Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-05-18


discover the witches, and singular enough
was their method. They made a cake
Of rye meal, with The children's water,
and baked it in the ashes and gave it to
the dog !" soon after which it is related
that the afflicted persons named several
that they had seen in their fits affecting
them. On the 18th of March, Mr.. Par
ris invited in the ~neighboring ministers
TO join him in keeping a solemn season
Of prayer and fusting at his own house.
The first person complained of-and
it is a very remarkable and significant
fact-was Tituba, the Indian woman
above referred to. She confessed that
the devil urged her to sign a book and
also 10 torment the children. On this
confession " she was committed to pris-
on, and lag there till sold for her .feeS.''
She afterwards confessed that her mas
ter, the Rev. Mr.. Paris, beat her TO make
her confess and accuse her sister witch
es, and refused to pay her fees unless she
stood to this false confession.
To this nest egg of witchcraft, the
children soon added accusations against
Sarah Good, a "melancholy and distrac-
ted woman and one Osborn, a poorbed-
ridden old lady, two persons so gill
thought of" that the accusation was tho
more readily beloved. And from this
they passed 10 the accusation of Martha
Cory, of Salem Village, and Rebecca
Nurse, of Salem both respectable and
aged members Of the church. On the
2lst of March Mrs. Cory was examined
before the magistrates of Salem Village.
Tho nUnis,n,ant mas 800, NJ
number of the afflicted had now i~ncreas-
ed TO ten, and accusations and horrors
ircfea G beyond all description. When
Goodwife Corey was brought before the
magistrates she asked the privilege of
praying, but they grufly told her they
came TO examine her, not to hear her
pray. The praying was all 10 be done
, by a minister, and Rev. Mr.. Noyes OF
! Salem did it on this occasion. The ten
afflicted were all present at the examina-
ton, and kept up n horrible din by their
outcries, bringing the most absurd and
ridiculous charges, all Of which the pris.
NOR deniel; bu, the magistrates commit
ted her to prison, and the crying out
thereupon ubalcd.
o Among the absurd things testified a.
gainst This unfortunate woman were that
5 a black mar whispered in her ear, and a
yellow bird sucked between her fingers,
: before the whole assembly, but though
5 none but the accuser could see such a
I thing or any sign Of it. the Reverend
9 Parson and sapient magistrate seem 10
u Eave swallowed it all us solemn matter
y of fact. A similar scene occurred at
d Salem three days after on the examina-
lion of Rebccca Nurse, Rev. Mr.. Hale,
of Beverly. leading in prayer and the ac-
cusers being present, shrieking aud fall
ing into fits in the most APPALLING manner.
She was committed 10 prison. with Cory,
Good and The rest, and the afflicted pro-
Z cecdcd 10 criminate others, often in dis
y Iant towns, till The whole region was
II thoroughly stirred up and horror brooded
y every where. The zeal and earnest
u ness against the witches, in The whole
" community, except the accused and
their particular friends, seems 10 have
. been as great as if they had been con-
u tending for life with an army ofdevils.-
The Sadducccs were con(ounded and
! The Scribos and Pharisecs had every thing
in their own way. The prison rapidly
filled, and The whole community ripenet
for murder.
N ITO be CouIialed0