The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-26

for Navy Cove and the Freak House." or Bug House" as it Is variously call ed. Mir. Rittenhouse Moore was the ,Ss sast S sad rJssss Ms Hodgson. Mir. and Mrs Frank Judd. Miss Virginia Luris. Mir. Tom Luris. Mrs. J. $. Bacon, Mrs. Thomas H.Smith. Miss Ethel Hodgson. MT. Harry Donald. pr. Henry Goldthwaite. MT. M. L. Wooten.
 Shortly after the big storm a month ago and along with the reports of loss the fishing village of Navy Cove. there came rumors of a freak house, one of three left standing, which was said to surpass anything ever heard of. The first man to tell of its peculiarities was openly branded as liar. The next came in for an equal share of derision. When a large party went down on the cutter Wfnona last Sunday and brought confirmatory accounts of the wonders of the house. their hearers still com frequency of the high balls preceding the visit. But the fame of the Bug House spread. and though the &C., counts thereof were generally disbe- quantity of salt, they excited enough curosity to send our party down the bay yesterday to. see for ourselves. Doubling Thomasss we were indeed.
 NdNy SOve, once d cncefIuI, well populated fishing village now bears mute and desolate testimony to the fury Of the September gale. Only three houses remain standing. and stand ing" seems scarce the right word to apply to them for they are torn and twisted and have toppled down to a sad and last resting place on the shifting sands. The Crazy House as it Is also called. is the remains of a once pretty little four room cottage. One nf if hao tp the floors of the remaining three rooms. slanting at all manners of in correct and contradictory angles. It is quite bare of furniture except for The place looks perfectly innocent and forlorn and the intruder Is entirely un- prepared for the reception he gets.
 But on the first step to the gallery just what it is: but, you lose that look of gay incredulity. take the next step more carefully. The third convinces you that there is something doing here dreamed, and then the fun begins. The first man to enter the house made an unpremeditated rush and brought up in violent collision with the opposite wall others laughted at him, until they had all done the same thing. Then some one grew more dizzy and started for the aforesaid chair which stood inno- CChtiy III tic uid&OHdl CoTneT. IL Stenl- ed easy enough to cross a little room ike that even though the floor did slope little. but to his utter surprise he found himself struggling as though climbing mountain. and instead of direct line to the chair. making half circuit of the room. Reaching the object of his destination he dropped into 1t. dizzy and astonished. only to be unceremoniously dropped out on the floor again. This and many other pranks were experienced by all the party.
 One starts for a doorway and brings up in head-end collision with some one In a different part of the room. and one Is lucky if the other fellow Is steady enough to prevent both having ( hard fall. Everyone is dizzy and some are accustomed to 1t, ohe can stand steady. but instead of being upright, the body Is at an angle of many degrees. and a more grotesque sight can not be im- agined
 Of course there are explanations of the phenomenon. The wise headS teem with them and talk of angles. and the centre of gravity and the like. but the explanations have much to be explain ed, and most visitors feel like the first man who entered the house and hastily took his leave crying 'Hants!'
 lieve our story any more than we did the other felows--but word to the wise Is sufficient. and any one who visits Navy Cove will be we'll repaid for his trouble. But he must go soon, for winter gales will doubtless destroy the most unique house in the world. And the integrity of those who were fortunate enough to see 1t will forever be questioned by those who did not. Ethel Hodgson.