The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-09-01

AeeN. - VS. me oracle Oh nls flIiages dnu
aTemarksble man in his way. lie could
ascertain when dog or a Gov had been
looked al BY an evil eye. and If invoked,
would eouniersci this spell, BY burning
certain wiihered leaves a. night in pres
enee OF the afflicted qusdruped. He
could, narrower. stop the gaping mouths
oi insignificant wounds BIZ The my sierious
ni'eTance at two or three sentences.
tshieh m one ever heart. and these
when assisted BY e0b.webs. or certain
wedieaTes had been known 10 produce
miraculous results.
Bun | must not trust myself with The
precise detail of his many superhuous
accomplishments. Lei ihnse already
mentioned snilice;-and let him stand 0nI
IA my p,ciuTe as . part and parcel NJ
group IN which he does not form the
principal igure-.-an adjunct Of Ina, deep
rolling river on which nv scene - laid.
IN which he enthusiastically glOried. fInm
a conviction that he somehow lhe knew
not how helnnged u il or IL to han.
lie often used To say. a. he looked on IL
in it, angry moods. that il was giiaiiei
seh0H, which is, being interpreted,
horribly beautiful" and such IL certain
~ was q" the day that forms the epoch
oG my sketch.
II Vas within few minutes. more or
less: of just four O'Clock, "n The 18Th Of
Seplembrr, 1891, when | resolved To
cross by the Sasbach ferry. aud resume
my evening walk on the other side of The
rITer; i"r the midday men had been long
over, and like all eaten bread. som for
gotten. but, on approaching the well
known busl, | paused Io observe the
innocent appropriation oi lhe hour. on
the part IL nv hid acquaintance and hts
Young surndanI. There stu ID su,anna!,
~ 1ne midle nf the bnst--.her fee, aud
legs unconscious If shoe. aud stockings;
and there -, old Jnhan, al one end Of u,
indulgtng in all the garrulovs greetings
common 10 tile pr0pFleIors Ut wtnkles
and gray hairs. The coffee jug, Which
he II times applied 10 hls lips. seemed
To iiquldze his lmagInaIIon, and from
hls smIles aud gestures | could fame,
han ~ dllated stale 81 telling alt,geiher
amlabie. Lac schicdrs-LrOd renamed
h".tdc him tor grave discussion. Rut
lu,t At this momrn, | was unfnmustel,
perceived. and the m,ai came To sn W
mel, end.
Wnh ail the ready hustle ri one who
Wt-ei. and hahTuaIl, n-,defs Ia. hu.
.'ness a, u ,n'rr ImaFtanrs than lis
case. fri nd ReI-acher re.p FROM M, ,tAt.
laid hls nand IN Ihe oar. del red him
self ready. witt his usual nost1a,- acu'i.
"; aud, ~ my stepping lo9o t1r boat, he
pTncrrded 10 make h,s aog'ilar transit
first g,Inst the rutrpnl, $40 :'..' .'"b q,
with geomrtucal pres ,''u - - H."
minutes we we're n, the opno> -" 4
the river, whIcn moved on 80 a >atlrn
swell, rrnrrrtng the DARK AMI heavy
sutumn clouds, thai rolled sluHiS ahase.
Daring thase five inmates, | had succeed
ID n 'e,nptng the venerable e1nnoi,seUr
IT, ACCOMPANY me Ia village nat quH~
hail a league from he ferry, for the
purpose vt hooking At wood ranger
horse. Which, mskIng lIhrrai allowance
fJr the errors ut has education and us
pntsio diet. was very murh the snrt VI
an animal that | hal m,nd To pur-
chase.
To ask the opinion oi Jonah Rrisacher
on such a matter. was To bud him To YOU
for ever. But scarcely know y hat IN
lucky prnphesy, nr abnrtivc imrrecatrnn
might have followed the rejection Of his
advice. If ouce solrned. There was a
self-op,nlonaled stuhbarness ahont him
thai never lorgaye a slight uffered to his
Judgment. But am again dipping lnto
his character. when IL is his daughter
conduct | want Ia describe.
:. Susannah, child" SAID the old man,
:. keep the boat here, and wai, for me.
shall b. back in three 1.-THE half hours.
let no one persuade you To Grass, for the
wind is rising, and the current ~ very
sirong, aud the weather seems upon the
change: feel tina, We shall have a
squaIly evening. But shall be with you
10 time To take you home, and excuse
you from your good aunt Lsna's scoldi"g
Tor staying gu, so long" Aud so saying
he drew up, coiled the rope round tree
hard by, aud away we went, the weather
seer carefully avoiding to look up at the
sky (which could have told any loel thai
bad weather was c"mIng) lest hIs atmos
pheric sagaclly might appear less pro-
found than he meant to believe il.
Susannah took out her blue worste'
| stocking, and multiplied its PARALLEL
grams. comfortably indifferent to the cole
gusts tina, swept across the valley.
But after time, the heavy cloud which
old Reisacher preferred not seeing. ant
the chilling wind which his daughle
seemed determined not to feel, began I,