Year: 1867

aud whether il was the effects Of the
liquor dying In him, or both, thev did not
know. but he was stark aud stiff IN his bed
next morning. The hunters said nothing
about the light they had seen, but Went
in aud saw the dead man TO satisfy them
selves.


PHILADELPHIA sPooK.


At another time my friend worked in
Phila delphia. and having occasion to 60 to
his clearinghouse, just after dinner, he
was stopped at the head OF the stairs by
an object similar to the one spoken OF
above. In the room where slept the land. p.
lord and his wife, aud the door of which
was open, he saw a blaze of fire. 1t came
from the floor in the center OF the room and
reached, as before, a hight of some four feet
then gradually reccded aud went away.
My friend watched it from beginning to
end aud then returned to his shop. He
said nothing of the occurrence but 80 anX.
ous was he that he quit work earlier than
usual sand hasteucd home, for he feared
some bad luck was at hand. When ho
reached the house he heard the news-the
landlord had been thrown from o buggy
that afternoon and carried in dying con.
diton. into the very room in which had
been seen the mysterious fire, and he was
dead.


THE RATrtdNG OF STONES.


At another time the person who saw the
symptoms as above related was with a
party attending upon sick man. 1t was
in the night, aud the two watchers, weary
for want of rest, had laid themselves down
in thu same room with the object of their
care All at once a loud noise was heard
exactly at the foot OF the bed occupied by
the sick person. My friend could compare
it to nothing except the pouring of a basket
of small stones or bowlders upon the floor
from a hight of about three feet; he heard
the stones crack upon each other, and scat
ter alb ut the Hnor. The house fairly shook;
his b other watcher, who had been dozing
sprang to his feet and desired to know the
cause of the racket Tho two examined
the room. Nothing was wrong. The sick
man lay in a quiet easy sleep, in ignorance,
apparently, of the noise. The next day he
died.


THE FIELD GHOST.


have but one more incident to note in
regard to the experience of the person who
related the above TO me. He is now an old
man. aud has seen and heard but the four
sights and sounds that | am recording
Others may have seen more, or greater
variety, but this is his experience, aud is
as true as that he ever saw the sun. The
| last event IN u SDUltWndb ulutlOuL OiC, anu
happened III this wise:


lie was making fence one day, when upon
looking dow. the road he saw one of his
neighbors approaching. What astonished
him wa, the fact that at that very time
Mdt neighbor was lying very sick at the
point OF death. Tho old gentleman quit his
work and sat himself down to await what.
ever developments were to be made, for he
knew-to use his own words--that some
thing was coming"


The apparirion or whatever it was drew
near. 1t looked neither to the right nor to
the left, bnt straight ahead: When ii came
opposite my friend, and was passing within
few feet of him, he spoke to 1t as he
would have done to his neighhor. II van
ished that instant. 1t is said that when the
appariton of a sick person does not look
you in the face, it is a sign that such peT
son will recover. Be that as it may my friend
at once repaired TO the House Of his neigh.
Dor, related the circumstance to the family
who were all tears, and gave it as his opin-
ion that the sick man yet would Plow many
q furrow. The doctor, who was there, as
he thought for the last time, and who had
given his final directions to the nurses, was
fully convinced that his patient could not
live twenty-four hours. Strange it may
|
and the man got well.


"A HUSBANDS SURPRISE.


Another friend of mine, lady, tells the
following: Her husband whosei business
called him away from home, had been alb
sent some days, when, one evening as she
was standing in the door, she saw him com
ing mp tho lane. lie had sack or some.
thing on his back and her first thought
was that he lad fixed himself up in that
way to surprise her. lie came on with
his head bowed down. as she thought, to
keep her from seeing his face, and when
near her, turned out of his way, as if ho
would pass around the house.


"Oh," she exclaimed, 81 know you
You need not try to frighen me-"


And that instant the appartion vas gone
The next day her husband was brought
home sick. but he recovered.


AT another time, when her husband was
very low with disease, (this happened less
than year ago.. she saw him as plain as
she ever saw any one. He was in his
usual dress, and passed her in the garden
without looking at her. AS soon as her
fright and astonishment were over, she
hastened to his bedside, and told him lie
would get well, which he did.


That such things as have related should
happen in this enlightened age, when man
has learned SO much, and when we have so
many great books to read, and no one raise
up to explain them away satisfactorily is
the wonder. There may be thousand the.
cries, but the end is nothing. We know
only the fact that there they may st.nd.
They may be denied, but they cannot be
d $50 we'd and know of no other way to
do but TO aInuse ahd interest Oui selves with
them until they explain themselves-for
mighty man, am tolerably well convinced
will never enlisbten US in regard to them.
ACCOUNTING FOR TT AIL-sPGRITs ALL AROUND.


If had lime to start new religion, or
even to patch up an old one, think would
engratt into my system the theory that the
spirits of our departed friends are all
around us. ] sometimes think there is
way-ifwe knew how to proceed-tO hiring
them boldly before us. | am afraid that
some Yankee will discover the process, get
it patented, and then hold the rights 80
high that most OF us will have to forego
the pleasure Of meeting again in This world
with those who have gone before. But
suppose the thing could be done, how nice
il would be to have them drop in OF a cold
winter evening, just after the supper has
been we'll cleared away, and the tre-logs
piled high. How they would come by
twos and three, and sometimes by the hall
dozen, at a time.


"Ah. here, wife-inOre chairs; move
back this table, BE seated my friend, we