An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Bottle Imps: A Domestic 'Manifestation'

Saerasmid. "The Bottle Imps: A Domestic 'Manifestation'." New York Saturday Press, January 14, 1860, 1.
Type
newspaper
Genre
short fiction
Abstract

After asserting that he is an "Old Bachelor" who lives on the third floor of his sister's mansion, the author recalls a night in which it appears his sister's home has been visited by spirits, or ghosts, who have stolen various things. He ingeniously works out a plan to catch the "spirits" who turn out to be the servants in the home.