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Show C0?vSE skulls in "IIAUnTED" DOUSE Placed There; hj It Euilden llany , Tear Ago to Keep Awaj Evil rplrlts. . , . , TORK, Pa. April 28-In tearing down n old bulldlnjr telOiiKbiK to W. O. Koh-ler, Koh-ler, near Abbottstownv workmen found tetween tna celling' and floor of the second floor of the atroctnra five well-preservad v akulla of horgea. . ' '. The bolldlng- was- erected ISO years ago by an early settler, and the horse skulls were placed in the building- by the build-era build-era to ward off gbosta, aa It waa the belief In those days that the skulls of animals would drive away restless and evil spirits. spir-its. In this instance the norse skulls did not . prove effective, aa the old bouse for half a century has born the reputation of being be-ing haunted. |