Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-07-25

which l had deposited my clothes, as
l was about to get out Of the bath. Or
the chair sat c. calmly looking al
me. How L got out of the bath
know not, but on recovering my
senses / found myself sprawling or
the floor.
The apparition, or whatever it wa.
that had taken the likeness Of G.
had disappeared" 1t was afterwaro
ascertained that G. had died in India
on the very day his apparition was
seen by Lord Brougham.
Very similar is an incident related
by Sir Walter Scott, under date Of
1878. A certain Mr.. Bullock had beer
employed by Sir Walter to make i'm
provements at Abbotsford. Mr.. Bull
lock was called to London and during
his absence the incident narrated ir
writing to a Mr. Terry, says:
The night before last we were
awakened by a violent noise like the
drawing Of new boards along the new
part of the house. l fancied some
thing had fallen and thought no more
of 1t. This was about 2 O'Clock ir
the morning. Last night at the same
witching hour, the same noise occur
red. Mrs. S. as you know Is rather
/ got up with Beardy's
broadsword under my arm.
Sat bolt upright
And ready to fight.
But nothing was out Of order
neither could / discover what occa.
stoned the disturbance" The strange
thing about this Is that Bullock die6
in London on the very day and as neal
as could be ascertained at the very
hour that Sir Walter heard the
"spooks" at Abbotsford. In writing
later, to the same correspondent he
said: Were you not struck with the
coincidence Of our noctur.
nal disturbance at Abbotsford with
the melancholy event that followed
protest to you that the noise re.
sembled half a dozen men hard al
work pulling up boards and furniture
and nothing could be more certain
than that nobody was on the premises
at the time"
Newstead Abbey, the home of Lord
Byron, has the reputation of being
haunted by more than one spectre
and many curious noises and strange
sights have been heard and seen by
residents and visitors there. But the
best known and most noted spectre
connected with the place and immor-
talized in Byron's verse, In the Cob
lin Friar" The particular chamber
which this spectre Is supposed especi-
ally to frequent, and which is known
par excellence, as the Haunted
Chamber" adjoins Byron's bedroom
Lord Byron, and many Others not
only believed in the existence Of the
Black Friar, but asserted that they
had really seen it. 1t did not confine
its visitations, however to the haunt
ed chamber" but at night walked the
cloisters and other portions of the
abbey.
A monk arrayed
In cowl, and beads, and dusky garb
appeared
Now in the moonlight, and now lapsed
in shade.
With steps that trod as heavy, yet un-
heard.
This apparition is the evil genius
of the Byrons, and it's appearance
portends misfortune Of some kind to
the members Of the family to whom II
appears. Lord Byron fully believed
that he beheld this apparition a short
time before the greatest misfortune OF
his life, his ill-starred union with
Miss Millbanke. Alluding to his be-
llCl III Hc
l merely mean to say what Johnson
said,
That in the course Of some six thous-
and years,
All nations have believed that from
the dead
A visitant at intervals appears;
And what Is strangest upon this
strange head,
Is that whatever bars the reason rears
'Gainst such beliefs, there's some
thing stronger still
In its behalf, let those deny who will.
Epworth Parsonage. the home of
Rev. Samuel Wesley, father Of John
Wesley. the founder of MethooIsm,
was "hanted" by a spook whom they
called "Old jeffrey" John Wesley
himself gives a long and circumstan-
tial account Of the remarkable distur-
Dances at Epworth, which continued
for a series Of years. This spook never
In visible form and never
answered back when spoken to, ex-
cept by "rappings." One night, when
the children were frightened by the
the elder Wesley said to
1t: Thou deaf and dumb devil, why
dost thou frighten these children,
who cannot answer for themselves
Come to me in my study, that am a
man." Instantly it knocked as II II
would shiver the board to pieces, and
nothing more was heard that night.
But the next evening, when Samuel
Wesley attempted to enter his study
the door was thrust back with such
violence as to almost throw him down.
However, he thrust the door open and
went in. Presently there was a knock
IN Rrc ciln nn6 than tho
other, and after a time in the next
room.
my father and mother had just
gone to bed" says John Wesley, citing
instance of these mysterious
land the candle was not
taken away. when they heard three
blows, and a second and third three,
as 1t were with a large oaken staff,
struck upon chest which stood by
the bedside. My father Immediately
arose, put in his nightgown, and hear
ing great noises below, took the can
die and went down; my mother walk
ed by his side. AS they went down
the broad stairs. they heard as If a
vessel full of silver was poured upon
my mothers breast and ran jingling
down to her feet. Quickly after there
was a sound as If a large iron bell
were thrown among many bottles un-
der the stairs; but nothing was hurt.
Soon after our large mastiff dog came
and ran to shelter himself between
them" This sort of thing went on
for years, but the Wesleys stuck to
Epworth Parsonage. the elder Wesley
saying, Let the devil flee from me,
/ will never flee from the devil"
These are instances of what may be
termed successful ghosts. The ghosts
that have failed are perhaps entitled
to brief notice. A ghost" once un-
dertook to frighten the great natural
ist, Cuvier. This ghost appeared with
an oXs head. Cuvier awoke and
found the fearful thing glaring and
grinning at his bedside.
What do you want?"
ITO devour you" growled the ghost.
''Devour me?" quoth the great
Frenchman-"hoofs, horns, gramini-
You can't do 1t. Clear out!'
And clear out the discounted ghost
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