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Show Dayton hag a Ghost. Dayton, Ohio, is .just now enjoying a visit from one of those impertinent intruders in-truders from the other world popularly known as ghosts. It comes in the "(ticstionable shape" of a woman in black, and very uncivilly enters houses without so much as opening (he door; and, though carrying about upon its ethcrial frame what appears to be a very ordinary quality of earhly dry goods, has the remarkable faculty of passing through solid walls without finding the obstruction which incommodes incom-modes living mortals similarly clad. Although the celestial feminine has not only shown an ill-regulated condition condi-tion of mind, in leaviag Tier own proper pro-per sphere in life, but during her absence ab-sence from this polite world has forgotten for-gotten the civilities of good society, her presence might be tolerated if she confined herself to the amusement of walking through brick walls and sliding out at keyholes; but it is averred that whenever she pays a visit to a family, one of its members is soon to Eicken and die. Now, really, these ghosts are a nuisance; and if they cannot "revisit "re-visit th.0 glimpses of the moon" with intent more charitable, a petition should be put up for their abatement. abate-ment. Er. |