THE WAHPETON TIMES — MAY 16, 1889
A NORWICH GHOST
A man named George Greene dwells in a lonely house several miles from Norwich, Conn., which is haunted by a novel ghost. In the dusk of evening a colorless human shape imprints itself on the gloom of his bed chamber. It remains motionless. When he arises from his bed and lifts the curtain for the light to come in at he window the apparition vanishes. In the daytime the family hear the sounds of an invisible object moving about the room or in distant chambers. The furniture responds to the pressure of unseen hands. Once a case of drawers was thrown down with a loud clatter and nothing was seen to touch it. On another day a chest was tipped over, a table danced, a door opened and shut noiselessly, and a capering of feet was heard on the back stairs.
When Mr. Greene goes out of the house a rustle follows him and when he comes in it goes ahead of him. He has searched every nook and cranny of the habitation in vain for an explanation of the phenomena, and now he has decided to flee from the haunted house. The dwelling was built about 200 years ago, and there is a tradition of a ghost in its history.
In Bullock county. Ga., not long since, a man and family by the name of Brannen moved on to a farm formerly occupied by a very old and miserly couple. These old people (man and wife) had no children or relatives, and,
