The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-05-09

The y1ctcncc q beng q Law ohetr. --
oncs in, THIS demon ADMINISTERED Il
tfcet L4p,let lesson ia thyHcal 20
gi!iim. ~hseh would have done bose,
TO say o,fyc,ca. BAKER. Laaa!on, who
vas IT,, d,soonecr,ed. hs!ie, ipg be had
ga bold q the real ~iteh, defended
himself hfs,,lr. md furo~cd TIC fac,
o! The phantom with ,rc;,, sharr hS.ls.
The hoody mails, Lsndon sMrns. re
NAMED on The face Il the evil spirit.
Ion ,iis information, the foiice
have a.a3e inquiries in all he houses
Of .h.. quarter. but no; a r,cr,al can
te found Who Tears On lis face the
leas, scratch of ,l.s, Nocturnal 6shi.
THIS fact, as Irodlgious rs the dc
ceased ca, which fell down chimney
uJon The soup kettle. has produced q
profound sensation ia the neiehssoihooj.
'Assutedly,' they say, 'is's the devil ia
Isrson Who les APP cared d, No. 3d..
The police, to whom TIC complaint. was
made neat morning, have been Oh the
ground ever sinee, aud have searched
rEcs~cs. presses, closets. drawers, un.
der beds III the Led,icks, ~ oupboards.
aud finally they have eSI lVrcd he chin.
hey and the cellar. bu, nothing, moth
ny. noth.ns w
H. short, tic rolicc were completely
q, fault, aud duu.bfounded. when sin.
yular iuslira,ion Of the victim of the
devil, led t. discovery Of tie mystic.
~.
The devil Lad taken another little
respite, and his victim, Laudon, was
walking quietly III TIE garden, quite
"a Lis guard, when the de,ilish game
lee gan again IN the house. Suddenly
stone came from the direction Of the
window, then two, and then three. to
the entire dismay Of the good mis-
iress, aud the discontinue Of the Jor
r,dseiot, which she was busily skim
ming. Alarmed, she ran GU. aud car.
Rcd the stones to her husband, who
could scarcely believe his eyes. For.
some days before he had had thick
gra,ings Eu! on the outside Of his win.
dows, and the stones which should have
come through the gratings were larger
than the intersticcs
Here was wi,chcraft, magic, or at
least nature Of difiercn, sort from the |
common.
L.andon now conceived the idea Of
hiding himself under the bed, but he
discovered nothing. At last, not
knowing what 10 do, he venturcd to
come out and say, What if our domcs.
tic is the witch for according to all
the laws Of nature, the stones could !
never have come through the gratings.
Either the devil or the woman must
have thrown them Thcreupon the
tenan. Of No So undertook to examine
the whites Of the girls eyes, for it i.
well known that there is something pc.
ealiar in the eyes Of witches. How
ever, he could see nothing satanic in
them. lie questioned her also, and at
first she replied calmly; afterwards,
suspicious having been expressed, she
mas angry, screamed, wept, sobbed,
called God TO witness that she was not
a witch, that the accusation was shame.
full, infamous, &c.
The anger of the young woman SO
far from convincing the cxciseman of
her innocence, only excited his suspi.
cions. Il have it, said he, rubbing
his hands. He then put on an air OF
kindness, declared he had seen all,
threatened exposure to the police, and
obtained complete confession.
The young woman," says a Dor.
deaux Journal, has confes scd ALL
She is the sole witch, who for about a
month has disturbed with her diable.
r'cs the house with green blinds and
the whole quarter Of Saint Seurim.
This kitchen magicicnne, I'M.
proving a moment when her master
couldn't see her, took q stone and let
ty. 1t was this which broke the glass
and fell inside the window. There was
large vessel Of water in the chimney
Corner, and when all eyes were engag.
ed In another direction, large quaint.
ties of it wen. up chimney to come
down, laden with SCOT, to oyerwhclm
the lot and the kitchen floor. The
dead cat took the same course. These
tricks, learned Of female fortunc.tel. /,
Ter, IN whose employ she once was, the
girl has played off week after week
without being detected BY the most
cunning, and has carried with her to
the prison, where she now is, the con,
ISOLATION that the discovery was hot
made at las, by the Police"