THAT GHOST

Submitted by Martha J. Kounse
SOURCE: Ironton Register July 8, 1880

Last week, there was much interest awakened in town over a "ghost', which stood within the window in the rear end of the Club house. The latter structure stands on Olive St. (now Park Ave.-mk) but below from Center, the culvert that crosses Rachel creek, the "ghost" could been seen.

It was the figure of a woman dressed in a dark bluish dress with white collar and dark belt about the waist. The figure could be seen from the neck down to the knees. She stood with her back toward the window, and on a passing glance, a person would most swear that a woman was standing behind the large pane of glass. It was, indeed, a most interesting curiosity, and attracted many people Thursday and Friday; and long and varied were the discussions as to the cause of it. On close inspection, a person could see no figure whatever. The glass was clear and apparently without blemish. The cause of the phenomenon was doubtless some slight curves or waves in the glass, which reflected the light in such gradations of shade and color as to give resemblance of a woman's form. It was worth going a long distance to see, and was really as wonderful a curiosity as nine-tenths of the remarkable attractions billeted in guide books for the allurement of pilgrims. On Saturday, the window was painted and the remarkable curiosity blotted from existence. It was really a shame that this phenomenon was destroyed, for it occasioned no one any harm, and was very interesting to all lovers of the curious manifestations of natural laws. It was a bigger thing than the entire Club House.