, 1876-11-18
4 CATALONIAN EXORCIST.
Curing q Girl Poaseased with Four NundEet
DevIls-A Peculiar accne In spain.
t1nh6n 7ilnEs.

ENf4HE U4fk toAbHhHCu Win E0uf AanuFt2
DevIls-A Peculiar acnne In spain.
Lanaen 7tmss.
Our BARCELONA correspondent writes, under
ri viii briefly describe what hns just happened
In tlis wealthy city. About the 14th ur 18TH Of
hts present i,,unt Of October It wns prlrateIy an
noukrcl, chiefly to tic faithful women .! thuc cun-
gregation which regularly throngs tllc Church Of
the Iioly Spirit, In the street Uf San Francisco,
that d young ~o,nan oi il nr IL years Of agc, Of
llatrcd u huly thlnga the pnor girl probably
Was subject u e;tlvptc fits, aud crlct ous and
bteat!iG cunf1lscd wllrn Elle hearl tiIe nutes VI
the organ III cllurc'l-thc senIor priest Ut the
disease, Or, To l6c tint gentlcInan's own lan~
gtlage, 'Ayaunt, phyHlcianB and Inountclanks;
scc nuw tho Churen will cure this poor girt.
who j. ut prcscnt possessed of 4o0 deFlls.'
''ThusB who arc acquainted with Durtelonn
know well tic Callc San francisco, onr of tue
well.to-do streets Of this eity, and Its church,
Esplrttu ssIlt9t not poor man'e, but 'asllon-
ablc church. For eight days, t!!c last day benE
tho it'll Inst, lIttie stream uf persons Ut ull
ranks and "f eitt.es spx might have been eceu at
ttlc unusual hurlr {lor church Eolng) Ut mid
night threading ita way toward the cIuIch. Tic
principal door Waa Kept closely Shut but TIM
tic lurer Of signs ana wonders tuuIld admit
tauce By side door to the exhibition which
UNI about to describe. TIC church wns dark.
but slckly light WIS s!lc1 by wna-ltglts Oh tt,r
clustered round the I.resolttv, Or sanctuary, in
trout of tlIu altar. Within tile little illciosure,
Or sanctuary, Separated from the crowd by Il
light railitg, lay, 9h u common beilel, with Il
Little pillow for lef head to Teeltne upon, q
puorly-clud g1r], probably of the pcasans Or
artlsaI. class her bruthet Or husband elotd Ut
cr lcet to Restrain her tat tilncs) ir1ntlt Kick
lng by loiuing Jer legs. The door Ut tlle vcs-
vatnr III. tue poor girl, not wilaout Just rca-
son, had I'LL uvcrsl,n to holy THINGS Or, ut
least, tue 400 devils within her distu. tcd nody
had such an AVERSION; an' in the confusion Of
oly thing" she doubled up her legs. screamed
uuE with twItctlttg mouth, her bleast
nrav:ng, her wuolo body writAing, and threw
herself learly of tue bench. The male attend
ea liza i: aad swept st Si jill cr I dlsoscisa hair Tae
priest adyantcd, aud, mtngling talniliasly will
ttae e!,uldesIng aud horsor.str:kcn vsowd, sud,
potutlug ut thu suffering child, uow sobbiMg aud
children, that you w'l! be prudent, and
you sfali fli'' sec e'' maryes. ay ie oro,iss s:
was given. Tle exhibitor went to procure stulc
taklug Ills stasd ai thu side ot the possessol Vi
tho DEVILS with hls lace towards the group ot
students. The order VI TIN day's proceedings
was nrst lecture to tho bys,andets, AMI, sc4-
ul,d, tho operation ot exercising the devils. Tie
priest co11iuruccd his running commentary tn,
Or explanation OF, tue strange phenomenon ly-
| ing i,anttng, foatnius ut THO mouth, to tllc
| guze ut tbs stupid md ehuldcring crowd Of
by la.nepting With tears that 1T IL, nnnappy,
tue fAstlUn Ut people n this day and ayu to seek
the uIl Ut doctors. serpwalkers. or splrtuallsts
ant1 9uucko Of all descriptions. when they lIayG
hard IT hand the ad Of religion, no! ail al1 and
re1ncdy sccuro ant! nll.sut'lcsent.' He continued
| Ills adlresa bY saying tlias tue lncans of which
le shuull make use In this present case were nut
thu strungest iu his power, for to use tAe
strongest was not nuw allowed. Lie then said,
quillity and caloncss 10 long as slo dues not
catcl, 4 sight Of holy things, eueh ~ tle holy
wutrr, tue ptcsts dress, tile nltar, the church,
OF hcur the souul Of tell tho rult ot ut or-
gan's notcs rcsonndiug Through the aisle. You
Know continued tae priest, that ~ trcnt is
| this gtsps AVERSION to holy thlntH, N.Y.
self inyluded, that SHE gues liz
to convulslons, kicks, screams, anl distorts
Ut this street, aud her cupvals!se struggles
react, their climax when she cutters tue sacred
house Of thu Most uigh.' lilo enlcd with tho
following words: sI'ns girl hus oltcn hal thu
iaTs at; bsen christianity sxpclica; but, owing IL
| tho la1ity OF religion in these latter days, thry
rsturn ngalu to possosc her body Act tic trst
| tshed, ttcexorcsnl commenced. Turning to The
prostruts, st,!,ddsr!nE. Inost unIapl,y oDJcst ot
| OF iuu, Ut tl!t saints, 0f tho blessed Host, Ut
every !!olr sacrament OF our Church, ! atljurr
tncc, Rusbel, colae out Of ilrr.' n. b.-'lsus.
nnncs Ia Cataiuuia.) 1'has adlurrd, the ri
thruw herself III I'LL agony Ut cunvuis!on, I'LL
lcr distorted face, ioan-lcspa.tcrcd lips,
aa sI y; wfitnnh ,ear!s @1s u ssw ts we1'ns aSs1
ylulsat. sereatncl out, i don't chuose
tu como out, you thlcYes, sea.ups, robpcrr.'
fWlAIl your proinIsc, kuspcl,, said the priest.
You said yesterday you would Gust 1u0 nluru oi
| ptIra aat ,irlfA # thtA
gsris buly., Cant yon spcakt' ius, ! eau,
cu!lu lront the pour girls ioa,ltng lips, can.
sics,' sai1 tho cura, you arc auevai ullonur
s ste aa sp1u, uut y ,s
you pray 10 mud pruise thu 4vsili huvt
resl4 somewhere he u liar, aud the father VI
lies. Does he keep his worof 4Gs,' s4id III.
priest, 'Me Ia mAu Ut lIs word. Fulfill yuur
i,rul,,,se, Nusbel.' Never shu,ted thu devil,
ur tue girl, Muw lasleu iuto al ayouy of frenzy.
YOU siia!l, said tue holy father; aud the sui
fer|ng grl, liku bruised mud wounded snake,
lcr uress Ill dlsarrausch, hcr bosoln hcaylng
wurineu ai1 twisted INTO tue arms of thu sI1it
wulnen who knclt aud cried by her bellci
VI turturr. Az last troln tho QtIrcrin. lips u
tho girl cutne tls words II wlll,' but tie uvE,i
the lu0 out, hut W thu mouth Ut tnu glr1.' T4v
priest objpetel Tic exit, he sud, Vi luJ dcylls
out VI thu snlull Spanish iuouth u tAu wosnalI
would leave her suHoeate4.' Then tlc lnad'
| uGuEA 6At eAbA 6AV 4AAok AAAAHSe hEAo%t ANt k0%
devils TO .cscapu. THIS petition tlle huly
father refused. Thcu | will eolae uut
through the right loot, but itrst'--the gir
tad OIL lelnpen Sauda!, sllo wus ony1uusly u
thu gouscst elass,-'you must lake VII Acr ea.
dali thu sIndal was antita; tne Iont gave !
cunyulsiye pluugu; tho uGfIl Al!l h.s llyrilll
aons 90 thc ea,a sud, looks'1g rulsaa trmmut1
an1Iyj had sune to thor own pl4tr. A.tt. Us
.urcu OF this, thV wrrtched lups u u girl iuj
qu1tc still. 'll:c exhioit,un was atluuul,ccl luI
il Il. ~. GU tne surcUcd,pg day, ut'd IL coss.
!ncacel aga!n;. Up sasAu u Lahd VI uac'ouuset
urtIsuls und claimed a4ilil!ttancu to tht
church. Tnu priest stuutIy rcluac.l eutruncc t,
uuy but wotIicu, 'fAu uisi lcat tnu rl!ure.
duur; tho pullea ranle; srriiat4ugu aruac, uls.
the prirst futscatcd tn haste; tue alex girl WI:
dragged to her l9wiy tolio; two nesilan!c*
lii callcd-.ur, II tllrgal, demonstration
tho street was cleared W tlv bolTe
un.l tAe afrair was over. Next lu)
tie civil authorities of tho town, men ot higl
ierllng and great enlightenment, shocked 81
what tAuy had heard and rea4 tfoF tAe whole
Altar Il now III priut, and can be bought IL
| Barcelona for 4 half.pGnuYl 6tnpped, QY GiYi