New Jersey, from the discovery of Scheyichbi to recent times . imes see a ghost flit about under the treesat the edge of the woods ; and the second schoolmas-ter, well wrapped up in a sheet, seems to have madeas good a ghost as could have been found were many supernatural performances, andamong them was a great act, in which each one ofthe members of the company lay flat on his face inthe field with his eyes shut, holding in one out-stretched hand a sheet of paper. This was done inthe hope that the spirits would write their instruc-tions on the pai)er. Mr. Rogers knelt down with
New Jersey, from the discovery of Scheyichbi to recent times . imes see a ghost flit about under the treesat the edge of the woods ; and the second schoolmas-ter, well wrapped up in a sheet, seems to have madeas good a ghost as could have been found were many supernatural performances, andamong them was a great act, in which each one ofthe members of the company lay flat on his face inthe field with his eyes shut, holding in one out-stretched hand a sheet of paper. This was done inthe hope that the spirits would write their instruc-tions on the pai)er. Mr. Rogers knelt down with theothers and held his paper; but it was not a blanksheet like the others. When this performance was 198 over, all the papers were shaken together, and thenthey were drawn out one by one; and judge of thesurprise and awe of all present, when one of themwould contain some writing, — generally in a beautifulhand, such as could only be expected from a super-natural being (or a schoolmaster), — which would befound to be instructions as to what must be >^e~^-~^ The most important of these directions ordered thatbefore any march could be made toward SchooleysMountain, or any definite directions gi\-en in regard tothe whereabouts of the treasure, each member shouldpay to the spirits, through Mr. Rogers, who wouldkindly act as agent, the sum of twelve j)ountls. And,moreover, this must not be paid in the paper money thencurrent in New Jersey, which was called loan money,and which would not pass outside of the State, but in 199 gold or sihcr. When every meml^er had paid in histwelve pounds, then the party would be led to theplace of the treasure. When they found out what they had to do, eachman went to work to try, if possible, to raise thetwelve pounds; but Rogers soon saw that it wouldbe impossible for some of them to do this, as speciemoney was so hard to get, and he reduced the sum,in some cases, to six or four pounds. He was a goodbusiness manager, and would not try t
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