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The Cartersville Semi-Weekly Express.
Published on every Tuesday and Friday Mornings
VOLUME X,
The Cartersville Express
Is ptihlinhwl Serai-Weekly on every TUES
DAY AND FRIDAY, by
S. H. SMITH & Cos., Editors and Prop’rs.
In Uie town of ( artersville, Bartow County, Ga.
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John W. Wolford,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
CARTERSVII.I.E GEORGIA.
Office over Pinkerton’s Drug Store. Oct. 17.
W. T. WOFFORD, A. F. WOFFORD.
Wof i>r<l «fe Wofford,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CARTERSVrU,:S, GEORGIA.
June 23, 1870.
K. W. Jlur|»hey,
AITTORNEY AT LAW,
‘CAITERSVILLK, .. GEORGIA.
Will practice in the courts or the Cherokee
Circuit. Particular attention given to the col- (
hoctioa of claims. Office with Col. Alxla John -
son. Oet. 1.
John J. .1 ones,
ATTORNEY AT LAW & REAL ESTATE AGENT,
CARTERSVILLE GEORGIA.
Will attend promptly to all professional Imsi
nuss entrusted to his care; also, to the buying
and selling of ltcal Estate. Jan 1.
efrre. A. Howard,
Ordinary of Bartow Cpunty.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
Jau 1,1870.
A. in. Foutc,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ARTERSViLLE GEORGIA.
( With Col. Warren Akin,)
Will practice in the courts of Bartow, Cobb,
Polk, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield and ad
joining counties. March 30.
T. W. MII.NKR, 0. 11. MILNER.
Hi lii cr «V MNlner,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORG IA
Will attend promptly to business entrusted to
their care. Jan. 15.
Warren Akin,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
Will practice in all the courts of the State.
Nani. 11. I*atillo,
Fashionable Tailor and Agent
for Sewing Machines,
WILL attend promptly to the Cutting, Re
pairing, and Making Boys’ and Mens’
Clothing; also, Agent for the sale of the cele
brated Grover A Baker Sewing Machines. Of
fice over Stokely ,t Williams Store. Entrance
from the rear. feb 17.
W. It. iHonutcatttlc,
Jeweler and Watch and Clock
Repairer,
CARTERSVILLE GEORGIA.
Office in front of A. A. Skinner & Co’s Store.
Kenncsaw House,
MARIETTA, GEORGIA.
LS still open to the traveling public as well as
summer visitors. Parties desiring to make
arrangements for the season can he accommo
dated. Rooms neat and clean and especially
adapted tot families. A line large piazza has
been recently added to the comforts of the estab
lishment. ELETCILEII & FREYER,
junelßwtf Proprietors.
s.l)’shii:li)s,
Fashionable Tailor ,
Cartersville, Georgia.
HAVE just received the latest European and
American styles of Mens’ and Boys’ Cloth
ing, and is prepared to Cut and Making to or
der. Office upstairs in Liebman’s store. East
side of the Railroad. sept. 29.
Dr. J. A. Jackson.
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
OFFICE IN TUE NE W DR UO STORE.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
Jan 4th, 1871.
• Wl. 0. BOWLER,
MANUFACTURER OF!,
-A.ISTH) DEALER TNT,
SINGLE AND DOUBLE
HARNESS,
Saddles,
COLLARS, LEATHER, &C.
KEIMIItOL} lIOXI4
With neat lies* and dispat ch.
8^"' Simp in West Main Street, near tlieold
Market Hous3, CARTERSVILLE, GA.
feb 21-vvly WM. O BOWLER.
~ ‘‘GEAR SHOP,” by
w. c, aw&m '*Up
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
M/ndfacttjrer of Harness, Bri
£TjKJf *”*) Gear, etc*, and Dealer in
„ Ssititlles, L^BtJier.
Repairtng done on short notice. Work war
ranted to stand the teat. 11 ides W anted
jau. 24, 1871.-swly
\ . r - Dr * F. M.
' 'Toll 11*0*1,
- Cartersville, (Ja
* '/4 V
Teeth drawn without, pain, by the use oi nar
cotic spray. mch 9.
J. T. OWEN,
JEWELER,
Main Street, Cartersville, fi;u.
his line as cheap as
H U “ V° u » ht iin > " here.
«u«b>men*. yS atiiß I ' WBt ’ ren,l >' toßer ™ his
h'u) thing waranled to give satisfaction.
R El_A D
I T j* well kilobit to
•that Women are subject Ay
to numerous diseases pe- V |
culiar to their sex—such -d** ft %
a« Suppression of the
Menses. Whites, Painful ■■
M’nthly ‘Periods,’ ltheu*
in <>!' tile B.uk and • - ]«A
Womb. Irregular Men- k. ' m f
struation, Hemorrhage, •
or Exeessive ‘Flow.’ ami Al
Prolapsus Cterior Fall- & -a
iug of the Womb. .
These diseases have set '* T 3^V
dom bemi treated successfully. The profession
hassonghtdilligently lorsoMu'i remeJv that w o’ld
enable them to treat these diseases with success.
At last, that remeifs lias been discovered by
one of the most skilful ehysieians ju the State oT
Georgia. The remedy is
Bradfield’s Female Regulator,
Tt is purely vegetable, and is pul up in Atlan
ta. By BRADFIELT) A CO.
It will purify the blood and strengthen the
system, relieve irritation of the kidneys, and is
a perfect specific foT all the above diseases; as
certain a cure as Quinine is in Chills and Fevers.
For a history of diseases, and certificates «f its
worderful cures, the reader is referred to the
wrapper around the bottle. Every bottle war
ranted to give satisfaction or money refunded.
LaGraxoe, fit., March 23,1870.
BRADFTELD A CO., ATLANTA, GA.:
Dear Sirs: f take pleasure in stating that 1
have used, for the last twenty years, the rat'di
cine vou are putting up, known as DR. J. BR AD
EIKLD’.s FEMALE REGULATOR, and con
sider it the best combination ever gotten to
gether for the diseases for which it is recom
mended. 1 have been familiar with the pre
scription both as a practitioner of medicine and
in domestic practice, and cau honestly say that
I consider it a boon to suffering females, and
can but hope that every lady in our whole land,
who may he suffering in any way peculiar to
theirxex. may be able to procure a bottle, that
their sufferings may not only be relieved, but
that they may be resum'd to health A strength.
With my kindest regards, lam. respectfully,
W. 15. F Ell HELL, M. D.
We, the; undersigned Druggists, take pleasure
in commending to the trade. Dr. J. Brad field’s
Female Regulator—believing it to be a good and
reliable remedy for the diseases for which he
recommends it! W. A. LANSDELL,
PEMBERTON. WILSON, TAYLOR A CO.
RED WINE & FOX,
W. a LA WSITE. Atlanta, Ga.
W. ROOT A.SON, Marietta,Ga.
ACTS With gentleness and thoroughness
upon the Liver and General Clrcula
t ion—keeps the Bowels in Natural Motion
and Cleanses the System from all impuri
-11""""—,, .k’. fifrfr" Never
f ai 1 s l_v (N -p, , . ,* to Cure Li-
X® r Ur, 0. S, Propllltt’s Pi-ase In
st. n yj I 1 1 'form. Tor
l>idi- “j _ C". ■ "linlurg
ment, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Loss of Ap
petite, Nausea, Sour Slomaelt, Heart Burn.
Debility, Low Spirits, Cold Feet and Hands,
Costiveness, Listlessness, Colic, Chronic
Diarrhea, and Chronic Chills and Fever,
i ft®* I*’ 1 *’ ( ompouued in strict accordance with
skilltill chemistry and scientific pharmacy, this
purely veg- pr* 1 — H t ab 1 e
Compo un and » j jhas, after
the severe- If CELEBRATED I lest test of
twenty!! ! fvears in -
cessant use.ll ” ’ljhpen s tyl-
C(i the Great Restorative and Recuperant
hy the enlightened testimony of thousands us
ing it; so harmoniously adjusted that it keeps
the Liver in healthful action; and w r hen the
directions are observed the process of waste
and replenishment in the human system con
tinues uninterruptedly to a ripe old age, and
man, like the patriarchs of old, drops into the
grave full of years, and without a struggle.
whenever) L ID k a t n
claims his * r . . . I fpreroga
tive.Ada-j |I jiver Medicme.iirt «.i 1 0
t h e most!! Udclieate
robust constitution, it can"lie"give™vT th equal
safety and success to the young child, invalid
lady or strong man.
jitne 2,1871.
ttn. o. s. i*noruitt*s
Anodyne Pain Xtill It.
NEVER FAILING!
KILLSPAIN I\ EVERY FORM.
Cl UR ES Pains in the Back., Chest, /Tips or
A Limbs, Rheumatism., Neuralgia. Coughs,
Colds, Bronchial Affections. Kidney Diseases. Dys-
Pepsia. Liver Complaint ; Colic. Cholera. Cholera
Morbus, Pleurisy, Asthma, Heart Burn. Tooth
Acne, Jaw Ache, Far Ache, Head Ache, Sprains,
Bruises, Cuts, Contusions, Sores, Lacerated
Mounds, Sea ids, Burns, Chill Blains, Frost Bites.
Poisons, of all kinds, vegetable or animal. Os all
[joAIN ~kTx7l~ltT|||
the Remedies ever discovered for the relief of
Suffering humanity, tins is the best Pain Medita
tor known to Medical Science. The cure is speedy
and permanent in the most inveterate disease-s.
This is no humbug, bn t a grand medical- discovery.
A Ikain1 k ain Killeh containing no poison to inflame,
paralize or drive the inflammation upon an in
ternal organ. Its efficiency is truly wonderful
—Relief ia Instantaneous. It is destined to
banish pains aud aches, wounds and bruises,
from the fare of the earth,
may 6, 1871.
CERTIFICATES:
. We, the undersigned, haved used Dr. Proph
et’s Prepaartions, and take pleasure in recom
mending them to the public, as being all he
claims for them:
Col. U J Header-fan, Covington, Ga.; 0 T Rog
ers, Covington, Ga.; O S Porter, Covington, Ga.;
I rot. .T 1, Jones. Covington, Ga.; ltev. M W Ar
nold, Georgia Conference; Rev. W W Oslin, Ga.
Conference; F M Swanson, Monficello, Ga.; Ro
bert l>arnes, Ja<per County, Ga.l AMKobinson,
Monticcllo, Ga.; James Wright, Putnam county,
v : V’„, ” cstbrnok, Putnam county, Ga.; Judge
J J Iloyd, Covington, Ga.- W L 'liebee, “Cov
ington Enterprise,”: A H Zachrv, Con vers, Ga;
George Wallace, Atlanta, Ga.;'Dick'Lockett,
Davis county, Texas; W Hawk Whatley, Cus
seta, Texas; 3V C Roberts, .Linden countv, Tex
as; Tommy A Stewart, Atlanta. Ga; W A Lans
dell, Druggist, Atlanta, Ga; Ii F Maddox & Cos.;
Atlanta, Ga.; Uriah Stephens, Cartersville, Ga.;
AN Louis, Lowndes countv, Ga.; Joseph Land,
Lowndes county, Ga.; Jas. Jefferson. Cartcrs
ville, Ga.; W L Ellis, Doolv county, Ga.; W A
Forehand, Dooly countv, Ga.; John B. Davis
Newton Factory, Ga.; Ii F Bass, Low mines co.
GOWE*R, JONES k CO
MANUFACTURERS OF
And Dealers in
CAERIAGES, BUGGIES,
AND
1, 2 & 4 Horse Wagons.
MATERIALS, AC.
REPAIRING, of all k inds, DONE
WITH NEATNESS awl DTJRABJId-
TY.
cartersville, ga.
feb. 7, 1871.w1y
£&■ Suits of Clothes from $2,00 to
; $4,00 at
Satteufeild, Pirom A Co’s.
Bridles,
CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY. GEORGIA, JULY 7, IS7I.
Sfliodulo
CARTERSVILLE A VAN AVERT R. R.
ON and after January 20th, 1991, the trains
will
Leave TAYLORSVILLE, at . ..9.30, M.
“ STILESRORO’, at 10. A. M.
“ FORREST WILE, at 10.25. \. M
Arriving at CARTERSVILLE, at 19.50, A M
Leave CARTERSVILLE, at 1, P. M.
Arrive at TAYLORSVILLE, at 3, 1\ M.
A Hack will soon he running from Cedartown
to Taylorsville via. Van Wert, connecting with
the trains.
An Extra train will be run to Cartersville and
Return to Taylorsville, every Friday evening.
By order ofilic President.
D. W. K*. PE ACOCK, Seo’y.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE,
WESTERN & ATLANTIC R. R. CO.
ON and after 28th instant, trains will run on
this Road as follows :
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN—OrTW akd.
Leaves Atlanta, fi 30, P. M.
Arrives at Chattanooga, . ~i 43 a. m.
DaY PASSENGER TRAlN—Outward.
Leaves Atlanta 8 15, a. m.
Arrives at Chattanooga 4 25, u. m.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAlN—lnward.
Leaves Chattanooga 5 10, p. m.
Arrives at Atlanta 1 42, a. m.
day passenger train—inward.
Leaves Chattanooga ....5 00, a. rs.
Arrives at Atlanta .. 1 88, p. m.
D A ETON ACCOMM<)D ATION.
Leaves Atlanta 340, p. m.
Arrives at Dalton .11 58, P. M..
Leaves Dalton , ...3 25, a. m.
Arrives-at Atlanta 10-20, a. m.
E. B. WALKER,
may 25,1871. Master of Transportation.
Lawslie & Haynes,
HAVE ON HAND AND are receiving
the finest stock of the
Very Latest Styles
of tiiamond and Hold
Jewelry,
in upper Georgia, selected, with eat care for
the
* Fall and Winter Trade,
Watches,
ot the BEST MAKERS, of both Europe and A
merica;
American ami French CSocks;
sterling and Coin Silver Ware;
aud the best quality of
Silver Plated Goods,
at prices to suit the times;
Gold, Silver and Steel
Spectacles,
to suit all ages.
Watches «tn<l Jewelry
Repairsd by Competent Workmen;
Also Clock and Watch Makers
Tools and Materials.
sept 13,-swly ATLANTA, GA.
W. H. GILBERT. A. BAXTER, T. W. BAXTER, Jr.
GILBERT&BAXTER,
(SUCCESSORS TO \V. 11. GILBERT & C 0.,)
Dcjilcrs In
HAUDWVKE,
IKON, STEEL, NAILS,
CLOVER & GRASS SEED.
AGENTS FOR SALE OF
COAL CEEEKCOAL.
Peruvian Gruano.
And other Fertilizers.
Agricultural Implements,
Agricultural and Mill Machinery.
ALSO
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS
For sale and Purchase of
COTTON, WHEAT, COEN.
And all other
Country Produce, Cotton, Hay
AND OTHHR PRODUCE SHIPPED ON
LIBEKALTERM
GILBERT & BAXTER,
Carters*!lie Ciu.
, Jan. ID, 1871—ty.
JAS. W. STRANGE,
Dealer In? and Manufacturer Os
TO WARE, A9TD
llousc-Furnishing' Goods,
ALSO DEALER IA
First-Class Stoves At
The JLovcest Cash Prices.
WILL BARTER
FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE, RAGS,&C.
Carte rsville, Jan. 20th, ’7l -ly.
S. II- PATTILLO, Agent
GROVER & BAKER’S CELEBRATED
mm wxmm.-
BOTH TIIE
ELASTIC AND SHUTTLE
on
LOCKSTITCH.
SUITABLE FOR ANY KIND OF FAMI
LY SEWING. NONE BETTER-
Men aii'il Boys’ Clothing
Made on the Most Reasonable Terms.
lii fact, almost any description of
SEWING done
As Cheap st*si the Cheapest!
AND
IN Til K B EST STYLE.
Lyman Chapman,
Brick and Stone
Mason,
CARTE RSVILLE, GA.
1' prepared to do any of the altove work
upon short notice and at low liguers
(N BORGIA, IJ A RTOW fOCNTY.—T. M. Stow-
Jfurt lias applied for exemption of personalty,
and T will pass upon the -untie at 10o'clock A. ji.,
on the 3rd da v of July, IK7I, at my other.
June 21»t, liai.
J. A. HOWARD, Ord’y U- C.
“Onward* and Upward. ,f
SHARP &FLOYD,
Successors to Geo. SHARP, Jr.,
ATLANTA, GA,
Wholesale And Retail Jewelers.
Welvce{>a Large and Varied Assortment of
FINE WATCHES, CLOCKS,
IHAMONOS, JEWELRY,
AND
SPECTACLES.
mu mm Will,
ASPECTYLTY.
We Manufactuae Tea Sets, Forks, Spoons.
Goblets, Cups, Knives, etc.
3for t Afjrjcultutjal >*aii|B.
We are prepared to fill any order for Fairs at
short notice; also to give any- information in
regard to Premiums.
Orders by man or in person, will receive
prompt and careful attention. We ask a com
parison of Stock, lb-ices and Workmanship with
any house in the State.
Watches and Jewelry carefully Repaired
and Warranted. 'Masonic Badges and Sunday
School Badges made to order, v
JBkaT AH Work Guaranteed.
ENGRAVING FREE OF CHARGE.
SHARP <SI FLOYD.
. May 23, swly.
COIVSUAJUPTIOIN ,
Its Cure and Its Preventive
BY J. H. SOHENOK, M. D
MANY a human being has passed away,
for whose death there was no other reason
than the neglect of known and indisputably
proven means of cure. Those near and dear to
family and friends are sleeping the-dreamless
slumber into which, had they calmly adopted
DR. JOSEPH Hi SCHENCK’S SIMPLE
TREATMENT.
and availed themselves of his wonderful effica
cious medicines, they would not have fallen.
Dr. Schcnck Ttas in his own case proved that
wherever sufficient vitulity remains, that vital-
b}' his medicines and his directions for
their use, is quickened into healthful vigor.
In this statement there is.nothing presump
tuous. To the faith of the invalid is made no
representation that is not a thousand times
substantiated by living and visible works. The
theory of the cure by I>r. Schenek’s medicines
is as simple as it is ui failing. Its philosophy
requires no argument. It is self-assuring, self
eonvincing.
The Seaweed Tonic and Mandrake Pills are
the first two weapons with which the cit.adM
of the malady is assailed. Two-thirds of the
cases of consumption originate in dyspepsia
and a’functionally disordered livet. With this
condition the bronchial tubes “ sympathize”
with the stomach. Thej- respond to the morbific
action of the liver. Here then comes the cul
minating result, and the setting in, with all its
distressing svinptoins, of
CONSUMPTION.
The Mandrake Pills are esmposed of one of
Nature’s noblest gifts—the PodophiUum Pelta
tum. They possess all the blood-searching,
alterative properties of calomel.
But unlike calomel, they
“LEAVE NO STING BEHIND,”
The work of cure is now beginning. The
vitiated and mucous deposits in the bowels and
in the alimentary canal ar*C ejected. The liver,
like a clock, is wound up. It arouses from its
torpidity. The stomach acts responsivelv, and
the patient begins to feel that he is getting, at
last,.
A SUPPLY OF GOOD BLOOD.
The Seawfied Tonic, in conjunction With the
Pills, permeates and assimilates with the food.
Chyliflcatidn is now progressing without its
previous tortures. Digestion becomes painless
and the cure is seen to be at hand. There is no
more flatulence, no exacerbation of the stomach
An appetite sets in.
Now comes the greatest Blood Purifier ever
yet given by an indulgent father to suffering
man. Schenck’s Pulmonic Svrnp comos ii to
perform its functions and to hasten and com
plete the cure. It enters at once upon its work.
Nature cannot be cheated. It collects and
ripens the impaired portions of the lungs. In
the form of gatherings, it prepares them for
expectoration, and lo ! in a very short time the
malady, is vanquished, the rotten throne that
it occupied is renovated and made new, and the
patient, in all the dignity of regained vigor,
steps forth to enjoy the manhood or the woman
hood that was
GIVEN UP AS LOST.
The second thing is, the patients must stay in
a warm room until they get well ; it is almost
impossible to prevent taking cold when the
lungs are diseased, hut it must he prevented or
a cure cannot be effected. Fresh air and riding
out, especially in this section of the country in
the winter season, ;u’e all wrong. Physicians
who recommend that course lose patients, if
their lungs are badly diseased, and yet because
they are in the house they must not sit down
quiet ; the,}' must walk about the room as much
and as fast as the strength will hear, to get up a
good circulation of blood. The patients must
keep in good spirits—be determined to get well.
This has a great deal to do with the appetite,
and is the great point to gain.
To despair of cure after such evidence of its
possibility in the worst eases, and moral cer
tainty in all others, is sinful. Dr. Schenek’s
personal statement to the Faculty of his own
euro was in these modest words :
Many years ago I was in the, last stages of
consumption ; confined to my bed, and at one
time my physicians thought that I could not
live a week; then, like a drowning man catch
ing at straws, I heard of and obtained the pre
parations which I now offer to the public, and
they made a perfect cure of me. It seemed to
me that I could feel them penetrate mv whole
system. They soon ripened the matter in my
lungs, and I would spit up more than a pint of
offensive yellow matter overy morning for a
long time.
As soon as that began to subside my cough,
fevci, pain anil night sweats all began to leave
me, and my appetite became so great that it
was with difficulty that I could keep from
eating too much. I soon gained my strength,
and have grown in flesh ever since.”
“I was-weighed shortly after mv recovery,”
added the Doctor, “then looking like a mere
skeleton; my weight was only ninety-seven
pounds ;-my present weight is two hundred and
twenty-five pounds, and for years I have
“ENJOYED GOOD HEALTH.”
Dr. Schenck has discontinued his professional
visit to New York and Boston. He or his son,
Dr. J H. Schenck. Jr., still continue to see
patients at their office. No. 15 North Sixth street,
Philadelphia, every Saturday from 9 a. m., to 3
p. in. Those who wish a thorough examination
with the Respirometer will be charged five
dollars. The Respirometer declares the exact
condition of the lungs, and patients can readily
learn whether they are curable or not.
Tho directions for taking the medicine are
adapted to the intelligence even of a child
Follow these dirge to ns, and kind nature will do
the rest, excepting that in some cases the Man
drake Pills are to be taken in increased doses •
the three medicines need no other accompani
ments than the ample instructions that do
accompany fheni. First create appetite. Os
returning health hunger Is the most welcome
symptom. When it comes, as it will come, let
the despairing be of good cheer. Good bipod at
once follows, the cough loosens, the night sweat
is abated. In a short time both of these morbid
symptoms are gone forever.
*Dr. Schenck’s medicines are constantly ko,pt
in tens of thousands of families. Asa laxal ive,
or purgative, the Mandrake are a standard
preparation; while the Pulmonic Syrup, as a
curer of coughs and colds, may he regarded as a
prophylacteric against consumption in any of
its forms.
Price of-the Pulmonic Svrup and Seaweed
Tonic, $1.50 a bottle, or $7.50 h half dozen. Man
drake Pills, 25 cents a box. For sale by all
druggists and dealers.
.JOHN P. HEN It V.
EIGHT College Place, New York,
WHOLESALE AG EN T
NOTICE,
A I,L PERSONS who remained Loyal to the
United States Government during the late
war, and \\ ho furnished to, or had army supplies
taken, by the Federal soldiers, can learn some
thing to their interest. l>y Calling upon me bv
the 27th iust. at my office in Garters) ill,-.
W. L.,GOODWIN,
Claim agent.
Uartaraville, June 22, 7871.
THE APARITIONf,
OB
A Hlpterf Explained.
For many years my family livej in
one of tlie northern suburbs of Lon
don. Retluced at last to two mem
bers, a sister and myself, we gave up
housekeeping, and for some time trav
eled about England. Tired at length
of wandering, we returned to our old
neighborhood, and looking about for a
settled residence. One day while
walking down a well roineinb<£red
street, we were struck with the ap
pearauce of a large, handsome corner
house, where we recollected perfectly,
only a year or two before, had been a
green grocer's shop. We stopped to
ask a deferential crossing-sweeper how
that imposing edifice had grown there,
aud were told that the shop had been
burned down with everything in it,
and this house built on itsruias.
We were concerned to bear such a
melaueholly account, having known the
green grocer well, aud we inquired
anxiously if there had been any loss of
life. “Troth, my lady, and there was,”
said our glib informant —Irish of course
—“for the master wakened iu the
night and smelt the fire ; and he
roused the wife, who had a young ba
by, and bade her wrap in a blanket
aud take the wee thing, and go straight
down through the door, for the tire
:yas in a room above, and he rushed
up to save the other children, and he
did it, and got them all safe out on the
roof of the next house, and so down
in the street ; but when he can*e«fo
look for the misthress, faith! she was
nowhere to be. found ; and a boy that
was standing by, a friend of my own
to’d me that he saw her, from a btfck
yard, stand at the window and then
turn, as though to go down the stairs
—aud she had a sheet wrapped round
her, and the baby in her arms under
the sheet, but why she stopped so
long, and looked out o’window, imd
why she never come at all, sorra one
uv us larnt, for the roof fell iu, and
none durst go near the llames ; and,
sure enough, the next day they found
her, and the bit of a baby in her arms
still, and whether she stayed to gath
er up her trinkets and such-like, or her
sinses forsook her, or the smoke choked
her, not a living creature can tell, for
the sowl went out of the poor body,
and niver came back to tell us the rea
son, and —thank ye kindly, my lady.”
Shocked and distressed at the sad
ending of the poor woman, and anx
ious to escape minute details, we ab
ruptly left the Irish sweeper aud went
our way. I remembered the poor
green grocer’s wife very well, and had
often remarked that her gooseberries
were the driest and wholesomest, her
raspberries the least mashed, her
strawberries the least suspicious look
ing of any fruiterer’s iu that district.
Well, iu the end we took that very
house. It was then autumn ; and there
we remained the winter, spring, sum
mer and autumn again, then came the
terribly hal'd winter of 1866-67. *As
the frost increased, we found the cold
of our bedrooms impossible to bear ;
so my sister and I agreed to occupy
one large room with a southern as
pect, and keep a fire iu it constantly.
The first night that this arrangement
was put in practice, we went up stairs
at our usual time about twelve o’clock.
Our bedroom was over the drawing
room Boor, and there were other rooms
above where the servants slept. The
staircase window on the second floor
was directly opposite our door, on the
curve of the upper stairs, which formed
a small landing. We found our lire
burning brightly, and, while my sister
stired and heaped it with coals, I put
down what I was carrying and went
back to shut the door, iiut, instead
of shutting it, I stood holding the han
dle, staring into the darkness outside;
speechless and motionless, conscious
of nothing but an unutterable horror ;
my eyes fixed upon an object not two
yards distant, whose appearance alone,
without any other reasoning witnessed
that it was no inhabitant of earth.
On the top stairs of the flight that
led to the upper window stood the
figure of a woman, wrapped from head
to foot in a thick white covering ;
rounded and bulky about the shoul
ders and arms, as if holding a child or
bundle ; tapering toward the feet, as
if but slenderly clothed, every fold,
every wrinkle, every curve of the limbs
aS distinct as we see them in each
other and under a strong light. But
the crowning horror was this—through
this perfectly formed and apparently
solid figure I distinctly saw the stair
case vymdow, the opposite wall, the
faint light coming from the outside—
all as plainly visible as if nothing stood
between them and me; and yet there
was a woman, tall, broad, enveloped in
a thick covering, and placed everything
beyond herstlf from view.
iShe stood on the top stairs; one foot
covered with a stocking, but no shoe,
put forward as if about to touch the
lower step; and I noticed with a sick
ly shudder, that us the lire, stirred and
renewed, leaped up in rampant flames,
the figure became agitated; moved its
feet, now up, now down; swayed a lit
tie from side to side; sometimes seemed
to step backward, somestimes forward,
hku one uncnrLum which way to go;
that thiT arms worked, as if clasping
their burden tighter; and still through
it all, came the light from the window,
and the outline on the opposite wall;
and still I stuod staring in silent ter
ror, believing, disbelieving. How could
1 believe iho exploded loiiy of spirits
dtpatted coming back to haunt iho
1 spot whore they had been released ?
And yet how disbelieve my own eye
sight ?
At length my sister from (he other
end of the room astonished at my si
lence and the sliH open door, turned
suddenly round, started at my fixed
look and terror, awl exclaimed: *ls
anything the matter? What are you
looking at?”
The sound of her voice was an im
mense u lief to me, it roused my para
lysed sense. Still keeping my ev’es fix
ed on the apparition, I said quietly:
“Como here a moment ; don't be fright
ened; there is-somethiug strange on the
stairs.’
She came hurriedly, but, in spite of
my caution, gave a cry of terror as she
caught sight of the figure. “Good
Heavens! what can it be ?” she whis
pered.
“Don’t move,” I said; “we must
watch it. You remember what the;
sweeper told us about the green-gro
cer’s wife?”
Silent and shivering we stood, ex
changing now and then a frightened
whisper. Had any one told me be
foiehaud that I should see such a fig
ure, and enquired how I should act
under the circumstances, I should have
said, “would walk straight np to it-”
but standing where I did now j f e jfc
that the distance was nofc a t a ll too
great between it and me, an j had no
wish whatever to lessen if.
For a long time we watched, and
the only change in the fi glire was one
or another of the mov emen t a j have
mentioned. Meantime the fire burn
ed low; the phantom become i-ather
less distinct, and remained quiet We
stood with the door Only partly open
ed, and had not courage to put it any
wider. At last, with a sudden resolu
tion, I shut it
“It is no use looking ary longer,” I
said; “we shall only terrify ourselves
to death, and catch dreadful colds be
sides.”
4 hen we sat down by the fire and
discussed the matter. The strange
appearance no longer visible, my nat
ural hardihood and disbelief in spec
ters returned.
“I don’t care,” I said, in answer to a
remark from my sister, though I have
stood and looked at the dreadful thing
for nearly an hour, I don’t believe in
it. It must have a cause. Perhaps a
figure outside the window; light is so
deceiving.”
“But, * said he, “what figure could
stand so still for such a time?”
This point I could not argue, but
still persisted in attributing it a natu
ral agency. But we could not go to
bed easily without looking to see if our
supernatural visitor was still at her
post. We went slowly and hesitating
ly to the door; lingered a moment, and
then flung it open to its full extent—
the stair was unoccupied, the figure
was gone ! Much relieved, we closed
the door quickly, and betook ourselves
to rest.
Next morning we were disposed to
laugh at the ghost as a creation of our
fancy; nevertheless, we grew rather
anxious as night came on, I was
courageous enough to go up during
the evening, and cast a hurried glance
at the stairs before I opened our bed
room door, but nothing was there, and
I sped down again in great glee, con
vinced that our eyes the previous night
had been fog bound., But in spite of
this, when we went up late and came
to the door to tike a last reassuring
glance, there was the thing again, in
precisely the same attitude, making
the same movements, agitated when
the fire blazed up, motionless when it
burned low.
Time went on, and night after night
we watched, till we almost became ac
customed to our nocturnal visitor.—
Notwithstanding the continually re
newed fear caused by the stght of it, I
had an underlying conviction that it
was produced by natural means. What
means I could not imagine, for we had
tried every possible experiment to find
out. We moved the furniture of the
room, we placed the light in different
places, we stationed ourselves now at
one point, now at another—without ef
fect; the figure stood unchanging. *
All this time we kept the matter to
ourselves, knowing the foolish fear of
servants, and how such a report would
spread like wild-fire among our friends,
and scare them away from the house.
It so happened that just then n ceuJn
came to pays us a visit, and we deter
mined to let her into the secret, partly
to i revent her from seeing the figure
unawares, and being frightened to
death; partly that she might help us
with her opinion and advice. So
the first night of her arrival we
brought her into our room; and having
told the facts, and warned her against
a sudden fright, took her to the door
and pointed to the specter. Though
so prepared and utterally skepical as
to anything ghostly, her terror was so
great as to alarm us. Talking of
ghosts and seeiug them are two such
very different matters. I still persist
ed in referring the apparation to natu
ral causes, and though this was my
cousin’s belief in the theory, practical
evidence to the contrary appeared to
have shaken, her creed to its very
foundations. Shuttling out the ghast
ly object, however, to a certain extent
restored her self-possession, and then
we all three set to work, both by sug
gestion and experiment, to throw some
light on the subject, but to no purpose.
The wretched, puzzling intangible sub
stance, the unreal reality stood its
ground, and mocked all our efforts.
After a time a thaw set in, the weath
S. IT. Smith § Cos., Proprietors.
or became as warm as it before find
been cold, and wo dispensed with <| u >
fire in our room. That night—Oli
wonder of wonders !wo looked and
watched hi vain: and not a trace of
I tho figure was to be seen. I was more
puzzled than ever.
As time went on and onr spectral
visitor was stiff invisible; we congrytu
| luted ourselves on being rid of such an
i unwelcome intruder, and decidedit to
! have been the reflection of some object
outside. But now tho frost returned
! again, and again the tiro in onr room
was lighted, and, casting a glance up
tho stairs as I prepared to close the
door, my eyes fell on the mysterious
figure, standing as before on the top
step, moving her foot up and down,
grasping the burden that she held Jrt>w
firmly, now loosely, in her amis; di
lating and agitatating when the fire
blazed, still as death when the flani' 8
fell low. This reappearance was more
stait iug th in I cared to a kn w ledge
even to myself. My sister and cousin
grew nervous; so did I; we could not
convince either ourselves or each other
that the phantom had a natural ori
gin. It would be impossible to enu-
merate all the efforts we made to dis
cover tho cause of it. Every failure
found our spirits a little more sbaken T
and our minds a little less skeptical as
to ghosts and their doings. We grew
accustomed to see the shadowy thing
on the stairs, and no longer startled
at sight of it, but the superstitious ele
ment in us became strong and active,
and we were ready to believe anything.
One night while tuking my usual
look of mingling curiosity aud terror,
I observed that the figure had under
gone a change—one arm appeared to
hang helplessly down by her side. As
I was about to call attention to this,
new phenomenon I heard my sister
say: “Whv who has been taring the
blind?”
I turned quickly. Our windows
were furnithed with roller-blinds of
highly glazed white linen, over which
were festooned heavy curtains of green.
I saw that one side of the blind had
been torn away from the nails fasten
ing it to the roller, und hud fallen
buck, leaving part of the window un
covered. Thought is rapid, aud some
intellectual telegraph connected in my
mind tho torn blind and the armless
figure on the stairs.
“Stand up on a chair,” I said, “and
fasten it as well as you can.”-
She managed it easily, and I had
the satisfaction of seeiug that my ghost
was furnished with her proper comple
ment of arms. But to rnako assurance
doubly sure, I said: “Draw the blmd
up for a moment; I will tell you why
afterwards.”
She drew it up; and with greater re
lief aud satisfaction than I can describe,
I saw the figure gradually disappear;
commencing at the feet, finishing at
the neck, a shadowy head still remain
ing. I speedily announced my discov
ery; and after a minute investigation*
and much experimentalizing and prov
ing, we at last discovered the entire
nature and origin of our specter. And
this was it- From the position of the
fire-grate, the entire light of the flames
fell on the window opposite the door;
and when the door was open, this light
was again reflected from tne dazzling
surface of the white blind on the op
posite wall, whieh formed the curve of
stair, and where stood the window.—
Every one knows that two festooned
curtains will give to the apace between
them the form of a human neck aud
shoulders; here was the foundation of
the figure; and the curtains neariug
each other as they approached tne
grouud, completed the illusion of u
long, scanty garment. The phantom
foot was nothing but space between
the dark drapery terminating m
point. The immense width of llie fes
tooned part as compared with the rest,
gave that appearance of bulk about
the arms and shoulders; aud the head
was caused by the reappearance oi the
light colored wall above the curtains.
The wall, of course, rose square aud
shapeless, hence the supposition of a
sheet enveloping tho figures. we
found, too, that when tho door was
opened wide the reflection vanished;
this, I fancy, was caused by the light
being diffused, instead of concentrated
though a small opening. Aud the
strange movements of the specter were
simple enough. Naturally, the more
the fire blazed, the more its light,
flickered aud danced on the window,
and sent its dancing and flickering
shadow outside the door. But why
the reflection seemed to stop short ou
the lauding, instead of being conveyed
to the opposite wall, I have novel f il
ly satisfied myself. I fancied it to be
in some way caused by meeting the
light from the staircase window, and
so throwing it back upon itself; but
this is only my supposition. I leave rt
to those more learned m the laws of
light than I am to settle the matter.—
Thus every particle of our ghost was
explained, even to the head, which re
mained stationary when all the lest
had disappeared. The head being a
reflection from the wail, of course nev
er moved when the bliud was drawn
U P- ’ . ,
Having proved our in, tne*
most satisfactory manner, we publish
ed the mutter among our friends; and
many came to look at the ghost, and
see it made and unmade; and 1 have
no doubt that some who read this will
be of that number, and bear witness 10,
the truth of what I have written. J
inn e been templed to make this cu
rious circumstance public, knowing on
wlut muiu bUi-licr yivumis iwu.**
NUMBER 5.