oid days IN Annapolis ON the present site Of the
Union EAnk stood the house in which born
the cellar Of this house came every night the
sounds OF angry voices ana the clashins o. swords
IHese noises were heard 10y many people When
some years later. the street in 'front.' OF the house
drain and one gold button served to identify him
as French officer. who. local tradition sid had
And also The aS ai n aboG Hfy h cF ca house
ABOUT TWO miles from IrilSctOwn whore ghostly
-
Is heard driyins to the door. but when the dwccrs
Io9k rom ne windows no carriage is visible
i'etwcen GuystorOuEh and Canso Is an empty
house OF which the story that 1t was formerly
inhabited by close. wealthy old farmer and his
daushters ono OF The girls wished 10 marry a
man to whom hrr ia her objected Tho father
Went out one evening TO the barn to attend to his
cattle; which he always did himself. and never re-
r nnrid AthouEh II never was proved the sup
position was that this daughter had murdrrel
him HIS property was divided between his iaugh-
ria6 , ana the one on whom suspicion rested
crazy and always spoke OF seeing her father with
ms thro9t cut going about the house This APP
At Newdyquoddy is a house begun bv , oar
penter. who died before he finished if and Who
house ~ &c"
There are stories about the Norway House at
llc,ou owned by Lord Strathcona and Mont ROYAL
and tie Mahony House. or Grant IIctcI m c;i,vs
borough. which have not been able to obtain
fhantom steps haunt the waters of every sea-
grt shore: and literature abounds with references
70 them. from the Flying Dutchman to the .aam.
Ing wreck or the Palatinc" and ~
The spectre ship % Salem
With the dead men in her shrouJs
Sailing sheer above the water in
The loom of morning clouds"
Or as kpling puts it in "Thc Mcrchantmen":
Strange consorts rode beside US
And brought us evil luck;
The witch-frc climbed channels
And danced on vane and truck.
Ti. through he red tornado.
That lishod nigh blind
We saw the Dutchman plunging
Fun canvas, head to wind,
We've heard the midnight leadsman
That calls the black deep down
Ay, thrice we've heard The Swimmer
The Thing that may not drown.
On frozen bunt ana saskct
The scet cloud drove her hosts,
We passed the Isle o Ghosts
And north amid the hummockS
4 biscut-tO below,
We met the silent shallop ga
That frighcd Whalcrs know: fkA