New-York tribune., 1906-07-08
The Fourth" Thoroughly Mountains

A small park for deer. a cedar hedge labyrinth
and am art gallery OF yelled oddities are other
features. Their owner rarely shows his face 70
the villagers, and is said 20 subscribe 70 worthy
charities in fractional parts Of a dollar. a SPIN
ster relative who lives near by secludes heEselA
for weeks in the upper rooms Of her house.
shouts down to visitors that she is not at noIne'
drinks coffee as a pastime and further aaussS
herself by nopping the stairs with costly SILK
frocks. She takes a pensive aesthetic delight IN
watching cultivated blackberries decay on tne
bushes.
Another woman member Of the family VINO
died recently. owned gabled mansion WHICH
she would neither sell nor rent. believing IL 20
be the chosen abode Of her departed ancestors.
All the furniture, fine carpets and rare porce-
lain were left in the place for the use OF the
ghostIy tenants It was surprising what hard
usage these spiritual personages gave the fuEAli-
ture She decided after while that the ances~
tors did not need to bang the piano and SO had
that instrument removed. Hardheaded persons
assert the nocturnal noises and mysterious lights
seen through the mansions encirclins screen OF
spruce trees and exotic shrubbery were due 70
the activities Of tramps.
TRAGEDY NOT WANTING.
More tragic is the case Of young man Of
family who inherited mental disorder from his
father, tried to drown himself, was confined In
an asylum and is now affected by harmless
religious mania which impels him to go about
exhorting sane sinners. The father. who died
lately, was in and out Of the asylum and had
habit Of tearing carpets and lighting lamps in
the daytime. Pathetic also is the faint trans
mitted by mother to her two children. a boy
and girl. The girl is simply idiotic. fFequents
barns and crawls under stoops and into hen-
N0goc VvT1f bA
as a matter Of course. Drinking kerosene and
Sitting feather pillows the limit Of her
achievement. At nightfall, like a wild animal.
she goes into hiding. Symptoms shown In the
case OF her brother are partly attributed 20
vicious environment
A mechanic thus describes his experience with
an exceptional subject beyond the village limits;
''I went TO 4Irs. SIS house to fix the pump.
7 rode there on horseback and had my horse
tied outside. Just as / was getting through the
woman walked into the room with her haGdS pc
hind her back and began talking Gueerly' out
friendly noticed she kept edg1ng around 50
as to get between me and the door. got neI-
vous, because had heard how she ran out az
people driving past and tried 70 see Wnat s4s
had behind her Suddenly she gives ,z screen. Sd
my head. / jumped pretty quick you DeC' SOt
past her, out Of the door and on my horse. !
rode away as fast as l could ana never went
hack to get my tools.
conjunction Of internal applejack and an as
Economical full moon were blamed tor the PERI
Odic seizures of an old man. now deadD VINO AaN
Indian blood In his veins. he ha0 a SulOotA
face long white hair and e1eelled IN earVlnI
animals out OF wood When liquor and the moon
coincided his family fed the house. IS
said he went In his back yard and danced Ean-
tastieally in joint honor OF Bacchus ana tne
Great Spirit More recently an old Austrian SOL
dier, who lived next door, took a fatal oose OF
paris green after vain attempt 70 adnlAllstSF
the same neDenthe in the family cOmeeD DuI LnlS 4
was rather the climax of a coal oil and rum I
spree than OF a naturally disOrdered intellect
The woman who talks with her parrot In pret~
erence TO human conversation seems ccAilS
type until one learns the WhOl5 Stoly. Sle
abuses her neighbOrs In lively outdoor chats with
the bird keeps her house tightly eloseo' puts |
lighted parlor lamp on the front stoop at ngh.' |
leaves skirts the cothsSilne 1oF nVe-oaS PERI
Ods and takes trolley car rides or q maximum
distance of two blocks. Once she advertised Tor |
bOarders and installed in the best chamber |
bride and bridegroom who were on their honey |
moon. The young couple consraInlSte9 shslnsS
selves on the delightful nook they had found |
hut at midnight they were routed out ana dFlven |
into the street. The woman said merely Uhat \
she had changed her mind about having BOARD /
ers; the couple, seeing her glarlng eyes poHiey
agreed that she had right to change her mind !
Suppose we had been murdered IN our Sleep |
said the hysteric bride as they sought quarters |
in a local tavern
evidence" remarked a bystanders IN a Jocular |
The parrot woman Is explained by daughter |
who went to a we'll known college, was SEadu- |
ated with honor at the expense OF health was |
taken down with brain fever and IS now IN an |
asylum, hopelessly demented.
An apish looking defective boy and woman /
who sports rooster feathers in her hat and wears
Classed with a pair of spinster sisters who go Il
about heavily veiled and leave the house sep
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