The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-18
UNCANNY ANTICS
CREDITED TO BOY
Dishes and Knives Fly and Bible
Flops Over in Wisconsin
Norwegian Household
IS ne A LITTLE BROPHY MEDIUM

ties Interested in Phenomena.
Superior, Wis.-The little village of
Mount Horeb, Wis, of which few
persons outside of the State probably
had heard until recently, has attained
q distinct position on the map through
the uncanny attributes accredited to
an eleven-year-old boy. He is James
Henry Brophy, the grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. Knut Lund of Mount Horeb,
pioneer Norwegian settlers in the
town OF Springdale, where they had
lived for fifty years
The boy is known variously as "the
wonderful child medium" and the
"NIount Horeb child of mystery" ac-
cording as the narrator is believer
in or is skeptical of the cult of Spiri-
tualism. He is mixture of Irish and
Norwegian, his mother being Mrs.
Patrick L. Trainor of Madison by a
former marriage. He is a pretty
child, with fine hazel eyes and curly
brown hair. His features are delicate,
almost girlish, and his pale, oval face
suggests Il sensitive mentality. He
would be noticed in crowd because
of a certain flowerlike beauty and shy
ness.
The first uncanny happening occur
red on March 8, when, as the boy en-
tered the kitchen of his home, snow
ball came flying out of space, struck
him in the middle of the back, and
knocked him fiat on the floor. There
is wide open lot on that side of the
house, and there was not a soul in
sight outside. Precisely the same
thing happened the following day,
when the boy came from school, The
next evening a series of events put
the household in a panic. Cups flew
from the table and broke; a lamp
chimney was shattered. and the spool
gan to unreel rapidly of it's own voli-
tion. The boys grandfather became
distracted with terror, and news of
the strange events spread rapidly.
The next day there was a funeral
in the village, which the boys moth
er attended, afterward spending the
night at the home of her parents
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nimble, and some of the neighbors
were sent for to compose grandfather
Lund, who was on the verge of col
lapse. The Rev. Mr.. Mostrom, with
Sam Thompson, another respected
citizen, responded to the call, but as
soon as Mr.. Mostrom entered the sit
ting room Bible. which was on the
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the floor at his feet. There" eX
claimed the Old couple, you see how
it isl"
The clergyman tried to explain mat
ters nationally, and finally sat down a
the organ to play a hymn. Meanwhile
| Mr.. Thompson was sitting about three
feet from the table with the boy OF
his knee, when the boy suddenly eX
claimed: Look OUT" Instantly {
big carving knife, which had been or
the table. flew through the air ant
stuck in the floor in front of them
The boy could not have touched it
Mr. Thompson says. The same
phenomena occurred with hatpin
and Mr.. Thompson and the ministe
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not sleep for hours that night.
Some of the citizens finally declared
that the house, which was equipped
with electric lights and telephone, hat
become electrified, causing the dis
turbance. Accordingly, two well-knowl
citizens went to the house one nigh
and, despite the protests of the fam
lily, who feared to be left in dark
ness, had the electric wires discor
nected. This failed to effect any re
form, however, and the boy, finall
becoming suspected either of posses
sing unusual powers or marvelou
sleight-of-hand abilities, was sent t
the home of his uncle, Andrew Lund
in Springdae.
AS soon as he entered his uncle
house a pail of water in the kitche
went spinning over the floor, upsettin
its contents. A spoonky night TO
lowed; all sorts of household utensil
apparently went on a spree, and thi
proved that the boy, Willingly or III
Willingly, was responsible for tn