The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-02-07
POSSESSED or 4 DEVIL.
STRANGE PERSECUTION or A NOVA SCOTIA
GIRL BY UNSEEN TogNTSToHs.

STRANGE PERSECUTION or A NOVA SCOTIA
GIRL BY UNSEEN ToRaISToHs.
y special dispatch from Montreal says
The gill Esther Cox, resident of Am
herst. y. 3, VINO some months ago created
\ great deal of comment among citizens
and the clergy, has been quiet for some
weeks and little has been heard Of her
The case. rs reported at the slime. locked
very much as though Mss Esther was pcs
scssed Of devil. Some uf the freaks Of
the evil spirit are curious, and one Of .lom
was haudwIf 5r- on the wall, warning
her that II she -ll not leave thc house O.
hcr relative. SIR. Tecd, shoemaker, tEC
house would ur .rla down about her ears,
She asked who made the .hTcats, and the
writing on tho uaH answered, "The evil
spirits That night She slept IN the house
tie noises Of pounding on The roof were and
terrible. In the morning the house was
set on lire in five different places aud Esth-
or Was forced 10 leave She went away
from the village aud the spirits ceased TO
trouble her. = month afterward she came
back. This was about the end ul tovem-
Der, and she had been but q few days in
the village when The manifestations com
menced again, and the poor girl was dis
.racteG. 4 press reporter visited her at
Amherst and received confederation OF tie
above stories from the Rev. Mr.. Temple,
the Methodist minister OF that place, and
from the first citizens Of the town. Since
that time manifestations have been heard
OF from time to time.
A shoemaker. who was vel read iu mes
merism, was blamed for the girls trnubie,
and it vas called a.cs~e q animal magnet
ism. To day telegram announces that
Esther Cox, Who haz been suffering from
diphtberia, has recovered" Her friends
have ascertainea that the Young man con-
uected with the early history OF tlo case,
and who IS now iu distant r-rt uT Cum
berlaud county, had tic disease about Ire
same time, and thus account for her Ill
ness.
The evil spirit has been remarkably live
ly during the past week. at times terribly
SO, arousing tie fcaIs Of Mr. Tecd's family
so as TO make them, as well as The principal
victim OF the manifestations, objects Of
sympathy. Tho developments have bern
most curious. Matches have been struck
and the premises very much endangered,
while threats Of the most appalling kind
have been made 10y mysterious voice.
Though closely watched 1t has been found
impossible to connect Esther with The man
ifestaticns which have occurred night after
night. On Monday night The unknown be
came extremely accommodating. By rsps
it repeatedly, IN ali cases, so FAR as ascsr-
tanned, gave corfrcl replies 10 all questions,
which in most cases could only bc an
svered by one an.ang those priscut
GLOW many dollars have in my hand .''
The person did not buov hov many lc
had, but verified tic correctness of the an
swor by counting them.
Both III. Tc51 end the young man to
whose influence are attsibutcd The troubles.
are sboemafcrs. Tccd says. .'Csn ynu
make us a boot 2' Answer. '.Ees.'. Mr.
Tced then directed She ffs6Hs ralrGaEt, ia
order, from lasting to finishing, and throw
ing the last on the floor. and the iiUciiye
sounds in the various operations ia dCisn
woro audible to every one in the ruo0r.-
Both parties have worked iu The Aul:c1Ss
shoe factory, " here .he reEEiug is 6unc bg 70
pouderous machine, which makes iard
and peculiar ciatfcr. hr. iced declares
that the sounds throughout were most per
feet
Mr.. leeds family feel very much yvai-
ried and prosrrated by the constant cxC;te-
ment and terror. Dir. Teed, although vii
ling to maiu.1i1 lis sister in-law. does nos
feel able 20 b. ihc additional cxHeurc b..
CURED by hrs being 4 member of h=s
household. Tacy do not feel Tia: there g.
any danger ffeu Gtc except in the hous,
while she is a. i.imatc.
MARRIED v--u 8 key IlSc.-E cunt
GUS incident occurred at q marriage 90 s,
Nary's parish church, Dover, Eueiaud. s
French couple fom Calais, having been
staying in the town a sufficient lercth @.
time 60 have tho banns published IN tlai
church. came up in the morning. So ls
married, aud She ceremony proceeded sat
isfactorily until tho Joining OF hands and
he putting ON of the ring, when b. va.
discovered that Tire Frcnchnan Eal no rins-
There was aa awkward pause no one I,
the company could lend a ring for lie &c
casion, whereupon The officiating CLERGY
man sent tho YeTEer for the church 6.o
key, the eye of which insirumelt u-a
said 20 have been used in nihrr lIace-
in similar emergencies. The biidrrroou
searched his pockets again, and br8urh
cut a bunch of keys attached ia the ring
This ring, with It's appsndaaes, was place,
ON tho book, from thence il was transfer
Ted to thC brides finger, and with the stec
b ring OF The bunch Of beys the ceremony Wa
r duly completed.