The Mississippi lynx. (Panola, Miss.) 1846-18??, 1846-05-23

bowels in one hand and in the other
held Phial containing a liquid: asked |
what it was; "The doctor said it was
Balm Of GlleaI," she replied; and all
disappeared,
Ociober.-The seventh time | saw
her, | was working on a little bench,
which was standing in the room at
which worked on evenings; liwasthe
same woman; 81 wanted 10 tell James
something, but could not, could moi >
asked what she wan'ed 10 tell 90! he did
a dreadful thing to men asked her
who did? "The man they would not let
me have" she replied.
askedsrr what he did,? "Oh! he
gave me great deal Of trouble in my
mind" she replied; 'Ohlthey kit me!
they kilt me!'' she repeated this over
several times. | walked forward and
tried to reach her, but she kept the
same distance from me; asked if she
had taken anything to kill her, she an
swered "Oh! ! don!--Oh! | dont:" the
lroth in her mouth seemed to choke
her utlerance (Then she said)
4
ooh! they kilt me! they kilt mel"
This she repeated several times. |
asked her who killed you? Il will
show you;" she said. She then went
out Of the back door near the fence and
| followed her. There saw two men
whom knew standing .--They looked
cast down and detected. l Saw them
begin al their feet end melt doun like
lead melting, until they acere entirely
melted; then a blue blaze two inches
thick burned Orer The surface ofthe mel
ted mass; then all began bubbIing mp
like lime Stacking. Delicious! could
any thing be more capitali) turned
to see where the woman was, but she
was gone; looked back again and all
was gone and dark.
The next time saw the woman was
in the back yard, about five o'clock P
NJ. She said II want you to tell =
to repent---Bul he won't, he won't, he
can't. John was bad man, and NUT
tered something could not understand
She then said. ''Do you know where
Frain's Lake is?'' She then asked an
other question of much Importance and
said "Don't tell Of that"
asked her if | should inform the
public Of the two men that she said had
killed her. She replied. "There will
be time. The time is coming. The
time Is come" &c, sever raj times. Blu
oh their end! Thei end their wicked
end!" and muttered something abou
Joseph, and all was dark.
The next time saw her was on the
9th OF November, about midni ght, in
the bed room. She was dressed in white
her hands hung down by her side
} stood very straight, and looked very
pale. She said, Il don't want any bo
dy here. | want nobody here" an(
muttered over something I did not un
derstand, except now and then the wore
, Joseph. She then said, 81 wanted t
tell a secret and thought had" An,
, all was gone and dark.
In all her conversation she used tn,
Irish accent; intermixed in all her con
u versations was the expression very of
IL ten repeated, 'they kilt me, Oh the,
t kilt me-" and also the name of Joseph.
The above was duly sworn to befor
= VIM. Perry, Esq, at Ann Arbor, Dee
IS s, 1916
e This singular story made SO niue
impression upon the people Of that v
e entity, that The body was disintered, a
le inquest held, and a verdict rendere
Is that the deceased came TO her death b
IS poison. Van Woer' was a stranger i
Is that place, and knew nothing Of the Gil
d cumstances until they were revealed I
J! him as above related. SO much 70
r superstition and humbug.
), FEVER AND AGUE.
r Mr.. Rowe. in one of his letters 10 IN