Devils expelled, ghosts and spirits laid on
the shortest notice, and at the most moderate terms. Also, recipes to
farmers for good weather or rain, according as they may be wanted.
"(Signed,) Her Zander VANDERPLUCKEM,"
"The Greatest Conjurer, Astrologer, and Doctor in the world."
To describe the effect that this bill, which, by the way, was posted
against every dead wall in the town, had upon the people, would be
impossible. The inn in which he stopped was, in a short time, crowded
with applicants, either for relief or information, according as their
ills or wishes came under the respective heads of his advertisement. The
room he occupied was upstairs, and he had a door that led into a smaller
one, or kind of closet, at the end of it; here sat an old-looking man,
dressed in a black coat, black breeches, and black stockings; the very
picture of the mysterious individual who had appeared and disappeared so
suddenly at the bonfire. He had on a full-bottomed wig, and a long white
beard, depending from the lower part of his face, swept his reverend
breast. A large book lay open before him, on the pages of which were
inscribed cabalistic characters and strange figures.
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