The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-10-31

10 do Away with the f.arfal supers,i,iou. Z
reverence ~ which those poor dear il. /
landcrs hold The native hea coal pops
from her fire, snd she NJ once sogur.
from lie shape, m abundance Of money
that will enable her to Sc, her pious un.
d"r'sking IN operation bu, on no ac.
count will abe Commence collecting sub.
scrip,ions for the anti ii-drinking slave
grown.sugar.in-iea society, because she
has always rcnnatk, iha; Monday is
her unlucky day. On Monday her
poodle died.and on Monday she caugh,
that severe cold q, brighton. from the
effects o! which she is al aid she will
never recover.
Mrs. Cnrrnine il n very strong mind
cd woman. Her unlucky day is We'd
ncsday. On u Wednesday she hrs,
caught that fusb which she has ucyer
been abl. 10 chase from her cheeks. and
on one Of these fatal days her Maria
took the scarlet fever. Therefore, she
will not 60 TO a picnic on "wednesday,
because she feels convinced that the
day will turn out wet. or that the wheel
will come OF the carriage. Yc, the
other morning, hen gypsy Mas caugh.
telling her eldest daughter her fortune,
Mrs. Carmine very properly reproach-
cd her first.born for her weakness, in
giving heed 10 the silly mnmLlings of
the old woman. Mrs. Carnine is con-
| sidered to be q woman OF uncommon
acuieness. She attaches no Importance
whatever to u star under which child
i, born,-does no, think there is pin
to choose between Jupiter and Neptune !;
and she has II positive contempt for
ghosts but she believes in nothing tha,
is begun, continued, or ended Oh We'd.
nesday.
Miss Crump!c, on the contrary, has
seen many ghosts, in fact, is by this
time quite intimate with one or two Of
the mysterious brotherhood; but at the
same time she s a, a loss to understand
how any woman in her senses, can be-
lievc Thursday to be more fortunate
day than Wednesday, or why Monday
is to be black-ballel from the Mrs
Jones calendar. She can state. on her
oath, that the ghost Of her old schooltel-
low, Eliza Ar,ichoke. appeared at her
bedside on y certain night and she dis
,incily saw the mole or its lett cheek
which POOR Eliza, during her brief ca
, rccr, had vainly cndcavorcd TO cradi
I cate, with all sorts of poisonous things
/ The ghost, moreover, l,sped. so did Eli
, "a. This was all clear enough TO Mis'
, CrumpIe, and she considered il n per
sonal insul, for anybody to suggss, 'ha
4. her vivid apparitions existed only in hel
. own over.wroueht Imagination. Sh.
/. had an affection for her giios,ly visitors
4 and would not hear word TO their dis
j. paragemen'.
The uncartbly warnings which Mrs
n Piptoss had received had well-nigl
, spoilt all her furniture. When n rela
tive dies, the fact is not announced t'
h her in the commonplace form Of a letter
q no, An invisible slcdge-ham,ncr fall,
J. upon her Broadwood. All invisible pow
). cr upsets her loo-.able, all the doors o
her house unanimously blow open, or
r. coiiin flies out OF the fire into her lap.
!. Mrs. s.Grumple, who is a very econorn
e icai house-w lie, looks forward To the da
;. when the moon re-arpears.--on whIcl
d occasion she turns her money, takln
:. care no, to look a. the pale lady throue
,r glass. This observance, she devcutl
ID believes, will bring her good fortune
:. When Miss Caroline has a knot in lac
X lace, she looks for present. and whe
,e Miss Amelia snufis the candle out, IL
re- her faith that the act dciers her ma
- rage for twclvemonth. ANY youn
;r lady who dreams the same dream tvs
,e conse cutive Fridays, will tell you ih'
r. her visions will come true"
Yet these are exactly the ladies, wi
i. most deplore the gross state of supc'
,c s,ition" in which many " benigh'ed sa
n. ages" live, aud willingly subscribe The
I'd money for its eradication. The supe
or stition 80 generally connected with Fr
" day, may easily be traced to its sour
n, Ii undoubtedly and confessedly has
lie origin in scrip'ural history: it is the d'
lie on which the Sa, iour suffered. II
nm superstition is the more revolving fro
"a that circumstance and il Is painful
,r- find that il exists among persons oi e.
.;r ucaiion. There is no branch OF Al
IN public service, for instance, in which
he much sound mathematical knowledge
IN TO bc found. as in the Navy. let wi
CIV are more supers,itious ,han sailors, tro
50 the admiral down TO the cabin boy =
Ne. Friday fatality is still strong amos
N. them. Some years ago. in order 10 i'
ID. sen this folly, j, Was determined that
eir ship should he laid down on a Frida
m. and launched on Friday; that >
he should be called Friday" and ii
sh she should commence her first voya
r. on Friday. After much difficulty
I'd captain was found who owned TO !,
be. name Of Friday; and after great d'
IN. more Of difficulty men were ob'ain'
,u. so little supersiitiou., as 10 form ere
rnhappily, this experiment had the
e,. fec, Of confirming the superstition II "
nor meant TO abolish The Friday 4"
beer Io.,-was never, in fact heard OF fr'
l. the day she Sc, sail.