Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-30
ABOUT GHOSTS AND SPIRITS.
4 very Amiahlc spook That Mani
cured IT'S Saiis-othcr That smash
cd croclsc-s-conccrnins Dog. and
Hnn,smen.
Buntspcn.

SC0TTSvII.LE,. VA, November p
Observation-Disclosures dawned cold
md clear on scottsrilie. The old schooi-
he'll. which every morning calls the chill
orcn from their play, was mute on Thurs
day. for The hand which habituaily mani
pnla,cs the rope. was busy with the trig-
ger OF a gun. Az prominent business
houses were closed. Church services
hunting. dinings. and neighborhood calls
filed the hours between sunrise and sun
sci, and the night dropped down on the
the little village and softly shut it IN TO
sweet dreams of an eternal Thanksgiving
Bright is the land OF our heritage,
The beautiful weird SO fair and free.
Full with its wonders to hear and see;
Sweet with the echoes Of miastrelsy,
Painted fancy. and Towering page,
Sweet ITO think it is our indeed
Poor and Iowly, rich and great;
Natures treasure OF wood and mead
AThe one fair volume who runs may READ
o, zen TO ali in its gracious state
TIN, IT same old schooI-beu referred TO
above, which rang I'm happy days gore
nv" for the elders Of those chiieren,
.srouses. only bitter-sweet memories. tor
them now. Memories of walks thro ugh
sunshine. rain and snow. of gather ING
at PRAYERS in the principals roof
when with ali the Higor OF yours hea'".s
end voices songs of praise assembled to
The Maker-of climbing the ladder CT
anne through the different grades to the
highest one, OF rock houses built IN the
back ward behind the high board fence.
of struggles with mathematics and
peggy" work at languages Of lunches
eaten hanging over the railing OF the
,locf' a. he
foot of the old winding stair, and oh, SO
many things,
'-''- DANCES AT RECESS.
Tben there were dances ut recess. de-
-,la,na lions. and s,oelline-Inatches against
The gentlemen Of the town on Friday
afternoons, and plcnics at the close OF
school.
wide low Some married: many dead:
and hew still living in the old town.
The me rcurr is on the downward road,
...be strin ling breeze 20 a wind is grown
and in company with a foSiyy atmosphere,
has made rheumatic people suffer.
II is q serious thing to have sharp
and persistent pain between ones should
erblade. You ask some kind-hearted,
elderly person to remove it by friction.
f,ut before she has been at work five
minutes YOU know. It to be hopeless
case For s,use rnsiated reason, she will
on over every inch Of territory, except the
locality OF tuat pain. After you nave
ceographically explained the situation TO,
the twentieth time, a mustard plaster is
applied. than weich a better counter yer isfi-
iant never exist ed. In three minutes II
is all over. and YOU are ready for any
thing.
In the rooms of Scottsvil!e. gentleman,
1. is told, there appeared few months
ago. most gentle and ino!IensiVe ghost
The occupant Of the rooms nrst mace the
acquaintance Of the spectre at dead or
nieht-euite proper une. mere were
two other persons IN the building and
thinking it might be one of these, he
went TO see, but both were snuSly tucked
in bed sound asleep. The phantom was
still in evidence when the gentleman re-
turned to his apartment, stanuing by the
window engaged in the commonplace
occupation of manicuring his nai!s rms
occurred several nights, but the ghost
was Sc. peaccable he was left undisturb-
ed The strangest part OF the story is
that the gentleman YVES a comparative
stranger in the ncighborhood and h;td
never heard that it was daily habit 'ot
the phantom's original to stand by this
very window and put the finishing
touches on his finger nails.
Another spirit is said to reside near
Glendower, which can smash crocllery
equal to n house maid. Still another in
the same vicinity has a propensity for
keeping doors and windows open.
GOSSIP ABOUT HUNTERS.
The hunters are still making things fly,
or rather stop their fight TWO OF the
guns Gcvotees started out recently. clad
in everything spicl1 and span, in the way
pf sportsmens rig. When they spied the
irst covey of birds. one said to the other,
You take the first shot. You're com
pany.a Ten times they fired without sue
cess and then found they had been
firing at a flock of tame partri6ges, which
had been fec all the summer on the farm
Tan and Shot two hunting dogs once
owned by Mr.. D. Ii. Pitts. OF this place.
used to have unique method Of hunting
rabbits. Together they would go OF
and while one burrowed in a brush-pile
and stirred up the game, the other would