New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-20

the secrets Of the future Hence the number Of b.!
astroloetrs md wizard who might b, GOOD sc4vca.
| GER. or lon -horemeo who might drive day w'rh
de,ierity preside over tue for:uBc- Of soap-f4t
cart viii distinguished ability; hence the crowd Of
winding ioriune-tclling shops kept by women who
would bo fUy equal to al tho financial emergenc.ss
ard eagencie- Of an apple aud peanut stand.
who might WIN Al honorable distinction crying
radi-hes mud lettuce" IN the early moruin.
hours. or who upon t!.al wond perhaps eyiace
decided genius for the ragpickng bushes.
MIR. PGsh ior Pew. the otlograPly Is mol fully
e-isbli.ledl Of 80 lO2 South Fret street William
bureh who i. the subject of this present article wa
evidently not designed by nature for prophecies nor
reporter at preseu prepared to assign to her her
exact social position; he thinks however. that the
watermelon trade might be comprehended by lady
Of her abte-. that che could perhaps thoroughly
master the popcorn md mOlasses candy business and
mike II lucrative Mrs. Pugh. however, does not by
any depend entirely upon her forune-teling for
her bresd-and-butter; she is a nurse. many VII.
Hamburger baby could testify if il cOuld command It's
emotions long enough to speak. What will be the IL
huerce Of her superu8turasin and wchCrGf upon the
children nfrusted to her fostering care-whether they
will in after life prove TO BE- devils, demi- gods heroes
or mere ordinary humans,' time alone can show.
This lustrous lady does not advertise in the newspa
pers in fact her fOrtune-telng is done the sly,
if she yet apprentice, and little ashamed Of
her bunglng job, for which, by the way, she only
charges hai-Jrice She i in very undecided state,
and evidently undetermined whether her proper voca
ton Is tending babies or revealing the DEGREES of the
fate at twenty-five cents lead aud when reporter
made his appearance she puzzled to know whether
his business was baby or black art.
The domicic of this chrysslis enchantresj is low
frame house Of two stories standing back from the
street directly in the of another Of more pre-
ientous Mansions as if il had been sent into the back
yard in disgrace and permitted to show itself in
good society again. Ii conscious of its humia-
ton, and air of architectural detection that is
quite touching. troop of dirty faced children were
in the yard, and in the corner pile Of other
household membranes, consisting principally of
nops and washtubs. A modest rap brought to the
door large illfavOred in his shirt sleeves, with
red and pOnderOus pair of boots. Having safely
passed this individual, our reporter sat him down
and took observation. The room was a small,
iregulary shaped one, with intrusive chimney jut-
ting out into the floor from side fit sturdy
brick and-moIar poor relation Of the premises
visiting and not to be got rid Of at any price. small
cooking-stOve was in the Fireplace with attendant
and a small sauce pan full Of charcoal; the floor was
covered with diryrag carpet that had long since
outlived it, beauty and its usefulness and in
the last extremity of tattered old age half dozen
chairs Of diacrert patterns, all much shattered in
health and enieebled by long years of labor, aud DE-
crep lounge in the Last stages of decline were the
seats reserved for visitors the other furniture of the
room was an antique chest of drawers of most curl
oue Il cd nettern-t seemed If the
ohanc had been uncertain whether he to construct
bureau or a cow-shed, and had accordingly satisfied
bis conscience by making half dozen drawers aud
building a slopirg roof them; the joins were
warned apart and through the chinks could be seen
fragments of clean shirt and ends of lace and bits of
Asunel suggestiug babies At a wink from the female,
the male with the pOnderous boots retired from the
presence leaving reporter alone with the object
of his search.
Mrs. Pugh is a woman of medium hight and size,
with clear gray eye and light hair and wearing that
sycophantic smile peculiar to people who have m'h
to do with ugly babies whose beauty must be con
stany praised to the dotinS parents. She was a'trrd
in neat calico dress constructed for iamlly u'e, and
for the particular accommodation Of the younger me;n
bers Of the household On dscoverng that the business
of her visitor was to learn what the Fates had re-
solved to do about his particular case, she produced
from some Granny Immediately under the caves OF the
cow-shed bureau, pack Of cards wrapped up III an
old newspaper. She then carefully locked the d"or 10
keep out the children and drew down the curtains lest
their inqung minds should lead them to observe her
mysterious operations through the window. Then
taking the woodworking pieces of pasteboard in her
hands and seating herself opposite our reporter she
announced her gracious WILL thus: " You shall have
xix w-Les" Then without asking him what ne
wished for, or whether he wished FOR anything, she
.hufiled the cards few seconds, and read of their
mysterious significance as follows:
Pears Ia me YOU will have good luck in futur,
though il seems to me that you have had great deal
Of bad luck ard misfortune in your life; but you will
cortanly do better in your futur days than You have
done yet in your life at least it seems to me- Pears
to NE your good luck will commence right away pretty
SOON immediate. in q very few days; you VII! have
some great good luck befa yOu within .. | desig-
nate time by days aud weeks, snd months, and some
times years 80 this good luck of which told you, You
will certainly have wthia days, or = weeks, or
months, or possibly years. days think; yes, am
sure within days, at least it pears to me. fousre
going to make change in your business, a. it seems
to me-you are going to leave your present business
and make change, you will make this change within
az, which may be days or weeks weeks / think
yes certainly within weeks, at least So pears 10
me-this change in your business which wtake place
in days or weeks think, yes weeks Im sure, will
he change for the better, and you will profit by 1t
much at least 80 ii seems to me-and it will come 10
pass within Z "a said before, within
:, months days it may be, but
week. | think; yes now l look again, within a l.
weeks I'm certain, at least, so it pears to me-you
will receive letter within g. years perhaps month.
it may be- but still it looks Ike days; yes, days I'm
sure DAYS it must be within and DAYS they are;