The Arkansas banner., 1847-10-11
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DoaS be startled. render, nnlsss vou kav. q ..S,. Y eanseSenee. aad If yoa have sssksr fer wvoasiur frlIow naa q fFOsn siaaing against youreun soaf nay t haamt yea fcsevee eer ssAat ts sfiI1 breler tili ihe Aay uf nppenaxHee aAA afunpaaeus mwf vrs are nat latesdlng ta alssoarse co that eeusaa nAa kes Aza Slnnty apoa supeFstlfans nsf hx any senma uneommnn fhM srranaize axer the ti,n;5 sad - ana. ssd really da exsst maeh powerful ;nk1rnre upon lfne losmasisn ef shaEaeaeF
 One of these sapeEztisi0az not much knswn- ho,v- ever in Ameriea is the heisef ia the exissenre af Fmmpirss. Tb~se common waxa ased As rsvto- Ficaa 6iEses 1aa bS nse&ns ffigaffSl Rsrs wrh~R Feerrsl to fhe sarlessf teir ssas ssst~uep and av gin as the pae q EastesR Earos.e s this sav b. Hese then, ussy are hosriAte shoarh te saftsK tie most terror loving appetite in q aA
 The vsgpiFe s aeseFibed by uritesx 0f s cen. tary ago. wItA all the posstiseaess ct truth. as 6Ssng euPef. When buried t did pus decay ike stheT dead hetles. bas remained neorrapgble. iy9 ing sfI hy day. bat at nxs leaving gts manp ees6 bed. to ga SertA ssA fera apoa sha Esin= =Asye greaos lfawake. t waaI6 Gx sts densoa. Ieasiea eye npca its sirftn wsta Asviissh fasriaatos,, ~ asteep. ~eaaa ax its seasp fzags upoB the neek, a8d suck the lsGs Nood fEon the esins~sa foaasain
 and Ihea deFers ss iss tnss. sar smother night te bring anotber neal.
 It's teeth befs 10 scxr, s.o fostering vpounA and ths ensy knsxteAge Ss nscfarsas visit was eer. tasa weakness tre@ tas eQod- -lesssse and a iA<e- scFshable fselIng of vampire indng ssnn freas
 which power could release he once touched sub yet. < second visa iaxsFizbiy Followed. whea death soon ensaed. aoA the new co pse began iss career ct deadly midaaght fsassiag- fhe only way tc destroy the Rsansser, ss to exhams if aing the day hght, ssd thftsst . stake through it's heart-- Sesas ssasss the bitten 1ecaxsouset aa rsea- perstlve means. to use the earth taken lrom the grave of tae vampire. fos food al the same time amounting their bodes with Its blecd Even these remedies wrse oasy eeesiSs R pcsfpoHsnx the fatal issae. bSi neveE prevented it. The following k 2 ease well authenticated, and doubtless occurred just ss fl Is narrated:
 ssEFzsmas Francisse ia hts rsmaFks anea the sse> seEipssoa et the Aschaakedem af Eraia. hy Yslpas sos speaks of mza ct the name ef Csranss, in the district Of Kring. ~ho died. vas baFiea. ard be- esme vampire. and sgeh was exhamed for the parpose of having stake thrust through hia ~N h~n Eis-v opeaed his grave sffsr he had been long aaEIed, Ass face toand with s e0iot. and kis features made natural ef movements as II the dead man smiled. He even opened his lnoufh as U he wos1h Inhste fresh They heiatbe eIa- eihx believe hisa. and called in !ead votee '-Ses, Bell and i-ss sss yea Altes the sound hal acted apoa has organs of heaFisg, and he had connected. perhaps. some ideas with il. tears hsg te itsw from the dead naaa reyes. Finally, when Afser q short prayer For his Pose soul. they proceeded te hack of his head. the corpse uttered stEirk, and tmsned snd roile just If he hat been alive. and the grave vas fah of blood"
 Horrible sncA state ef things mast inevitably ! ue tS HfFPaFnRte%S uNS A1af Du11fFH years ago, in Eastern Europe. inc peopae believed U as seiesnaiy as ws beisese the B4bis. Maisitades thought thcmselves bitten, became melancholy. fcret0ld rher approaching ass'h and 4bsoll'siy ai
 ed of imaginary narsben. iii whole yitisgrs were almost depepuiated amt whole grave yards of corp have besn exhalnsd that the vampire ksaSdaai
 might be sfAked 10 last resting ptace, dexsas [ of living eorpseS have been found weeks affer la sisl The state 0f society. and the amount of ha- snsteFiag eeasrqaeat aPna such a superstition
 may be better conceived Aaa descFheA. a t ia daE
 feBIt to appreciate the eaIaniosas terror that mss have been inmate ef every h1wsn dwelling. | Bet the soiafina of the phenomsnoH furnishes ruth qasse houihie. The supposed vampires sha
 were truly ioand living in theiT graves, doabt
 less bodtss i41f lad bern 5Ryisf siSce, And The in stance qsoea goes to show thIs fart well ths ' terrific conclusion that me thgistiag 0f a sfaks ] through the heart of such sas, was the aeiua murder of an anlar,aaats being in whom there had
 been aa aparenf cessation Of the func'fcss of ifs
 h Easay places the eoafinent, 10 thus day. the
 nnssiinafe Haste to inter th< dead. undoubtedly ct ] fects tbe same thing h France aone. II is eom-
 psted that not less thaa thirty anauaIfy buried Stive. The only sure test oF death IS ab-olstte de composition. aRd ia Germany, so mech regard Is had ihis fact that body allowed. by law, te be buried until t has been three days dead. W.a Us, custom regulates the nattef wei enofgh. per hzps. co that the departed seldom are beard from af ter they go to their bong home. exeer, by <bOsti, separations to the wicked and eariHi. topic whleh He wili reserve iii another day.