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Title: Witch Hill : a history of Salem witchcraft, including illustrative sketches of persons and places
Year: 1870 (1870s)
Authors: Mudge, Zachariah Atwell, 1813-1888 McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
Subjects: Witchcraft
Publisher: New York : Carlton & Lanahan San Francisco : E. Thomas Cincinnati : Hitchcock & Walden
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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y him he denied, and qualified the state-ments concerning others. When the accused and accusers were again faceto face, Mary Warren came forward wTith anotherkind of proof of his wizard character. She sworethat Mr. Burroughs had a trumpet which he blewto summon the witches to their convocations. Itsnotes called them to the diabolical sacraments inMr. Parris orchard near the parsonage. Its capacitywas truly wonderful, or witch ears were amazingquick to take in far distant sounds, for its blastsreached every forest and sea-girt settlement. The confessing Abigail Hobbs added herecho of what others had said of him—that he wasa conspicuous figure at the witch meetings nearMr. Parris house. In these testimonies of the girls against the pris-oner they suffered much at his hands, or, rather,at the hands of his appearance, in chokings andstrangulations. We will follow him to his lonely cell with oursympathy until we meet him again, when ourdeeper sympathy will be awakened. / Mb i ; lii.lr!«
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^r^^, «* - ,ill, sipiii, CHAPTER XV. VE have introduced among our portraits GeorgeJacobs, Sen., an old man with white, thinhair flowing: down his neck and shoulders. A tallman, making a commanding figure in the days ofIns vigorous manhood, he now bends upon twocrutches. Though infirm in body, we shall seethat he has no craven spirit. He could meet asharp accusation with a square answer. He wasnot afraid of the face of authority, and he laughedat the witchcraft evidence brought against him.Vain levity, though prompted by assured inno-cence before ludicrous accusations! The Court commences the examination with thestatement: Here are them which accuse you ofacts of witchcraft. Well, let us hear who are they, and what arethey. Abigail Williams comes forward with testimonyafter the circle fashion. The old man laughs.Turning to the Court to excuse his levity, he says,Because I am falsely accused. Tour worships,all of you, do you think this is true ? Nay, what do you think? demands the Cour

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