"A few days before I first heard the noises, or anything of the kind had ever occurred, a foot-pedlar called there about two o'clock in the afternoon. Mrs. ---- then told me that Mr. ---- thought they would not want me any longer, and that I might go home; but, if they wanted me again they would send for me. Mrs. ---- was going to Loch Berlin, to stay that night. This was the first I had heard of it. I wanted to buy some things of the pedlar, but had no money with me, and he said he would call at our house the next morning and sell them to me. _I never saw him after that._ Three days after this they sent for me to come and board with them, and go to school. I accordingly came, and went to school about one week, when she wanted I should stay out of school and do house-work, as she had a couple of coats to make over for her husband. She said they were too large for her husband, and out of fashion, and she must alter them. They were ripped to pieces when I first saw them. I should think the pedlar was about thirty years old. I heard him conversing with Mrs. ---- about his family. He told her how many children he had, in answer to her inquiry. I do not recollect how many he said he had. Mrs. ---- told me that he (the pedlar) was an old acquaintance of theirs. A short time after this Mrs. ---- gave me a thimble, which she said she had bought of the pedlar, and paid him fifty cents for. Some time after I had left her I visited her again; and she said the pedlar had been there again, and showed me another thimble, which, she said, she had bought of the same pedlar. She said he had cheated her; that he had sold it to her for pure silver, but it was only German silver. She also showed me some other things which she said she had bought of him. "I did not (and do not now) know what to think of the noises I have heard. The dog would sit under the bedroom window and howl all night long. Mr. and Mrs. ---- appeared to be very good folks, only they were rather quick-tempered. "This pedlar carried a trunk and a basket, I think, with vials of essence in it. He wore a black coat and light-colored pants. "I am willing to swear to the above statement, if necessary. "LUCRETIA PULVER. "APRIL 11, 1848." MRS. ANNA PULVER. "I was acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. ----. I called on them frequently. My warping bars were in their chamber, and I used to go there to do my work. One morning when I went there Mrs. ---- told me that she felt very badly; that she had not slept much, if any, the night before. When I asked her what the matter was, she said she didn't know but it was the fidgets; but she thought she heard something walking about from one room to another, and that she and Mr. ---- got up and fastened the windows down. She felt safe after that. I heard her speak about hearing sounds after that, which she could not account for. "ANNA PULVER. "APRIL 11, 1848."