Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-02-15
popun,Aa NOTIONS AND SUPER
STITIONS.


How many people We see every day who
are constantly consulting the moon, as
they would an oracle, gravely predict
ing a wet" or a "dry moon," just &C.
cording as they see the new noon ely
ing on its back" or raised up ton one
horn or prognosticatiug what the
weather will be, on the "next change
Of the moon" With such people, to
see the moon over the left shoulder is a
sign Of bad luck and over the right,
good luck during that moon.
One gentleman of our acquaintance,
whom everybody considers a good sound
headed man, never embarks in any new
undertaking, or even makes an invest
meut in mining stocks, without first, in
all due solemuity, consulting a deck OF
cards. When buying tickets in a rattle
or I" gift enterprise" however, he does
not consult his cards, but has certain
fayorite odd numbers" which 1t he
can secure, he feels pretty confident OF
winning a prize. Even should he draw
nothing, he is sure that it was from no
error Of judgement On his part, and in
vests in the next lottery with just as
much confidence as ever. No one, how
ever could induce him to purchase the
unlucky number thirteen. He would
consider that as the hight Of reckless
folly. He was once extensively engaged
rauching in California, and at one time
owned nine hundred and n~inety-nins
cows. That number he always stroye
to keep good, but it was impossible to
persuade him to purchase one more in
order to make out u thousand. It would
be tempting Providence" he said,
and was sure to result in some deadly
disease among his herd. He fully be-
lieved that neither he nor any n else
could ever successfully keep exactly q
thousand cows, but within that number
all would go we'll.
Fossilized old nurses tell US that q
baby's nails must never be cut until 1t
is q rear old, or it will be a thief when
i. grows up. GA child with a blue vein
across its nose will never wear its we'd
ding clothes" and even should it out
live its iufancy,::it is sure to bring sor-
row and disgrace on all connected with
it. A babe that cries at its christening
will live long; if you battle il on Sun
day, it will lead a happy life if on
Wednesday, it will grow beautiful if
on Thursday, it will grow fat; if on
Friday, all its sins will be forgiven if
on Saturday, it will be unhealthy.
So, too, ever in the simple matter Of
dress; if you rig yourself out in your
new suit of "s.ore clothes" for the first
time on Sunday, you are all right /;
you'll be happy; if On Monday, they'll
tear; if on Tuesday, they'll burn I; if on
Wednesday, you'll always be blessed
with plenty ; if on Friday, you'll DO un-
lucky; if on Saturday, you won't live
long to enjoy them. Thus it would
seem there is more in this matter than
people generally think for. The rule
does not apply to or affect secondhand
clothing stores.
If you trim your own nails on Sunday,
you'll get into trouble or mischief be-
fore the end Of the week. The aeciden-
tai breaking of a looking.glass is sign
that a death will take place in the fam
lily, o a dog bowling m%ournfully on
the front doorstep is ominous Of the
same sad calamity, which, if it should
prove true. and the corpse remains lin
Der, not stiffcniug up properly inside of
t~wenty-four hours, there will be another
death in the family within a month.
Here in washoe, how often do We
hear the prediction concerning some
rough, reckless fellow, or q desperate,
that "Ae'R die in his boots some day or
othery" Such men are most certainly
liable to be shot, stabbed, or made way
with in some similar manner, in which
case, it is singular to see how much i'm
portance his companions place upon
pulling off his boots before he dies. It
is the very first thing they do, and if he
has life enough left, he doubtless appre-
ciates their kindness, and experiences
a silent satisfaction as we'll as them
selves at the idea that the prediction
was frustrated in his case.
Sundays or Thursdays are the favor
ite sailing days with old sea captains.
They had rather lay over, a whole week,
than to sail on Friday. As to that mat
ter, Friday is always regarded by pretty
much everybody as the "uulucky day"
of all, yet no one can give a valid philo-
sophical reason why it should be 50.