MORE ABOUT GHOSTS.
The "haunted honses" referred to sonic time back are still plagued by their spiritual tenants. At least, " everybody says so," and "what everybody says must be truo," and if we are not to be insanely sceptical and reject all evidence it is certain that "them sjierrils" need exorcism. _ A correspondent who subscribes himself "Scotus" is of this opinion, and he lias invented the following form of conjuration, which is warranted to lay any Napier ghust if repeated in its hearing :—
Gin a body'B astral body Leave hia prison cell. Need ft body's earthly body Tuk' tho road himscl'? Gin a body's aslral body Kiss a lassie's cheek, | Need a body'a earthly body Stand nnd play the sneak ? Gin a body's astral body Win hame a weo bit late, Need n body's earthly body Lock and bar tho gate ? Gin a body's earthly body Feign to by nsleep, Need a body's natrul body Wrath till morning keep ? Or gin Uicbo bodies \vi' their bodies Straightway come to blows, Neod we, puir bodies, oor nain bodies "f wixt them intorposc ?
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8379, 3 June 1889, Page 3
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MORE ABOUT GHOSTS.
Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8379, 3 June 1889, Page 3
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