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Emma Logo was the first to know her future husband, whose name was
Henry ----. Mary Palmer was the second, whose intended husband’s name
was George ----. The third was Jane ---- (our readers must pardon us
for the omission of her surname, as were it to be known it would be the
ruin of her and her family), Harry ---- was the husband of Eliza Smith;
and last, but not least, was Emma All, but to whom the fortune-teller
would not tell her future husband’s name, the only clue that she gave
her was, that he was a very dark man and always laughing and never out
of temper (?)
The poor deluded young females were on the point of leaving, when
all of a sudden a most terrific and unearthly noise was heard at the
door; at the same time there was seen a gigantic figure with head,
legs, and a tail of the most enormous size; it had eyes like flames
of living fire, and from its mouth proceeded forth dense volumes of
smoke, completely filling the house; the smell of sulphur was so
great that for hours after the visitation it was found impossible to
dispel the suffocating fumes which remained; the terror of the party
may be better imagined than described, and who with the old hag as
their leader set up some most dreadful shrieks, completely rousing the
whole neighbourhood. Some of the neighbours rushed to the house from
whence the shrieks proceeded, and found the furniture in the greatest
disorder, the cards spread all over the room, and the six black cats
were altogether on the top of the house.
* * * * *
The foregoing is a statement made by one of the young women, and is
published as a warning to ALL young females not to believe in such
silly and superstitious nonsense, nor encourage those wicked old hags
who prey upon the thoughtless and ignorant. It is all the devil’s work;
and it frequently happens that servant girls are induced to rob their
masters and mistresses through the agency of these pests of society.
Beware! girls, beware! spurn all who attempt to lead you astray; do not
be deceived, but look on fortune-telling as a delusion and a snare.
H. Such, Printer.
_Strange and Wonderful Account of the_ REV. JOHN MILLER, MINISTER, OF
THE CITY OF BATH, WHO REMAINED IN A TRANCE For Four Days and Nights,
_Also the Mysterious Sights he witnessed, and the Prophecies he related
that are to take place_.
COPIED FROM THE “BRISTOL MERCURY.”
In laying the following interesting and mysterious case before
our readers, we vouch for its authenticity, and considering the
good results that are likely to follow from the examination of the
circumstances, we at once proceed with the details.
NARRATIVE.
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