Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 3, Number 5, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 3 August 1872 — Page 7

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2 SPECTRAL ILLUSIONS.

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I' Some Strange Stories Concerning Them.,

lady, the wife of a wealthy sqOlro, died after a protracted IUnoss. audon the evening after her decease, her bus band, desirous to pass a solitary hour bv the body, sent the nurse who was watching beside it out of the room Before the expiration of an hour, the

bell by which the deceased had been in the habit of summoning the nurse

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He dismissed her angrily, however

protesting that he had not rung. Shortly

afterward the bell was rung a second time when the woman observed to one ol the servants that she should not at tend the summons, as the gentleman might again repent having summoned her, ana dismiss her ungraciously.

It cannot be my master who is ringing' now," replied the footman for I have this moment lefi bim in the drawing room."

And while he was still speaking the boll of the chamber of death rang third time—and still mora violently than before.

The nurse was now literally afraid to obey the summons nor was it till several of the srt*vants agreed to accompany her that she could command sufficient command sufficient courage. At length they ventured to open the door, expecting to discover within some ter rible spectacle.

All, however, was perfectly tranquil the corpse extended upon the bed under a bolland sheet.wbich was evidently undisturbed. Such, however, was the agitation of the poor nurse, that nothing would induce her to remain alone with the body and one of the housemaids accordingly agreed to become her companion in the adjoining dressing room.

They had not been there many minutes when the bell again sounded cor could there be any mistake on the subject, lor the bell-wire passing round the dressing room was in motion, and the servants in the offices could attest the vibration of the bell. The family butler accordingly determined to support tho cotfrage of the terrified women by accompanying them back to tho dressing room, in which they were to sit

||f with the door open so as to command a clear view of the bed. These precautions effectually unraveled the mystery! A string had been attached to the bell-pull, to enable the I sick lady to summon her attendants without changing her position, which, still unremoyed. hung down upon the floor, and a favorite kitten, often admitted into the room to amuse the invalid, having entered the chamber unobserved, was playing with the string which, being entangled in her feet, had produced this general panic.

But for the opportune explanation of this trivial Incident, the family manslon would have obtained the notoriety of a haunted house, and probably been dosGrl6(l

Such was the case with the Crown Inn at Antwerp, where some years ago a white spectre, bearing a lamp In one hand and a bunch of keys In the another, was seen by a variety oi travelers passing along a corridor till it disappeared in particular chamber.

Nothing, could satisfy the neighbors that an unfortunate traveler had not been, at some time or other, dispatched in that fatal room by one of the previous landlords of the house and the Crown gradually obtained the namo of the Haunted Inn, and cossed to be frequented by its old patrons.

The landlord fl uuing himself on the brink of ruin, determined to sleep in the haunted room with a view of proving tho groundlessness of the story and caused his ostler to boar him company, on pretence of requiring a witii"s« to thu absurdity of the roport but in reality from cowardice. At dead of night, however, Just as the two men were composing themselves to sleep in one bed, leaving another which was in the room untenanted, the door flew open and in glided the white spectie! Without pausing to ascertain what it might attempt on approaching the other bed, toward wnlch It directed its course, the two men rushed naked out of the room} ftud by the alarm thoy created, confirmed, more fully than ever the evil repute ol the bouse.

Tnable longer to sostain-the cost of so unproductive an establishment, the poor landlord advertised for sale the house in which he and his father before him were born and an bred. But bidders were as scarce as customers the Inn remaihlng on sale for nearly a year, during which, from time to time, the spectre reappeared.

At length a young officer of the garrison,who had formerly frequented the house, and recollected the exoellont quality of its wine, moved to compassion in favor of the poor host, undertook to clear up the mystery by sleepy ing In the hauntod chamber nothing doubting that the whole was a trick of some envious neighbor, desirous of deteriorating tho value of the freehold In order to become a purchaser.

His offer having been gratefully ac eeptcd, tho captain took up his qua tens in the fatal rootii, with a bottle ol wine and a brace of loaded pistols on the table before blui, determined to shoot at whatever object might enter the doors...

At tho usual hour of mid night, acronllngly, when the door flew open and the white spectre, bearing a lamp and a bunch of keys, made its appearance, be seised his weapons of destruction when, lo! as his finger was on thepontof the trigger, what was his panic on perwivlng thai the apparition was nono other than the daughter of his host, a yonng and pretty girl evidently walking in her sleep I Preserving then the strictest silence, he watched her set down tho lamp, place the kevs caretally on the chimney piece, and retire to Uie opposite bed, which, as it afterward proved, she had often oecuplod during the lifetime of her late mother, who slept In that room.

No sooner had she thoroughly composed herself, than the officer, after locking the door of the room, went in search of her father and several competent witnesses Including tho waterbailiff of tho district, vwolVRl bgeo one of the loudest In circulating rumors eottc*rning the Haunted I mi. The poor ptrl was found quietly steeping in bed and her terror ,on walking in the droaded chamber Afforded sufficient evidence to all present jt the state of tfoninamtmllsm in which she had been entranced.

From that period, the spectre, was seen no more probably because the Jandlerd's dAugnterremoved shortly nftenvanl to homo of bet own provided

by tho yonng officer.

Tun grandmoUier of a little girl tried to break her of the habit of saying that people lied, and instructed her t« aav that they were mistaken. A few day* after, her grandma, to amuse her, told Jier a bear story, which was hard ft) believe. After she had finished, the HUle grandchild looked up in her face and exclaimed: "Grandma, that's the biggest mistaken I ever hoard!"

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TKHKR-HAUTE SATO3. IS72,

Extensive Clearance Sale,

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Summer Dress Goods

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2,000 Yards Perfect Ijawns, at 8 1-2 cents per yard.

3,0(K» Vard« Best1400 Uns at181-2 cents per yard.

Striped Grenadines,' Reduced to 121-2 cenis per yard.

Large Stock of Summer Prints, at 10 cents per yard.

Wash Poplins and i'ancy Dress Ooods,

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Lace Points and Jackets,- to Close Out. ,, i*- jt

The immense sales of tlie past few weeks necessitated a renewal of stock, which 1h dally arriving, among which are some of the

Choicest Gold Papers,

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Japanese Suitings, Reduced to 15, IS, 3D iiutl40 cents, from Prices 10 to 35 Cents per Yard Higher.

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Walter A...Wood Mowers and Reapers,

RECENT IMPORTANT VICTORIES.

'"XTtt most Important Field Trial ever held in the West, that at Owatonna, MlnL in Joly, ISTI, under the niuplcn of the MinntnotA Htato tioud of Agriculture, TUB ttRAXD NWCKMTAKEa PRI1E-«KAXD UOLD MEDAL-the Highwt Prize olftred by the 8ociety was awardod to WoihI'i Mvir-Rafce Reaper/* wttn its Maw* Inar Allaehairat, At th« great Field Trial at MaiKludltown. Iowa, W71, R«ir-Rali« Br«p«r**' bore off the Hiaheet Fiiae. Ihuse machines have received more than Foot Hundred first-elani County, District and Btate Prises, fnlly establishing their QBKAT PUACTICAL UTILITY.

THOU. H. PAMYiX, Agent, tor. Third and Cherry Street*, (Lyne ft lAwea old stand), Tcrre-Hante, Indiana. Be snre to examine Machine* before parehaaios any other. Descriptive Pamphlet* malted trree on applictitlon.

Address WALTER A. WOOD, Preft, 906 L&ke St. Chicago, III.

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HAVE ATTAINED PERFECTION.

The old style ot these machines was the best In Its day, bnt the latest, Bilent, Adjustable Feeder, is perfection and no mistake.

All are invited to call at onr new and spacious Show Rooms, Hudson's Block, opposite the Postofflce. We consider It no trouble, but a pleasure, to show to every one our" "New" Family Sewing Machine and to convince our visitors of their decided superlorlty. If you are not in favor of the Wheeler A Wilson, we will prove to you tnat it IS:

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BRANCH OFFICE FOR WESTERN INDIANA,

HUDSON'S BUILDING, OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE, TERRE-HAUTE/"' MARSHALL B. SCBOOLET, Manager

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The Burdett Organ Agency,

For Terre-Haute and Vicinity.

It affhrds ns much pleasure to announce to the musical public of Indiana, that we It affords ns mucn pleaaure to announce to tne musical puouc oi inaiana, uiai we have appointed MR. L. K18SNER, of Terre-Haute, oar General Agent for that olly and vicinity, our preference being for him to represent our factory because of our having known him for the*past eighteen years and our consideration for him as one of the most expertcmeed and reliable musicians and best Judges of musical Instruments In the land. We would commend Mr. Klssner's establishment to the attention of those who mar wish to purchase musical articles of any kind—especially organs and pianos, his stock of which not being made up of poor instruments to sell attlarge profits, but of such as have been earefOlly selected and whiob he, as an accomplished musician and a dealer or integrity and high commercial standing can conscientiously offer his customers and warrant for genuine excellence and for being the

A Splendid Assort in en tof tlie

VERY BEST OF THEIR KIND. & #.j: u! The Burdctt Organ Company,

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TENOR AND BASS DRUMS,

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