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THE MARVELS OF KNOCK.

So much baa been aaid of flate anent the, miraculous curing properties of the? Church of the Apparitions'at Knock, and such extraordinary credulity has been manifested in the accounts received from the now famous Irish, village, that, an instance of the failure of the supernatural power which the place it reputed to, possess may be recorded for the benefit;:; of those who foolishly accept without question every story of wonder whiabi emanates from the pilgrim's shrine. In a letter just received, from the husband of a< lady residing' in this neighbourhood the instance' already alluded to is given. " Knock, is a wonderful place. Throughout the whqle day crowdr or people traversing the"roads, giving the I'idea r that some monster fair was being helaV'anbVill the more remarkable from the fact that gene* rally you might traveHfor miles without meetingja solitary individual. The hHfel is, or was,'agentlemsn's house, wbirh.hu been taken as a speculation at a rental of £200 per annum. The day I was there a lady had just died who had been brought from America to try and be cured of cancer. She and her husband had been there two or three weeks, and it, was fancied that she was getting better, so her husband went to take passage back to America. While he was away she got worse, and died immediately before I got into the hotel. Of course there was greai. excitement «nd confusion. Shortly after husband arrived, and I was really .sorry for him when he got off the car and asked the manageress of the hotel how his wife was. On hearing that she was dead he fell into my arms Justus though he had been shot, and it was some time before he recovered consciousness. I was speaking to several people, priests among the number, but I never found one who. could really «ay that they knew anyone who,tiad been ill and had got better through a Visit to Knock, il have met plenty who say they know somebody who .knows somebody else who was cured; but every case is given on' second-hand ■ evidence,"— Liverpool Courier.

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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3697, 30 October 1880, Page 1

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THE MARVELS OF KNOCK. Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3697, 30 October 1880, Page 1

THE MARVELS OF KNOCK. Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3697, 30 October 1880, Page 1

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