The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-09
LAID THE GHOST.
story Of the Hardcst-Headed Man of
Them Al.

Them Al.
Everybody Ga this region had 90 give IN
TO Tommy Colt. lie was the hardest
headed man tnal ever uled tne soil oI
HeucOCk county or aWanptu loAi
through the Union river WHO'S. NO ull
ever bested him lu an alignment. Nutulub
surprised MIN. IA au earthquake opened
at his feet and swallowed nlm up tommy
GOtt would make "a last effort lo leli DIS
friends thai this WAS just hc uad
expected all along. he was not supclali-
uOus. he often said, yet nc pelcNtu I'D
tie existence OF supernatural spirits. a"u
ha recognized them dS mercy du olN-Hoi9
part oil the Creator great programme.
Ghosts didn't disturb Tommy COT Dill
II one should Try ID on. he % be likely 10
find Tommy TOO much Tor hiin.
From am anatomical point OF view Iom-
my Cots head WAS harder mat "a gran
ite boulder. ia his youth, somebody, PROP
ably himself, made the discovery, aHA At
was very proud OF the Distinction itHiH
a week after hc mad maze lAe discovery
AN OF the biggest boys ~ scho1l were
laid up in bed with battered skuls Mhcie
they had been i'm contact Win the STONY
surface of lille Tommy Goil 5 Uranium.
one day, after an the big boys eAuH7
had recovered from their ul1l win loM-
my's. Shep Meader ora p4icN 4-M' "
vicious beast. was led into am lhc4oruI,
and Tommy Cot was dared to go li anu
butt the ram. He went very relucldnlt,
lut he wouldn't stand TO- De daiti. QullA
as he had landed inside the lncloa-I,
ne drouuad uDOu his hands ana Knees anu
lowered his head 10 meet the chaise ot
the ram. IL came Ike a blow from "a cate
apult and Tommy GOT ana me ram VIZ
, thrown back by the shock. bolh 4A4tNs
4, recovered however. and renewed lAc
feht while the boys h0Wled with dellsnt.
I'M ten minutes the ram was ON the dtdd
run and bleating with fear with Tommy
| Gott in hot pursuit. Finally the ram
scaled the Enclosure and escaped 10 lhe
| fields. IL was never vicious afterWdrd.
Later when Tommy became Farmer
Colt and owned as nice "a farm ass les
between B%ucksport and Ellsworth, tolks
/ used 20 say that anything mat he c0uia
not butt into shape was past mehullt.
II "a neighbor's wheel broke down or nus
| horse got halky, Farmer bolt puLleu Dotl
| into working order again IN a Jlht anu
| only laughed when asked now much was
| the bin. It's fOrty-tWO miles from luls
| place to Mount Desert bridge ana most
| Of the road is through woods and DARK
| valleys. Farmers leave here IN Neeeiapie
| time with loads OF produce Tor the DlS
| guns down at Bar Harbor ana Noilheast
| HarbOr. They plan. therefore. 20 pass one
night on the road In going ana one III re-
Strange stories now and then become
| circulated Of mysterious sishts anu
| sounds along the lonely ROAD. some farm
| ers were afraid 20 take the ROAD alone
and went I'm twos ana thrse5. t|1ie W.
| the haunted hollow beyont the NH where
| the mysterious woman was seen 10 cross
The road al midnight every new moon
and the strange. weird moaning in the
woods beyond Happy Town, where the
ola Neader farm was once. Blu worse
than all was the ghostly spectre b a
shnueJ itself to the terrified farmers on
Mount Desert bridge. IL had been seen
nv "A dozen or more al different times,
a huge. white. shapeless form. which
rose slowly from the bridge and block
mo road from The island 90 the main-
Lnd eomDeuins the traveller IA t4llo-