The news., 1885-06-30
From the Pennsi lvanis Gszs tie, Oct. p 1880
WITCHCRAFT

| Saturday last at Nount- Holtv about
eight miles from this nlace near tbrae
| hundred people were gathered together
to see an experiment or two tried an
some persons accused Of Witchcraft
1t seems the accused had been CHARGED
with making their neiohbonr's sheen
dance in an uncommon manner and
causing hogs to sneak and sine nsalme
&c. to the great terror and cement
of the Kings GOOD and neaceahIa srbe
iects in this province: the accusers he
ing very positive that if the accnsed
were weighed in scales AGAINST a hihIa
would prove too heavy for them or
that if they were bound and mt into
the creel, fhev wonId swim. 4bo ss,;J ..,sd
accused desirous to make tboir i,,no.
cence appear. yolunfariIv offarad ~
UNDERGO the said trials If two of 81 tbo ~
most violent of their accnsere would nj
be tried with them Aocord;noI,, ~
time and place was aoreed on 9Td al
yertised about the conntrv. tLa 90
cusers were one man and ona ,',a,,,a,,. r,ln az.
and the accused tba sarao ~ IT, y Sl,r'on' ,Ha,.
ties beino met and the % neo,,la ~1 ~ pa a.
petber. a GRAND cons1ltotior ,,,os i,o11
before thew nroceeded to +r;al .0ir !,
which If was aoreed ~ ,ee tha go, scolna 90
first: and a committee Of Nor, W. 1roro $500
nointed to search tSo ,,,ai, ~ n'em 5 Tele d-
the women. to see if thew had any,
thing of weiobt ahont tbe,, no, ,1o,tia;y, gly
larlv pins. After the scr,1}inv voc
over. q hinge GREAT bihIa halona;,,r, ~tr' ta
+ba Tnet;oa of ~, ~
and Iane II hrn'laph ,1,u pi'tIo ti was PROVIDED,
- - " fnor' r,',lo tiio1isn III tile Popuiace was
sea1as .s'1 Nh hiob 'ne @ ouselce mousse 70 the
s.'ls' oranto1 III "ele nAeti on y UalloWs
lv1se0 bn,'se Ill ~ LA 4 purpose opposite 10 the
rest IL tI's' tba ia; oiaG usetcS MlIe ana the
,,-;+I,o,4 ',lS ia.tiee might see the trlal,
and m,5no4t IT., .4iaililg th alloHgst the MOB;
ia,r.o go ..no 1iiSliileI ol Uorheids,
nr,t &c eiiS F" 90 oiso iiiaeie' linen came
ous corr,. - 'iiI a. ii91tse I @ crave tan man
-, -l, i,s eiie lioly III peIore the
~ sSPpo9eu = ,., ' wllaru' %cs S3s solemnly as
nr5 TAo ~ Sf1 Vie,oe.gi % LONDON before the
;ntn t1 AZ iis'y " 'iie y lzard was hrst put
III chantos Va e'a,u' @ ''iiu 4NeT nlh war read
" 81 1nep.el tP 2ul - the DOCKS Oh Moses,
I'll IL, 'ien ~, 'n9 ptpie Was put III the
boferol errer 'Vale' which Deing Kept down
49, ~ 49,, "t'' iniileulateiy let go; out 10.
aash as nn5 eal 9ul IaIl PRISE OF the spectator,
and o,l" o,,t 49, nIileS Saihe GOWN pump
no NV abrn IuroIeigmeu ndoi5a 'ha' great good book
~ ftor %o.'itq'1ice, ti.n
,,a,n nd'er LIE, .ne same manner, the others
faIit, mIhe ISsei seleeo' anu thelr Jumps OF NOR
b~aI. ~, ol''iiS melc 100 AestNY ior the
gi,ls pn91np be,npp wy ave-, came Sha Gown.
the mob NOT safie1ied & y;t '.fS;.sets ~; 'el.9
ment wonl1 have tba tr;ai liz b,, W -.
ACCORDINGLY most so1ayo,, ,'' ~ "s';o,'
was made to the Iii Sill rad i'5o0u2sioll
both accnsed and aea,,se,l' ,,s, pJll9, ; "tG.e
ned fsavino onIv, MI, ''to,lsei9 ~ peils slll-
shftl we've bon1d bo,,G vi ,9 moiiieii r4 'ileiI
severallv nlaced !, i4'1i'' thn s'i.a iooe, ana
waye froni Pifto A. a;j IL otie maeei' iellglh-
for secritv rone ae'o oa,,t Ha - ~ ItSEig
each wb;cb ~ fgg s'JG1tt eile llilOi.lle %
baroe The acc',sn5 c,,p aIiu ~ SJnie - tie
and snare viii di9ic,it' ,''l bo,o peilts ei,in
Of last. hnt +ba he t'tty I'll, ~ a DS.,n " slilh
liobt mon he he wator toa my a;Ia sIaiH NeLy
baroe inmned ontnna ~ ,7i'iiot nol- ~ ~ E tlle
ma5 9ce,,pe9 cno9 az utGil lhe pdck ol tne