He was not a Bishopstrow man, but he claimed to have some interest in the parish, for his father’s best days were spent in Bishopstrow and many of his happiest holidays were at the Grange. He was therefore glad to welcome Mr. and Mrs. Fuller there. (Hear, hear.) He had asked Mrs. Fuller if she was comfortably settled at the Rectory, and his reason for doing so was that in his father’s days it was said there was a ghost at the Rectory. (Laughter.) As a young man he went night after night to watch for the ghost with a loaded gun. This ghost visited the kitchen, and made its presence known by shaking the glasses and crockery. One night his father saw the ghost, and let fly with the gun, smashing a large quantity of crockery and glasses. (Laughter.) That was the end of the Rectory ghost, and he hoped Mr. Fuller would never be haunted, unless it was the ghost of Captain Chaloner for defeating him at the next election. (Applause.)
Liberal Meetings at Bishopstrow and Horningsham. Speeches by Mr. W.F. Morgan and Mr. John Fuller.
Warminster and Westbury Journal, 1st July 1899.