Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-05-18
ANTI.sLAVERY BUGLE, SALEM, o.


of being in a red hot oven, of being
roasted on splits, nailed 10 the floor, and
deprived Of all their bones. Zone of
them dreampt that some Thing was grow
ing within his skin, cross one Of his ribs.
An expert ch%irurgeon 1--WE are quoting
from Cotton Mather) searcht the place,
and found there a brass pin, which could
not possibly come TO lie there as it did,
without a prestigious and mysterious con-
veyance. Sometimes they were very
mad, climbed high fences, flew like geese
touching their toes TO the ground, some-
times "not once in twenty foot" They
came very near s%trangling, burning and
drowning themselves, but The "Provi.
dence of God" ALWAYS prevented it; and
strange 10 say, if any mischief happen
ed, as the destroying Of a garment or spill
ling of a cup, "they would laugh excess
sively." Now listen 10 a more amazing
wonder. upon the leost %reproof of
their parents they were thrown into in
eXpressible anguish, and would roar ex-
cessively. 1t usually took up abundance
of time TO dress them or undrcss them,
through the strange pastures into which
they would be twisted, on purpose to him
der it; and yet the demons did not know
our thoughts; for if we used a jargon, and
said, unite his neckcloth,' but the party
hidden understood our meaning TO be,
unite his shooe,' the neck cloth, and
not the shooe, has been by wrilhen pos
lures rendered strangely inaccessible"
So in bed, it was impossible TO keep the
clothes on them, and if bid TO do any
needless thing they would do it with a.
lacrity, but if hidden TO do something use
full, they would be terribly tormonled."
But the most awful torments were pro-
duced by any reference to God, Christ
or the catechism. The oldest child was
taken by the Rev. Cotton Mather 10 his
own house, where if evcr a Divine was
sold, he was, if we may believe his W
account. He took her, that if possible
he might by his own eyes be able "to
rebuke the sadduceeism OF his dcbauched
age" and the cunning little rogue under
standing his prejudices, played upon
them so adrditly that he had all he could
wish. He hated Quakers, Papists and
Episcopalians, and the girl could read
any books in their favor with perfect flu.
oncy, unless she stumbled on the words,
God, or prayer, or something good, show
ing that they were all of the devil. but
books against them she could not read.
Among her other pranks she used TO
ride an invisible horse, all which she did
al first sitting in her chair, but at length,
she rode up stairs, and the door of the
doctors sacred study being left open, she
entered and stood upon her feet, exclaim-
ing, They are gone they are gone !
They say they cannot come-God wont
let 'em come here !" and then added
, some compliments TO the holiness of the
f owner of the study which his extreme
modesty would not allow him to repeat.
Here she came perfectly TO herself, and
/, sat reading the Bible and Other good
books. Her affairs calling her anon to
} go down again, the demons were in q
quarter Oft minute as bad upon her a:
before, and her horse was waiting fol
, her." After this favorable experiment
. Of the holy study, the pious spectator:
: were anxious 10 renew it, pulling her gu
; of the hands ofthose who would lead hcl
in. But when once in she was well, and
The owner Of the study records,
"She would be faint at first, and say
I she felt something go out of her! (the
. noises whereof zoe sometimes heard, like
r that of mouse.) but in a minute or ivy,
she could apply herself TO devotion, anC
express herself with discretion as we'll ~
ever in her life"
u To satisfy the curious, the expcrimcn
' was many times repeated, and Away
> with the same success, till the conscien
9 lious divine forbade it because he wa.
Z" unwilling TO have anything done like
making Il charm of a ROOM" Anolhe
Y day Of fasting AMI prayer by The minis
tiers of Boston and CharIostown, produced
+ a sensible benefit to Goodwin's Athlete,
c family, and they gradually recovered
, The young woman remained quietly anC
= with "verIuous conversation" in thu
y Doctors family during the winter. Blu
= when he thought proper to commenc,
{ writing a sermon about the "memorablt
; providences wherein these children ha,
u been concerned" her torments returned
o and she did all sorts of things TO disturb
i him.
{ She was very f" Sdwcy," and woulC
!; come into his study and say somebod,
q in the parlor would be glad 10 see him.
u When he child her for thus fooling him
= she would pertly reply, Mrs. Malhcr i
q always glad TO see you" At this tim
: the Doctor ascertained by experiment
upon her that the devil understood Latin
5 Greek and Hebrew, but not much of In
dian. Prayer was at last victorious an
9 the learned Divine gives a rich accour
u of its triumph, from which VIC exlrac
. some remarkable passages.
"When we went unto prayer, the dc
mons would throw her on The floor al III
feet of him that prayed, where she woul