(The following is a torn clipping that you find inside a scrapbook. Scrapbooks used to contain interesting print articles that people cut from the papers. ((sort of like personalized Google News :))
((Handwritten:))from the Ipswitch Globe, Dec. 13, 1849
… and while the captain is expected to entertain with stories of his conquests overseas, there are many eager to hear the tales of another new arrival, Mr Arthur Serpente, who is remembered as the man arrested in India for the gory murders of three men only to declare he was not guilty of ill intent for he was held captive to supernatural lusts as a vampyre. His subsequent claims of a cure aroused much suspicion, but numerous people of high station in the British Government swore to the accuracy of his nickname “Always Tells the Truth Arthur.” His acquittal on grounds of Satanic possession caused considerable unrest in India, as some natives assumed Mr Serpente had bought his way out of justice through the expenditure of funds and corruption. However, whether vampyres exist or not, and we are doubtful of this, Mr Serpente has spun many a colorful tale of interest in his claims to have recovered from vampyrism. During detention in India he wrote his first book, “The Six Habits of Polite and Highly Effective Vampyres.” It is known that his book about the actual cure, “Vampyre No More,” is due to be published in January by Winston bindery. Mr Serpente indicates that he will embark on a national lecture tour offering hope to current vampyres and victims of occult bewitchery, asking only small sums to assist with travel expenses and scientific experiments he and his assistant are engaged in to speed the vampyric cure.
Regular readers will recall an incident in Bristol last August in which several ministers accosted Mr Serpente at a public reading, saying that the Lord would surely not allow vampyres on this earth, but reports were that Mr Serpente comported himself well. He was welcome in the home of his hosts in Bristol, except, after some disruption in the town when reportedly his private interview with one of the wives of one of the ministers apparently came to a disagreeable end when the minister returned home. There were some rumors that his intentions had been impure, but it was announced that he had merely suffered a small setback to his supernatural affliction, which Mr Serpente’s laboratory assistant, daughter of the famous scientist Cavendish, said she had put to a speedy end, after she heard of his discovery with the minister’s wife, with the application of a large iron frying pan to his skull.
At that point, Mr Serpente embarked on a small tour in advance of his book, and has been speaking to audiences interested in the supernatural and remarkable tales that he say date back to his affliction of vampyrism and the cure. An account in the Gazette holds that Mr Serpente says his cure was assisted with the help of the Brothers of the Rosy Cross, as Mr Serpente apparently believes the Rosicrucians exist and help men in times of great national grief. By all accounts, his stories of his travels are of interest whether one believes he was a vampyre or not. He will be speaking at the home of J. Chesterton and invitations may be requested from that family or Mr. Wellsley of Bromley Grocers.
((Handwritten:))from the Ipswitch Globe, Dec. 13, 1849
… and while the captain is expected to entertain with stories of his conquests overseas, there are many eager to hear the tales of another new arrival, Mr Arthur Serpente, who is remembered as the man arrested in India for the gory murders of three men only to declare he was not guilty of ill intent for he was held captive to supernatural lusts as a vampyre. His subsequent claims of a cure aroused much suspicion, but numerous people of high station in the British Government swore to the accuracy of his nickname “Always Tells the Truth Arthur.” His acquittal on grounds of Satanic possession caused considerable unrest in India, as some natives assumed Mr Serpente had bought his way out of justice through the expenditure of funds and corruption. However, whether vampyres exist or not, and we are doubtful of this, Mr Serpente has spun many a colorful tale of interest in his claims to have recovered from vampyrism. During detention in India he wrote his first book, “The Six Habits of Polite and Highly Effective Vampyres.” It is known that his book about the actual cure, “Vampyre No More,” is due to be published in January by Winston bindery. Mr Serpente indicates that he will embark on a national lecture tour offering hope to current vampyres and victims of occult bewitchery, asking only small sums to assist with travel expenses and scientific experiments he and his assistant are engaged in to speed the vampyric cure.
Regular readers will recall an incident in Bristol last August in which several ministers accosted Mr Serpente at a public reading, saying that the Lord would surely not allow vampyres on this earth, but reports were that Mr Serpente comported himself well. He was welcome in the home of his hosts in Bristol, except, after some disruption in the town when reportedly his private interview with one of the wives of one of the ministers apparently came to a disagreeable end when the minister returned home. There were some rumors that his intentions had been impure, but it was announced that he had merely suffered a small setback to his supernatural affliction, which Mr Serpente’s laboratory assistant, daughter of the famous scientist Cavendish, said she had put to a speedy end, after she heard of his discovery with the minister’s wife, with the application of a large iron frying pan to his skull.
At that point, Mr Serpente embarked on a small tour in advance of his book, and has been speaking to audiences interested in the supernatural and remarkable tales that he say date back to his affliction of vampyrism and the cure. An account in the Gazette holds that Mr Serpente says his cure was assisted with the help of the Brothers of the Rosy Cross, as Mr Serpente apparently believes the Rosicrucians exist and help men in times of great national grief. By all accounts, his stories of his travels are of interest whether one believes he was a vampyre or not. He will be speaking at the home of J. Chesterton and invitations may be requested from that family or Mr. Wellsley of Bromley Grocers.
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