The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-12

vian. Nothing 10 impossible to me-
Ego sum qui sum-" Then seizing Z
vessel Of pure water, he showed It Il
the company and after making all taste
Il, poured somethihg,inAo Q huge crystal
goblet and added to Il . few drops 81
another liquid from small vial. In
stantly the water assumed . golden blue
and became sparkling wine, like Or
veto. This, he said, was the Falerni.
an used by the ancient Romans. Many
present drank Of it and found it excel.
lent. Cagliostro then continued his
raphsody, and spoke as with inspired
accents Of his famous secrets, balsams,
his elixirs. He produced bottle Of
elixir, which, he said was potent to pro
long life and to restore youth and
strength. And to prove his words, he
administered doses of il to the oldest
persons in the assembly. Certainly il
gave color to their cheeks and bright
ness to their eyes; but. /" adds Benedict
q, lit struck me that glass or go Of
Moutefiascone might easily produce the
same effect" The count then men.
toned his power Of charging preciou,
stones, and offered to make an expert
ment on the spot. Cardinal Bernii
gave him the fins diamond ring that he
always wore, and it was thrown into 9
crucible and various liquids poured
over it. Thereupon Cagliostro recited
an Incarnation, composed of so-called
Egyptian and Arabian words. He
then added several powders Il
the mixture in tie cruclble, and
in . few minutes drew ont the ring and
restored it to the cardinal with bril-.
liant almost double the size of the or
iginal stone. Bernis put on the mirac.
ulous ring with great delight; but the
abate's opinion was that the cardinal
had been very cleverly tricked: that
the ring was quite different from III
own, and set with q crystal instead b
. diamond. Cagliostro next introduced
young girl whom he called his ward
and made her fix her eyes upon q glass
bottle filed with water. She said that
she saw road leading from one great
city to another, and vast crowd of men
and women running forward and shout.
ing, "Down with the king!" Cagliostro
asked her what place this was, and she
answered that she heard the people
crying, ITO Versailles !" and that there
was . great gentleman among them
Thereupon Cagliostro turned to us and
said: my, ward has prophesied the
future. Before long Louis XVI will
be. attacked by the people in his
chateau at Versailles, the mob will bt
led by the duke; the monarchy will bs
overthrown, the Bastile destroyed the
tyranny give place to freedom" "Dia.
mine" exclaimed the French ambassa.
dor, "you predict i'll things for my SOY.
ereigh!" UNFORTUNATELY they will ali
be verified, J" replied the count. To thi,
report Benedict appends note dated
Oct. 10, 1883: "Cagliostro spoke truly
On the 9Th inst. a mob, mainly com.
posed of women, and headed by the
Duke d'Aiguillon, attacked the king al
Versailles. This strange prediction
caused great excitement in the assembly
ct the Villa Malta. Some cried out that
the count was an imposter, others that
he was prophet and man of wisdom
II listened and looked on" writes
Abate Benedetti, land then I rose and
asked Cagliostro in what his science
consisted. He replied: The learned
Lavater, who came from basle to Paris
on purpose to see and interrogate me,
asked me the same question. fou shall
have the same reply that gave to him
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