The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-04-27
AN ILLOGICAL GHOST.

A clever li.,le ssoti siery he'd beer
rssdiss 10 Nell opened The vsy Tor hon
ily co sho,t, which bed lately tsouah'
en', sod ! used ny opponuniiy eagerly
We bad fecsotIy returned IRON ibs ladies
ssnipsry. ~tere | ga teacher snd sbs
. siuiep,. rnd sere sitting behind The
vines shieh tereened the pisErs Of on'
siilsge hone. psriDs spries. IL u1 tims
10 retire. bni this isct stin nlsied. ntaer
ihss oihervise, desire TO display my 81
gumtsts aud 10 enjoy the somesbst rect
fol uiamph 10 sbich ! vas oothdeni
they would fesult.
TO beeia wi.b. Iopsnsd, ghost iron
IL. very ns,ure can ever be sppreheuded
by the seIsss 20 called, Iin OF necessity
spiritual. inm.teiisl. iacorporesi exist
sacs. II il Is snytbius. Closbe IL with
the mcrssi dspesy Of msitss. 90 - 10 Fen
der il visible TO the eye. and Jour ghost
cess 8 iis slis encs, or rather bsains % ~
,sierce oi mslsrisl object The subllesi
luminous sss thst the chemist osn esoer
si., even II IL vsse cosxed into the SEN
blsncs Of some departed friend. uoold
not bss ghost. but Q mstsisl entity.
rhe term we sre usins denotes . bres,h.
which. s,,ieAly speaking. DO nsu ever
ssw. Toe syoonym sppsrition aids Ne
10 observe also that ghosts are mere
sppesr,nce or seeming bora OF the imsg
ias,ion. We form our lies OF what
shos, should be snd, 10, the thing sp
pear, fresh from our mental workshop
and eI.c.ly .w ws made IL. People are
.lssys ooti iatins up spirits. for instance,
that are destbly pale; but there's no earth
" reason Why these shouldn't sometimes
sppesr in their ein blossoms and purple
nosss
II must be go. Plato, thou ressonest
we'll. in,e' ieoled Nell rtbsr provokingly
Even IL by sons incredible feat Of mag
iss poor stalking ghost were N ade visible
I Us. continued. why should We fear
hini He couldn't do ns the slightest
harm. We ought to pity him, condole
with him. warm him up II necessary. and
not 80 of into Mysteries like fools. Why,
did you ever think thst thousand ghosts
wouldn't weigh as much ss tie tell OF that
little starved mouse we caught the other
day with handkerchief? They wonldut
turD The scale, indeed. il placed opposite
tho wing OF this saucy June bug flying
about my head Afraid OF such things.
Fie on the thouehll
How charming is divine philosophy.
quoted Nell, quite insppropristely, IS
thought, sgsiu iudulsing her mania for
using quotations.
Hos uufortane II is. went on to say,
that no one has ever succeeded in csptur
Ing ghost, Once get one imprisoned
under glsss receiver and your fortune
would be insured instsnter. What . price
less curiosity for sbowmsnl Hundreds
would give their last cent to see 1t and be
enabled to ssy during the rest Of their
lives: I've always told yon so. Talk
,bout Egyptian mummlesl There are peo
pie who would 60 . Thousand miles TO see
genuine spectre who wouldn't cross q
treet to see the whole eighteen Ptolemys
u Egyptian history boxed up ss mum
nies. Ip the wsy Of such . spirit eXhibi
ion. however, there's one obstinate bsrri
e. The man Who invented ghosts made
hem Of such Gimsy material that they go
Vhere shey will 10 spite Of mems devices. :
!, therefore, . sprite should dissent, it u
'ould be utterly useless to bottle him,
or be wouldn't stay bottled while you 0
Iere boitling him up. IL
II hsrrous me with fear and wonder,
'ell recited, but disdsined TO notice the "
For once. II 10 true. scie; ce is complete 9
! b.ill d. II the microscope or test tube u
ould be spplied the matter wouli soon :
e cleared up. But the instsat these dis u
over something -prestol there's no ghost. q
spectre tertiaes whole city. but when
0 inquisitivs bullet finally ands the oh y
'ct Of terror, behold its no spectre II =
on find il you lo.e Il; il you have il you g.
syen't IT.; u you see II yen don't see st
u, since you see something else. 10 10
nch case there's no refuge but in ON e'
ION sense and cold logic.
Logic is logic. thsl's ell l say. chimed ce
! my exssperstiog listener. N
Oace more, IL 1t were possible for spirits h'
, revisit the living 10 visible form they
onld roam sbout the world 10 lesions 70
here's old Tom Bottles OF the gin mill = az
ed hsve Il his heels . email srmy Of r.
losted aud blesr eyed cots ioag gone
encs and starved widows and irtz,n ctil dt
rem. Many men, toe, sho nov holds
10 head 'wsy above bis n,ishbors would
e haunted day snd night BY the wreich.s
. hss suinsd. Yes. It iss veritsbis die nj
rsce 10 10 sge like ours to cherish ttis 4,
oldy relic Of superstition and isntr Iucel n
way With ghosts, say
This time Nell vas 20 ir.psred With . vl
notstion. H.r head vas resting on the q
.ck Of tu choir and she vas fast ssleep.
skins this 10 bs rfoof that lsd set r.
" mind 81 rest upon the subject consi IN
ed | reused her and ve ettered the
,u.e F.ther's business had called him II
ON noue, snd mothtr. Who vas . feni ic,
valid. bad gone 70 Welt irieniF, pup.r be
10 spend the night Ssll 90 thought Ia,
,,hipg OF being left alone, as tbi, hsd b,
ten happened before, snd sit hsvins
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