Pamene Joy Hanson ndi mwamuna wake, Chuck, adagula Mason House Inn pambuyo pa kuchoka kwa Chuck kuchokera ku Air Force, adadziwa kuti nyumbayi inali ndi mzimu umodzi. Sizinali zodabwitsa; mbiri ya zaka 160 ya alendo idawona abambo ake atatu akufa mu hotelo, ndipo mlendo mmodzi anaphedwa. Chodabwitsa chinali chakuti alendo angapo omwe adakhalapo mu hoteloyi, ndipo anali otani.
About Hotels: Ndi angati amphepo omwe mumakhulupirira mu hotelo?
Joy Hanson: Tili ndi mizimu isanu yomwe timadziwa. Mason House Inn inamangidwa mu 1846 ndipo abambo atatu adamwalira kuno. Anagwiritsidwa ntchito monga chipatala pa Nkhondo Yachibadwidwe, komanso kachiwiri ndi dokotala yemwe anali kukhala pano mu 1920-40. Anamwalira pano ndi diphtheria pamodzi ndi odwala ake ambiri. Panali kupha munthu mmodzi m'chipinda chimodzi.
AH: Kodi alendo a hotelo adawona kuti akuwona mizimu iyi?
JH: Takhala ndi alendo akutiuza za zochitika zawo powona chithunzi choipa, kuona mnyamata atakwera akukonda kusewera anthu, kwa mayi wachikulire mu chovala choyera choyera, kwa munthu wokalamba yemwe "akungoyang'ana ine ndikuthawa. " Tili ndi bedi limene limathamangitsidwa pamene palibe munthu amene wakhala m'chipinda.
Mnyumba ku chipinda cha 5 adanena kuti malaya ake a pajama ankagwedezeka pamene akugona. Poganiza kuti anali mkazi wake akumufuna kuti atembenuke, adayesa kutembenuza ndipo manja ake sanabwere naye.
Iye anayang'ana ndipo iye ankakhoza kuwona manja ake akugwedezeka mobwerezabwereza koma sanawone aliyense kumeneko kuti agwirepo. Anakumbukira kuti mkazi wake sanabwere naye paulendo umenewu. Manjawa adapitiliza kugwedezeka kwa masekondi angapo ndikusiya. Iye anadzuka pa bedi ndipo sakanakhoza kugona kachiwiri.
Anagwedezeka kwambiri ndi zomwe zinamuchitikira. Iye ndi Mtumiki ndipo sanakhulupirire mizimu. Tsopano iye amatero.
Mlendo anali kuyang'ana mkati ndipo anayang'ana mmwamba masitepe ku chipinda chachiwiri ndipo anandiuza "Kodi ukudziwa kuti muli ndi mizimu kuno?" Ndinamufunsa ngati angakhoze kuwawona, iye anati, "Ayi, koma ndikutha kumva iwo akusangalala pano ndipo safuna kuchoka." Munthu sanafere kuno, koma adakonda pano ndikubwera. monga izo pano ndipo sichivulaza aliyense, iwo samafuna kuti achoke. "
Wina mlendo anabwera kwa ine m'mawa uliwonse pambuyo pa kadzutsa ndikufunsa ngati ndikudziwa kuti malowa anali ovuta. Ndinamuuza kuti andiuze chifukwa chake ankaganiza choncho. Iye anati, "Ndinkakhala mu mpando wokhotakhota ndikuwerenga bukhu usiku watha. Mwamuna wanga anali akusamba. Mwadzidzidzi chipindacho chinazizira kwambiri ndipo phokoso la nkhungu linayamba kupanga mamita atatu kutsogolo kwanga. ndipo ndikudziwa kuti ndinali pafupi kuti ndiwone mzimu. Ndinkangokhalira kupweteka thupi lonse ndipo ndinapsa mtima ndipo kenako ndinangowonongeka ndipo sizinali zoopsa, ndikungofuna kuti mudziwe kuti malowa ndi otani. "
Mnyumba wina yemwe adawachezera alendo anayang'ana mmwamba masitepe ndipo anati "O ayi, muli ndi mzimu pano, ndatopa kwambiri kuti ndisagwire ntchito usiku uno. (Kuwonetsa nyumba yathu yowonjezera yomwe kale inali sitolo yakale ndipo tsopano ili ndi zipinda ziwiri.) Ndinamupatsa imodzi ya zipinda zowonjezera ndipo anali atapita nthawi yomwe ndinadzuka kukadya chakudya cham'mawa.
Alendo awiri, omwe adanena kuti amatha kuona mizimuyo, adandiuza kuti pali mnyamata wazaka 12 kapena 13 amene amakhala pamtunda wachiwiri. Iye akuvekedwa ndi okomanga. Akuyembekezera chinachake kapena wina. Amakonda kusewera njoka pa alendo. Iye amadziwa za ife ndi mafunde kwa anthu ndipo kenako amawoneka wosokonezeka ndi wokhumudwa pamene sakuwombera. Tamutcha George. George amakonda kugogoda pakhomo, ndipo pamene anthu atsegula chitseko, palibe wina pamenepo. Amakonda kutenga zinthu ndikuziika muzipinda zina. Amakonda kukoka zikhomo pa maola okalamba alamu ndi kuwapangitsa kuti ayimbe. (Tikuyika ma clock digital muzipinda zina ndipo sakudziwa momwe angazigwiritsire ntchito.) Mwinamwake ndiye yemwe akugwira dzanja la munthu mu Malo 5.
Alendo omwewo adanena kuti pali mayi wachikulire padansi lachitatu, kumwera chakumwera, yemwe amakonda kuyang'ana mabokosi athu omwe tawasunga m'chipinda chimenecho.
Mwana wanga wamkazi ali ndi chipinda chake m'chipinda chogona chakumpoto pa chipinda chachitatu ndipo akunena kuti wawona mayi wina wachikulire atavala chovala chaukhondo choyera choyera usiku. Ankawonekera kwachiwiri ndipo kenako anachoka. Anthu omwe amakhala m'chipinda cha 5, omwe ali pansipa, adanena kuti adamva kumveka pamwamba apo ngati chinachake chinagwetsedwa pansi. Wina akudandaula kuti akhala maso usiku wonse ndi mpando wodumpha wobwera pamwamba apo. Palibe mpando wokhotakhota m'chipinda chimenecho. Ndi malo osungirako.
AH: Panali kupha munthu mmodzi mu hotelo?
JH: Tili ndi nyuzipepala ya nyuzipepala ya kuphedwa komwe kunachitikira Inn. A Mr. Knapp adaphedwa pamtima ndikufa m'chipinda chimodzi. Iye anali kuyesera kuti alowe mu kama umene unali utakhala kale. (Iye anali akuyendera malo osungiramo zovala ndipo ankasokonezeka chifukwa cha chipinda chake.) Mwamuna yemwe ali pabedi ankaganiza kuti akufunkhidwa, adatulutsa ndodo, ndipo adamubaya Bambo Knapp mu mtima.
Alendo angapo akutiuza kuti chinachake chachiwawa chinachitika m'chipinda cha 7 ndipo amamva chisoni kwambiri m'chipindacho. Chipinda chino chiri pamwamba pa khitchini ndipo nthawi zambiri ndimamva mapazi kumtunda pamene palibe wina aliyense m'nyumba. Ndipita kukawona ngati mlendo wabwera mumsewu ndipo akuyang'ana "kuyang'ana pozungulira." Sipadzakhala wina kumtunda uko, koma bedi likuwoneka ngati wina anali atagona pamenepo. Ndikuganiza kuti Bambo Knapp akuyesera kuti agone. Mwana wanga wamkazi anali m'chipinda chimenecho akuyika bedi tsiku lina ndipo pamene adakwerama kuti apite kukamupepalayo, adamugwedeza. Ndikuganiza kuti ndikuyesera kusewera nthabwala pa iye, adatembenuka koma panalibe wina. Anachoka m'chipinda mofulumira ndipo sadabwerere kumbuyo kwina popanda ine.
AH: Bwanji nanga eni eni omwe afa mu hotelo?
JH: Fannie Mason Kurtz anamwalira m'chipinda chodyera, pamoto, mu 1951. Anali Mason wotsiriza kuti akhale ndi nyumbayo. Tinali ndi mlendo kudya chakudya chamasana m'chipinda chodyera omwe adayang'ana pa malo ozimitsira moto ndikukweranso m'chipindamo, ndi kubwerera kumoto.
Pomalizira pake adandiuza kuti "Wina wamwalira m'chipinda chino, apa ndi malo ozimitsira moto, adakali pano, akuyenda mozungulira chipinda ndikupereka moni kwa alendo, ali wokondwa ndipo akukonda apa ndipo sakufuna kuchoka." Mkaziyo sakanakhoza kuwona mzimu, koma amakhoza kumuwona iye pamene iye anali kudutsa. Ine ndi mwana wanga tawona "zitsulo zokuwombera" m'chipinda chodyera.
Iwo amawoneka ngati nyenyezi yowombera ikuyendayenda pa TV kapena nyali ndikupeza kuwala kwa gawo limodzi lachiwiri.
Bambo McDermet, [Wopuma pantchito ku Congregationalist amene adagula nyumbayi mu 1989], adatiuza kuti adawona mzimu wa Mary Mason Clark pansi pake. Iye anali ndi ofesi yake mu chipinda chogona chakumwera ndipo nthawi zambiri ankangoyang'ana kuchokera pa desiki kuti amuwone iye atakhala pa mpando ndiwindo. Anamuuza kuti sadasangalale ndi kukonzanso kwawo komwe anali kuchita pakhomo. McDermets anasandutsa zipinda khumi mu suites zisanu zam'chipinda zamkati ndi malo osambira opinda muzipinda zonse. Izi zikutanthauza kutenga makoma ndikuyika ena.
Akamaliza kubwezeretsa chipinda mu chipinda cha 5, amapeza mapepala onse atachotsedwa ndipo amawatsitsimutsa, kuti apeze kachiwiri. Mmawa wachitatu, adapeza bukhu la zojambula pamunsi, lotsegulira tsamba lina. Anagula pepala ilo ndi kuliyika ilo. Papepalayo idakhala m'malo ndipo idakalipo. (Bambo McDermet adati Maria anasankha pepala la chipinda cha kholo lake.)
Lewis Mason, [yemwe anagula hotelo mu 1857], anamwalira kuno mu 1867 panthaŵi ya mliri wa kolera. Bambo Knapp anamwalira kuno mu 1860. Mwana wamkazi wa Lewis, Mary Mason Clark, anamwalira kuno mu 1911, mpaka pansi pa chipinda chachitatu kuchipinda chakumwera.
Anali ndi zaka 83. Mzukulu wa Lewis Mason, Mary Frances "Fannie" Mason Kurtz, anamwalira kuno mu 1951 ali ndi zaka 84. Iye anafa mu chipinda chodyera, mu mpando wokhotakhota pafupi ndi moto. Anamwalira masiku atatu munthu asanamuyese ndipo adampeza.
AH: Wina aliyense?
JH: Timaona kuti tili ndi amayi awiri (Mary Mason Clark pa chipinda chachitatu ndi Fannie Mason Kurtz pa malo oyambirira), mwamuna wina wachikulire, mnyamata, ndi Mr. Knapp mu Malo 7. Pakhoza kukhala zambiri. Tikudziwa kuti dokotala anamwalira m'chipinda cha 5 mu 1940 cha diphtheria. Iye anali kubwereka chipinda chimenecho pamene anali nyumba yochezera kuyambira 1920 mpaka 1951.
Tikudziwanso kuti nyumbayi inagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chipatala cha nthawi ya nkhondo. Asilikali ovulala anabweretsedwa kuno kuti adikire sitimayi kupita nawo kuchipatala ku Keokuk. Titha kuganiza kuti ena mwa iwo adafanso pano.
Timadziwanso kuti nyumba ndi nkhokwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati malo pa Underground Railroad. Sindikudziwa ngati izi ndizofunikira kwa mizimu kapena ayi, koma ndizosangalatsa.
AH: Kodi mwamuwona mizimu nokha?
JH: Ndinawonapo munthu wamwamuna wamtali, wokalamba ndi tsitsi loyera. Nthaŵi zina, ndikayang'anako muzipangizo zamakono pa chipinda chachiwiri pa nyumba kapena nyumba, ndimamuwona atayima kumbuyo kwanga. Ine ndikuyang'ana kuti ndiyang'ane ndipo palibe wina pamenepo. Ndiyang'ana pagalasi kachiwiri ndipo wapita. Izi zachitika kwa ine pafupi kasanu kuchokera pamene tinasamukira kuno mu June 2001. Iye ali ndi mutu, thupi lake ndilo fumbi.
Ndimamutcha "Bambo Foggybody." Mwinamwake izi ndi zomwe zinapangidwira mu Malo 5 mu nkhani yapitayi.
AH: Kodi mukudziwa yemwe iye ali?
JH: Ndikuganiza kuti mwina ndi Francis O. Clark yemwe adayang'anira Inn kwa apongozi ake, Lewis Mason, kwa zaka zingapo. Iye sanafere kuno, koma mkazi wake, Mary Mason Clark, adabweretsa thupi lake kuno ndipo anaikidwa m'manda ku Bentonsport Manda. Uyu akhoza kukhala munthu yemwe "sanafere pano, koma analikonda pano mu moyo ndipo anabwerera pambuyo pa imfa." Ndinawona zithunzi za Bambo Clark ndipo anali woonda kwambiri ndipo anali ndi tsitsi loyera. Mwana wanga wawona "mutu wakuyandama" mu Chipinda 8. Malowa anali mdima ndipo sanawone thupi lamtundu uliwonse. Iye anati anali mwamuna wachikulire wovala tsitsi loyera.
AH: Ndi chiyani chinanso chomwe mwakumana nacho?
JH: Ife tazimva mapazi pamene palibe wina aliyense amene anali mnyumbayi. Masabata angapo apitawo, ndinali pfumbi kumtunda pamene ndinamva mapazi panjira. Izi zinkasintha njira za boot. Ndikuganiza kuti anali mwamuna wanga kundiyang'anira, ndinayitana kuti "Ndili m'chipinda cha 7!" Koma sanabwere mu chipinda.
Ndamaliza kusamba ndikupita kumsika kumene ndinamupeza akuyankhula pa foni ku ofesi. Ndinamufunsa zomwe akufuna ndipo anati adakhala pafoni nthawi yonse yomwe ndakhala ndiri pamwamba. Sanali iye panjira. Khomo lakumaso linali lotsekedwa ndipo panalibenso mmodzi wa mumsewu amene akanatha kulowa.
Mlamu wanga ndi abambo ake anabwera kudzamuona mu March ndipo adakhala m'chipinda cha 5. Anati wagona kale ndikuyembekezera abambo ake kuti abwere m'chipindamo kuti athetse magetsi. Anamumva akukwera masitepe, koma sanalowe m'chipindamo. Pambuyo pake anamumva akukwera masitepe kachiwiri ndipo nthawi ino adalowa m'chipindamo. Anamufunsa chifukwa chake adabwerera kale koma sanabwere [koma] adakhala pansi akulankhula nane nthaŵi zonse. Ndinamuwona akukwera masitepe kamodzi ndikulowa m'chipindamo. Panalibenso alendo ena usiku umenewo.
Tapeza mawindo atsekedwa pamene ndikudziwa kuti adatseguka ndikutseguka pamene ndinkaganiza kuti tonse tatseka. Khomo lakumaso nthawi zambiri lapezeka nditatsekedwa podziwa kuti ndinali nditatseguka kwa alendo obwera usiku. Ife tamvapo mapazi pamene ife tiri okhawo kunyumba, ndipo kawiri tinamva thumba la pulasitiki lodzuka lomwe linadzutsa ife usiku. M'mawa ndinapeza thumba lopanda kanthu la Wal-walima pakhomo. (Ndikudzifunsa ngati George amakonda mapepala apulasitiki.) Nyumba yathu ya chipinda nthawi zambiri imatsegula ndi kutseka usiku. Nthawi zina, mwachikondi, nthawi zina kumadzudzula. Ngati ndinganene kuti, "Siyani, pita," zidzasiya. Alendo atchula zitseko zakumapeto kutsekedwa ndi mapazi paulendo usiku wonse.
Mwina aliyense anali atagona kapena anali okhawo pansi; njira iliyonse panalibenso wina amene anamva phokoso, munthu mmodzi yekha.
AH: Kodi mwakhala bwanji ndi hoteloyo?
JH: Mwamuna wanga, Chuck, adapuma pantchito ya Air Force patapita zaka 25. Ife tinali kukhala pafupi ndi Dayton, Ohio pa nthawiyo. Tinaganiza kuti tifuna kuyesa bizinesi yathu ndipo tinaganiza zogula munda waung'ono ku Iowa. Pamene tikuyang'ana webusaiti ya realtor ku minda, tinawona hote yakale iyi yogulanso. Paulendo wopita ku Iowa m'chilimwe cha 2000, tinayima kuti tiyang'ane mapewa ena ogulitsa, komanso hotelo yakale. Tinayamba kukondana ndi hotelo ndipo tinasankha kukhala eni nyumba m'malo mwa alimi.
Chaka chotsatira, pambuyo pa [Chuck] pantchito, tinagula malo ndipo tinasamukiramo. Zinabweretsedweratu mabedi onse oyambirira ndi ovala zovala ndi mipando.
Tili eni eni asanu, ndipo nthawi iliyonse malowa agulitsidwa bwino ndi zipangizo ndi zipangizo zonse, choncho zimadzaza ndi maina oyambirira a Mason. Bambo Mason anali wopanga mipando, ndipo anapanga zidutswa zambiri pano.
AH: Kodi mumadziwa kuti hoteloyi inali itayika pamene munaigula?
JH: Tinagula Inn Inn mu 2001 podziwa kuti panali mayi wachikulire padansi lachitatu. Ndicho chifukwa chake timagwiritsa ntchito chipindacho kukhala chipinda chosungirako osati chipinda. (Tidakhala m'nyumba ina ku Virginia yomwe inkavutitsidwa ndi mnyamata wamng'ono yemwe anaphedwa kumbuyo, kotero izi sizinali zoopsa kwa ife.) Koma pomwepo tinazindikira kuti pali zambiri zomwe tinauzidwa nazo.
Mwezi pafupifupi titatha kusinthana, tinayamba kumvetsera mapazi ndikutsegula chitseko chotsekedwa ndikutsegula kapena kutsegula mawindo. Tawona zitsulo zojambulira m'chipinda chodyera ndi Chipinda 7. Mwana wina wamkazi adamuyesa mwana wake wamkazi ndipo mwana wina wamkazi adamupukuta thala atatuluka. Zakhala chabe chinthu chimodzi pambuyo pa zaka zitatu tsopano. Otsatira amatiuza mobwerezabwereza zochitika zawo kuchokera ku maulendo apitalo kapena maulendo atsopano. Pamene chinachake chichitika, timayesera kufotokoza. Kodi mphepo inali kuwomba? Chotsekera chosasuntha mwinamwake? Kodi pali munthu weniweni pamene tinkaganiza kuti tili yekha? (Kawirikawiri ndadabwa ndi mlendo amene akuyenda "ulendo wodzisamalira" kudzera mu Inn.) Ndiponso nthawi zambiri sitingathe kufotokozera phokoso ndi zochitika.
Tatenga zithunzi ku Inn ndipo pali zambiri mwa iwo. Tatenga zithunzi ndi makamera osiyanasiyana, nyengo zosiyana siyana, nthawi zosiyana za chaka, ndi zina zotero.
ndipo nthawi zonse timakhala ndi zinyumba m'nyumba ndi kuzungulira mudzi wa Bentonsport. Alendo athu atenga zithunzi ndi makamera adijito ndipo amapezanso zitsulo. (Tauzidwa kuti pali chinachake cholakwika ndi kamera yathu, koma osati kamera yathu yomwe imawapeza.)
Pamene alendo ndi alendo akufunsa ngati hoteloyo ili ndi haunted, sindikudziwa choti ndinene.
Anthu ena amawopa ngati ndikutero. Ena amasangalala ndipo sangathe kuyembekezera kuti awonane. Kawirikawiri, ndi iwo omwe sali kuyembekezera chirichonse chimene chimandiwuza ine za zomwe iwo akumana nazo "zodabwitsa." Ndipo anthu akuyembekeza kuti chinachake chichitike, amakhumudwa kuti sanapeze levitated kapena mabulangete awo akuyenda monga momwe akuyendera pa Channel Channel. Pepani, zathu sizodabwitsa. Mapazi, kugogoda, zitseko zotsekedwa ndi mawindo otsegula ndi kutseka, bedi losasangalatsa, nthawi zina pang'onopang'ono za mwiniwake yemwe anali mwiniwake ndilochizoloŵezi. Mizimu yathu safuna kuvulaza aliyense, monga momweyi, amasangalala ndipo safuna kuchoka.
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