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Show l'Huiuit anmwusvu. cm:- I UUMION. Uv the 17th lust., at Danveri, Masi wa celihrated the CtXtth auulversary of Iho witchcraft craze of lUO.'. The allalr took laco In a church located only n few yard from the site of tho uldBalem m'etlnz house, whero tho first witcbualt Investigations wero held, aLd lust acroaa the atuetfrom tho old tavern, to which all the tarty witches w ere ordund to be brought. AtthUctlebratlou wero rorist tiled tho Masiachusctta Historical Hoclety, the New Kngland Hlitorlc! tlenco-logloil tlenco-logloil Hocltty, the rrtneoHoctity of lloatnn, Ihu Manchtsttr Historical tioilety, the Drdlmm Historical riocloty, and a half do mi other Institutions Institu-tions of a kindred charactir. A Mr. Uuodell read au exhaustive ptijer dealing with the whole witch craft delusion. Ho attributed the primary cauce to ihihal reasons, and the irccndary to eoclologlcal environments. The lUble was re-gurdedna re-gurdedna the Inexhaustlblo fountain of faith. There wa lu the people nt thla Unit, a predisposition to superstition, super-stition, atrd a vaguo belief lu a jor-Honal jor-Honal devil. Hut the theory or belli f InwIUhcraft did not originate Ju Now Ihiglaud. KoriunturieeltwasUIIuvrd In all over l.urope, It Is tbllmated that fully 0,000.001) jeT'on lu the aggregate wuru ixeiuted In I.urojo and America for wUcluraft In the Hbiluii trials I.urouun precedent In auch i asea was strhdly udhered to, 0 htr ( nr- ra wiru nad and remarks mnjohy eve nil jr mluint theologians I nn Itmtir'u h'tntiv, nil dellug with lieein i. rvrlt hurift an I Its rtu es. a m u treisna laid on nervous an 1 mental conditions, as also on tie character of folk lore which obtains lu a community, Hlorle of ghost, sped-re sped-re an I personal devlla related artfully to children would havo an illectfcr ovll lu their future lives. ThU Is the Ilrst atleinitatcelebrat-Ing atleinitatcelebrat-Ing an anniversary pertaining to witchcraft In any country. It shows the elasticity of tlie New Knglaud Intellect, In-tellect, Inasmuch a it take this prao-llual prao-llual method of Investigating a delusion delu-sion of their ancestors whkh resulted In the sacrifice of many human lives, it will alio havo an educating effect In a general way, and help the popular mind to lombat similar delusions. |
