Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-11-26
The Ee,ii's visit 30 Milan III Is -.

1T the time of the plague al Milan, in 1870. of
hich so affecting description has been left Us by
R;paraonte, In his interesting work ID, Pest NediO-
lam the people in their stress, listened with avid
tv 70 the predictions of astrol0gers and other i'm
p9stors. Il is singular nougi that the plague WAS
i.retod wear before il broke out. y laree comet
ape ring in l52c the opinions OF a-trolosers were
divided with regard 20 il. Some insisted that il
vas the lorertinner Of u bloody WIZ: others main
timed that i predicted great famine; but the
greater number, founding their Judgement :
pale color, thought it portendcda restilcnce The
flfmenr Of their prediction brought them into
great reputc while the piI sue raging.
OthcT prophecies were current, which wers a.
serted u have been delivered hum reds of wears
previously. They h..i most pernciou- effect up
On the mind of the vulgar, they Induced he
iicf IN htei-m. By taking away the hone ofrecov-
crl7xtlit greatest balm II every Dialads--thel IN
creased three fold the Ivagt> Ell the disease. Onc
singular prediction almost dI0s e the unhappy pc0
ne md IN ancient eouplet, preserved tor age.
br tradition. i0rci0ld. that in the year 1880 the dev
i would poison all Milan. bar, morning ia
April and before the pcstienee bad reached il,
height, tie passengers were surprised 10 tlmt
all the door III the principal streets ofthe city
marked with curious danb SPOT, ~ ii sponge,
filled witl the purIlcnt natter Ut the pltsue--ores,
had been pressed scrtinst them. The whole pofu
laton were speedily III movement 90 remark the
strange appearance and the greatest alarm spread
perpetrators. bot IN vain. Vt last the ancient pFop
ecv was remembered. and prayers were offered up
in all the churches that the Vaccinations OF the
Evil One might hc defeated. Many persons were
81 the opinion that the eIli,lFie- Of foreign powers
were cup we'd t. spread injections poison over the
city; but by far the greater NUM- Ut Ia, olin
that Infection Was Sprcaf by suYefn ttliidl aecn
ces. la the meantime the plague Increased te1r
.,llv. Distru-l ana alarm took possession Of every
mind Everything believed to nave been
POISONED b. TIL j, sit the waters OF the wells. tie
landing corn in the fields, aud the fruit upon the
trees IL Was beliet Il lhat Mi objects 81 touch
poisoned; the walls of lie house. the pave
OF the street lnd tie very handles othe doors
The p0uulacc were raised To pitch of uneoYt.Isi-
aiie luIv \ STREE watch KEEP Tor the dow. =
sni-aIics. and any man who wanted L. b. nd 1t
an enemy, had ons To that he had seen him le-
smesIing door with ointment; his fate certain
death A. tie hands o the mob. IN cd man up
wards ot eighty Neir~ ofagc. daily ffcIuentcr oi
the church 0t -. An ONO. seen, rising from
his knees. ipr with the skirt OF his cloak tie
stool Oh which he vas about 20 ~ down. \ cry
ssds raised nmcltel, tlla be- was besnearin., the
seat with poison 4 mob Of women, by whom the
church was crowded seized hold Of the feeble old
man. and Dragged him by the hair Of the head. 'th
nosrd oatii- auI imp; tf.ifioii-. II was rard ia
this nanne~ t,iou.h the mir, - the house at the
naDiagal jude. thif he might he pnt To the rack,
and forced 20 scUyer his aceomplices; but he eN-
pred on the wav. Many other victims steri
flcetl - the nIp1 "a fufy tuc Mora. Who appears
% have beeu halt "a chemist and half a hlrer was
a~cused ofbcin- in league With the devil 10 poison
Milan. Iii- house was surrounded, and number
Il chemic3i Preparations were found. The poo
man asserted that they we're intended pfescrva-
iIves sc1ius' infection; but some Physician, to
Shom they Wcr, submitted. declared they wer.
prison. Mora put 10 the rack, where he for a
long time asserted his innocence lie confessed
q llst, when las courage worn down l't torture.
that be vas ia league with the devil and foreign
roWers 10 poison the whole citv: that be- amounted
ne doors and infected the Fountains at water. tie
adzned several persons ms aceoinplic,, Who
ayprchcnded and put to similar torture They
we're al found guilty anil executed. Nof1'- mouse
va rl1ed to the eiound. and column erected on
taespet, With an ncFipton % cemmeuiolato hs
quit
While the ptlbiir mind filed with these mar
'e.,sls occurrence IL plague continued % M
erase. The crowd, thar brought together
20 witness the executions spread the infection a
II alc one another. But tie fury o. their p,,sions.
and the ofther credulits, kept pace with the
violence Of the plague; evcrv wonderful and pre-
posterous story Wiz believed. Oue. ii particular
o.eUpied them the exclusion tor a lon, time. Ut
every other. The Devil himself had been seen.-
We IA "A taken house - Nilan. IN which he pre-
pared MS poisonous uneaenfs and furnished them
20 his cmiS-lrics fpr distribution One min l1t
brogd de! over such tics till he became firmly epn-
that the Rights ci his fancy reaties--
IL sat Onel himself in the market place 1T Milan.
ard LACED the following story To- the crowds that
gathered roru.l hisn He wa stsnsiiiio, he said ~
the door Il the cali rai late IL the evening. a'i
vhe, there si- nobody nigh. he dark color
ga c!Ifios, drawn by ~ mill 81 hite hory.s. zt'l