The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-23

upon Sarah Horns premises. What
wouldst thou with me%
9" 4 must take thee I'm arrest upon thy
conviction of wtchcraft,' replied House,
and convey thee to the gaol. upon order
from the elders court
" And If thou believest me to be a
witch, George House, look sharp that 1
do not work a spell upon thee, to thy
great damage / answered.
The man laughed and said: Let those
who care to credit this Witchcraft have
their own way, but l am not afraid Of thy
spells, Sarah Horn, nor yet of the spells
of any witch. I'm here to execute the law,
and thee must come with me to the gaol
without more talk
9" L will go with thee, George House, but
first l must go within and make ready for
Imprisonment said l.
Nay, thou'lt make thee ready for that
at the gaol for it hath taken long watch
to find thee without thy domicile. and
will not trust thee to go in again. an
swered House. Soon my trusty aid, Ell
nathan Clark, will come to us and he shall
bring thee from thy house whatever is
there that thou requirest.'
80 it was done and / went to the gaol
and was locked in like any malefaetor.
Next day the Judgment of the elders was
read to me and it set forth that my prop
erty was forfeited, except &c value, which
should be paid me in gold, and l was con-
demned to perpetual Punishment to any
point l might choose not less than fifty
miles distant from Salem. and the penalty
of return was death by hanging!
But I want to be heard before the
elders, 1 protested.
That cannot be- was the reply. Their
judgment is final and without redress.
How well I knew it. How often had I
gIoried in the fact when some enemy of
the congregation had been condemned
without hearing or chance for defense.
And now the time had come for others to
glory in my downfall. Oh, it was bitter!
I went forth and reached Providence plan
tations in eight days. There ] resumed
my old business of nursing. but with in
different success. It is difficult for the
old to make new friends, and 1 made
none In two years I was in the aims
house, and in few months 1 was claimed
as bride of the king of the world. benign
death. Now 1 have a home, indeed. and
troops of friends, which no device of
thrifty humanity can ALLEVIATE"
II suppose the elders are in spirit life?"
remarked an attendant on the seance.
Yes. but very unhappy" remarked
the spirit. "They find no witches here to
hang or Danish, and they never learned
how to do anything else. They could do
something to express humanity IL given
chance, but nothing for it's progress and
enfranchisement.
The next spirit that communicated was
in the form of an aged man. totterng
and uncertain of speech. He gave the
name of Elmer Downs, and said he had
been twice prosecuted in Salem as a wiz
ard and for the first offense he was pub
1icly whipped. This was upon the charge
of having cast a spell upon neighbours
COWS, causing their yield Of milk to be
largely diminished. The second charge
was for "bedeviling" the same neigh
hr1Od ga1lGinp bar give
birth 10 a colt having bristles like hog
and minute horns near the ears. The
penalty was fifty lashes and perpetual
Il was a poor man." continued Downs.
'1n bad health, and likely to become a
charge upon the parish, and it was cheaper
to get rid Of me in this way than in any