The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-08-25
PHOTOGRAPHS OF GHOSTS.
Remarkable Result of FlaS hlight
Pictures of Man.
and Wife.
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Have you ever seen the photo
graph of ghost?" was the odd ques-
ton propounded by a guest at the
A;agon to his companions at din
ner.
Those to whom the question was
addressed replied that they had not
only never seen the photograph of
ghosts nor a ghost, and that they
have never so much as heard of the
snap shot man getting in his work on
the spirit world
We'll, | am not in any sense of
the word Spiritualist," contin-
ued the man who had asked the
question, but firmly believe that
! have seen, in fact, my wife
has at home. Photographs of sure
enough spirits of the dead. am
sorry | can't show you the pictures
themselves, as they are, tn me at
least, intensely interesting.
Several years ago we We're in a
small town in Ohio for few months
having gone there so that | could
take charge of job of work in my
line for which my bid had been ac-
copied. The job kept me there most
of the winter, and | took my family
with me.
During our stay there we board
ed at the home of a prominent young
bushes man and found it very pleas
ant. His father and mother, who
were pretty well advance in years
and pretty well fixed financially, too,
resided Immediately across the street
1t was from that we first learned
the family were were firm believes
in Spiritualism. In fact, the old
man regarded himself as endowed in
rare degree with the faculties of
medium.
After the discovery of the fact
that they were Spiritualists they
made strenuous efforts to convert
both my wife and myself. but neith-
err one of us entertaining the slight
est sympathy with any sort of super
stition, they made little Roadway in
their efforts at conversion. Howev-
err, they frequently made the state
ment that they would at some time
produce such overwhelming evidence
in favor of their faith that we
would be obliged to acknowledge its
sounds basis in truth.
ION one occasion the father and
son, the latter having a camera and
the former promising to call up the
spirit agreed to take photographs
of ghosts. We consented to be pres
ent at experiment, and my wife and
both sat for fashlight pictures. The
pictures developed, and beside my
wife on the print from the plate was
a marvellous likeness Of her sister who
been dead about 10 years and whom
the Spiritualists had never seen or
even heard of. The picture of the
dead girl showed gray and rather
but each feature was dis
tinct and the likeness was unmistake-
able.
Beside me in the other picture
WAS an excellent photograph of my
father appearing exactly as he used
to in the last year Of his life. | was
simply dumfounded at the sight; for
in the case, too, the likeness was too
perfect to admit of any mistake, and
IF my father also the Spiritualists
knew absolutely nothing.
I'VE have preserved the pictures
and they are Regarded as great GU
rios in our family. have never
been able to find anyone who would
give any sort of satisfactory expla-
nation of the phenomenon, and while
t did not in any sentence convert
ne to the doctrine of Spiritualism it
mas made me infinitely more respect
ful in my attitude toward the faiths
md opinions. The whole world is a
Soothing and Cooling.