The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-06
Isl. Louis Renuh,ic.,

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From time immemorial psycholo-
eists have dealt with the return Of the
spirits OF human beings I earth after
death. Yet in few cases have the re-
turn of animals to life after death
been noted or dealt with. OF course.
hnthinkingly men have been made to
y back on horseback as see the
white horses Of The ODonoghue.'
which are supposed to arise from the
Lakes Of Killarney once every year.
their riders on their backs. Then. Of
course. there have been the white
horse Of the Peppers and other Ia
NOUS ghostlN steeds, but always in
company with the wraiths OF men.
The appearance Of the animals alone
after death has not generally been
noted.
There are many stories of psychical
appearances. all OF which are trying
on the eredibilities. Others. even the
most skepttcal. have been compelled
to admit. bear Il large semblance Of
TACT about them. Deep thinkers and
able minds have held Tremendously that
the nature and spiritual world are
closely allied. Lord Kelvin. v OAR
win himself. have not been credulous
or spiritual men. but they could never
he brought to say that believers in the
occult We're overcredulnus or insane,
Horatio tells Hamlet that his fathers
ghost would much amaze him."
Doubtless it did. but the appearance
of the ghosts Of animals does not Seem
TO have any such effect upon many Of
those who profess to have seen them.
Most instances. Of course, come
from Ireland. which is people ly a
highly organized Celtic race, and
which is the home and habitat OF
elves, ghosts and fairies. But they
must not he given less credence when
properly authenticated.
Every n knows something of the
Irish banshees, weeping wraiths of
death OF a member Of certain noble
Irish houses. il is not likely that any
n ever really saw n banshee, but
millions Of Irish people will assure
you that they have heard her. Many
OF the great Irish families had their
personal banshee. and 1t is a mark Of
birth and at least former. if not pres
ent. glory to be able to say. or to say
whether able or not, There is a ban
shee in my family"
AS most Irishmen descend from a
king"-there were kings in every
back garden in Ireland-most Irish
men can truly lay claim to having a
banshee in the family. That the mys-
teal women walters have ever follow
ed an Irish house abroad il not prov
ed. The banshee seems to have no
liking for leaving Ireland.
There ore in st. Louis certain de-
table among these Are the O'Reiliys,
of which Andrew j.. 0'Tseilly. late
president Of the board Of public inn
provements: his brother, Dr. Arthur
OReilly and DR.. Robert O'Reilly are
members. The O'Neiils. the famous
princes OF lister, of whom the late
Frank O'Neill was a lineal descend
ant. also possessed their banshec. No
doubt many other Irishmen in st.
tinction OF aristocracy conferred by
having a hanshee in the family"
One Of the best authenticated
stories Of the appearance Of animals
after death lis that of the famous
Foxes Of the Gormanstowns.' one of
the great Irish houses and largely con-
nected with many English families Of
note. The story runs that the original
Gormanstown was, at an early age.
lost in the woods. and. like another
Romulus and Remus. snckled by a
she fox. Now it ia said that the foxes
OF Meath have never forgotten their
motherhood Of the Gormanstowns. II
Is said. and many Irishmen can be
found to confirm the phenomenon,
that ABOUT the time a GOrmanstoWn is
to die the foxes surround Germans
town castle. This strange ph.nomen-
on was seen when the twelfth ~viscount
died in 1850. and again in 1876. when
the thirteenth v%iscount followed. To
this time no particular record Of the
phenomenon had been kept. hut in
1907, when the fourteenth ~viscount
was i'll. data was kept. His widow.
who is still living. stated that the fox
es appeared. barking and making
other uncanny noises Lady Cor
manstown added hat 1t was not until
the twelfth viscount died that any rec
ord was kept. Many visitors to the
u bore similar testimony.
OF course. It is possible that some
retainer Of h family may have a way
of winning foxes from their dens. 1t
can be done. But these do not seem
to have been live foxes. When this
fourteenth Earl died his son and sue
cessor. the present earl. in "A letter to
The New Irish Review. wrote that
when in the chapel sitting by his IA
theirs bier he heard noises outside as
if a dog wanted admission. Opening
the door he found a full-groWn fox
at the portal I'M several NOR. around
the church. The daughter OF the
fourteenth earl. sister Of the present
earl also bears testimony that the
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