Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-01-04

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Record 81 last week. saws. q We have lust
heard tbe particulars 81 swindlino opera
tion. Inv which n resnectablo f,rner ~ this
neiohborbood Mr noniol Snor,beroer was
n,nIct.,l /, IN, s,r, q aoa.l, a. I,,drod
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no ginsev. n,oae bis anno.randa ~ M
spowberger,q bousa. some tan moo,bs since
and al Is customary with saob etrolIira vaoa-
bonds claimed to be doctor, aud professedt TO
cure oil diseases to which flesh is heir. Mrs. S.
ltseems had long been afflicted with rheuma-
tism lie finally succeeded in getting the
parties TO believe that he could perform
/ permanent cure in her case in the following
novel manner. They we're TO produce all the
treasure about their house and place Il On the
table before him. lie would then select a
certain passage Of scripture upon which they
We're to medltate whilst be arranged The mo-
/ ney IN nine bags or packages, seated with
| their backs towards him, The chtidrea to be
first removed from the room' with all OF
which they complied. lac bags or packages
tnps arranged they were required TO lock
| 'hem up h2u not open iReln Ion nihe mohths'
IN which time the cure was 10 be permanent
one The nine months terminated few
weeks since when Air. .. opened the bags
ana ionna them 70 contain gFavei instead OF
ms treasure, nearly hfe hundred COLLARS
mostly IA goiu "i'o Si''el' inese ihesS were
op'alAeo from AF' 'Ho"oclge[ n'nisell' lney
sAoulu prove y warning " vac 'He'euu'ouS
ana snpeFs'''ious "a 1ne Ia'are'
TuE ATLANTIC Fop JAxUAaY.-The .1Hal.
tic Foafhl3, enters On its nineteenth volume
with an array Of distinguished names and
sterling articles that proipise well for the
coming year. The January number contains
the first instaIlment of DIR. Holiness story,
'sthe Guardian Angel, in which viii be
found the same old charm that SO fascinated
the readers Of the 4laoIat. the Professor
and Elsie T-ertasJ humorous story in verse
by James Russell Lowell ; IA graphic sketch Of
I Henry Ward Beechers church, with some
pertinent reflections upon modern enoFen-
| going, by James Parton q legend III verse
/ told as only Whittier can tell 1T poem en-
titled Terminus, p on Growing Old.l by r..
w. Emerson; a spirited and faithful ,lauaia-
ton Of the contest between Achilles and Ag-
amemon, from the first book Of the Had, by
/ W. c. Bryant-1lr. Higsinson contributes a
plea for culture Mr.. Iro~brilge fur
nishes another of his attractive stories under
| the title, The Man who stole Meeting Houses
Bayaed Taylor tells characteristic story of
! The Strange Friend; Mr. Shanly gives a
humorous sketch OF Capillary Freaks K. T..
Stedman offers poem on Pan in Wall Street,
and Walter Mitchell describes the Kingdom
of Infancy. The story Of Katharine Norne,
by the author Of Herman, " is continued.
Topics Of current political interest are
thoroughly treated, the Causes Tor which a
President can be Impeached are luci6ly set
forth, and Frederick Douglass makes pow
erluI Appeal 70 Congress Tor Impartial Suf
rage The number closes with notices Of
several popular new publications Ticknor 6
Fields Boston.
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