POSSESSED BY A GHOST.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2088, 1 December 1879, Page 3

POSSESSED BY A GHOST.

Miss Troops, aged 11, of Westminster, Md., sees at intervals a fullsized ghost—-a man with .a,red face and sandy whiskers' ' Early 1 in’tbe summer there were rappings .and moyements about the house, which convinced *tlic mother that Jierjdfuightep really did see a ghost/One morning, whcit; they slept later than usual, a little bell was rung violently, tablewiiVc was tossed frpmr the: kitchen, into the bedrootn. After thh; .the.,spirit,played; mischievous pranks.almost every morning. When Mrs Troops, would be spreading the tablecloth, it would be snatched out of her hand, and plates, knives, dhd forks, would' be thrown to the floor. One of its favorite tricks was to strip the beds of their; covering, piand on - several occasions a feather bed was tossed to the floor. There were frequent pulling matches between the mother, the daughter, and the ghost—the latter trying to; :get possession of sheets and counterpanes as they were being spread on the beds. One day the ghost, seen only by the daughter, but heard by the mother, was unusually troublesome. They were hoeing in the garden; and every few minutes they would be stopped in their work, and would ho unable to raise their hoes from the ground. The mother told the daughter to strike him. The ghost said, “If you strike me I’ll be the death of you.” She, however, directed a blow at Ins face, and instantly fell down in a fit. The girl has spasms nearly every day, in which she loses consciousness. These come on whenever she resists the ghost, or refuses to obey him,—“ New iprk Ttibune;” 1 - -