The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-09
From the Pittsburrh I.eader.

From time immemorial psychological
have dealt with the return or the spirits
OF human beings to earth after death. Yet
IN few cases have the return OF animals
to life after death been noted or dealt
with. or course, u~nthinkingly men have
been made to come back on horseback. as
see the white horses of The O'Donog-
hue 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 famous ghostly
steeds. but always in company with the
wraiths OF men, The appearance OF the
animals alone after death has not gem
orally been noted. t..
There are many stories of p~sychicai ap
p~earanees. all OF which are, trying on the
|~cred-biities. Others. even the most skep-
tical have been compelled to admit, bear
q large resemblance OF fact about them.
Deep thinkers and able minds have held
tenaciously that the natural and spiritual
worlds are closely allied. Lord Kelvin,
even Darwin himself. have not been cred
ulous nor spiritual men, but they could
never be brought TO say that believers In
the occult were overcredulous or insane.
Horatio tells Hamlet that his fathers
ghost would much amaze him Doubt
less Il did, but the appearance Of the
ghosts of animals does not seem to have
any HuCn gtEIeCI uDOU many OF IlOSG VINO
profess to a seen them.
Most instances. of course. came from
Ireland, which is peopled by a highly orr
ganized Celtic race, IN which Is the home
and habitat of elves, ghosts and fairies.
But they must not be given less credence
when properly authenticated. m. ."@
Everyone knows something OF the Irish
banshees, weeping wraiths of women who
predicted by walling the death OF a mem
hnH nE aAnkut, -AEIa I.f.k .aA "a a..
not likely that any one really saw O BAN
shee, but millions ot Irish people will as
sure you that they nave heard her. Many
OF the great Irish families had their per-
sonal banshee. and Il is a mark of birth
and at least former, II not present, glory
to be able to say. or to say whether able
or not, There is a banshee in my FAM
n.y.. a. 49,, M.&.y
AS most Irishmen descend from a king
there were kings in every back garden In
Ireland-most freshmen can truly lay
claim 10 having a banshee in the family.
That the mystical women walters have
eve followed an Irish house abroad IL not
proved. The banshee seems to have no
liking for leaving Ireland. u
There are in st. Louis certain descend
ants of 'banshee" families. Notable
among these are the O'Reillys, OF which
Andrew J. O'eFilly, late president of the
NOolN Va Phbl1S AASAA AIS pApNAASA
Andrew J. O'Fseilly, late president OF the
O,Reilly are members. The fO'Neilis, the
famous princes OF Ulster, OF whom the
late Frank ONeill was a lineal descend
ant, also possessed their banshee. No
doubt many other freshmen in st. Louis
can truly lay claim to the distinction OF
aristocracy conferred by having a ban
shee in the family" E& z Il .
One OF the best authenticated stories
NJ tho annaar a n0a nj animals altar death
Is that of the famous Foxes Of the Cor
manstowns,' one of the great Irish
houses and largely connected with many
English families OF note. The story runs
that the original ~Gosmanstown was, at an
early age, lost in the Woo and, like
another Romulus and Remus, sucked by
q she fox. Now 1t is said that the foxes
Of Meath have never forgotten their
motherhood of the Gormanstowns. It Is
said, and many Irishmen can be found 10
confirm tho phenomenon, that about the
time q ~Gormanstown Is to die the foxes
surround Gormanstown castle. This
strange phenomenon was seen when the
18th yiscount died m 1860. and again in 1876,
when the 18th viscount followed. To this
time no particular record Of the phenome-
non has been kept. but in 1907, when the
14th viscount was Ill. data was kept-%His
widow, who is still living, stated that the
foxes appeared barking Ind making 9TH
err uncanny noises" Lady Gormanstown
added that It was not until the 18th Wis
count died that any record was kept.
Many visitors to the house bore similar
testimony, fE. ...
OF course, 1t Is possible that some re-
tainer Of the 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 18th earl died
his son and successor, the present carl. in
a letter to the New Irish Review, wrote
that when In the chapel sitting by his
fathers bier he heard noises outside as
II a dog wanted admission. Opening the
door he found d fulI-grown fox at the por-
tai and several more around the church.
The daughter of the 18th earl, sister of the
present earl. also bears testimony that the