Monday, November 24, 2003 :::
R.I.P. Doggy
A freind of mine's english bulldog died yesterday. It choked on one of those rawhide bones. My friend said, "I can think of a lot of people I would rather have choke on a rawhide bone than my dog, hell, I can think of some people I would've shoved it down their throat."
My feelings exactly.
Conveyed to the Lunatic Asylum...
THE SACRIFICE OF A MEDIUM. A man, whose name is Samuel Cole, residing in Washington county, Ohio, who was made insane from the workings of the spirit-rappings delusion, became possessed of the idea that he must offer, like Abraham of old, a sacrifice to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe. He accordingly proceeded to carry his object into execution, by taking off one of his feet, which he succeeded in doing some days since, in a very scientific manner, and with a heroic determination that would compare with the self-sacrificing deeds done in the earlier ages. His family, fearing that some other of his limbs might be demanded in a like cause, had him conveyed to the Lunatic Asylum, at Columbus.
--- The North Carolina Standard, Raleigh, March 5, 1853.
Quote of the Day:
It was not long before M.L. daughter of the said F. confess'd that She rode with her Mother to the said Witch-meeting, and confirm'd the Substance of her Mother's Confession. At another time M.L. junior, the Grand-daughter, aged about 17 Years, confesses the Substance of what her Grand-mother and Mother had related, and declares that when they, with E.C. rode on a Stick or Pole in the Air, she the said Grand-daughter, with R.C. rode upon another (and the said R.C. acknowledged the same) and they set their Hands to the Devil's Book.
--- Cotton Mather, Magnalia Christi Americana (The Great Works of Christ in America), 1702
::: posted by tom at 11:58 AM
