The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-03-17

is. use 70 thom whatever. They would a
be. better of to >giyo. ;one. "
third Of them away, and eyen, tf,need q
be, to give somebody something 70 ;.
take them, who would at once set /"
about improving them.H scracz ssn.
lsuspcct tho. Yankees talk Witb e1.a
cite tile Colonel and some Of his, ,irIcnds.r
II they get to hear Of It. But 7 guess
they won't hurt him for Il, ana thatit'
won't hurt thcm:'; aYours;,:..ef .!r.'
80 -jAaiiays a.::! .Go2 SF'EoEbsia!'
omeSii.;; isslsns:s 80
. a lady sends the following TO M-
ncy's Journal, as among the popular
supcrstitions and whins Of the day:
You will find very few people who
do not entertain 'somo superstition or Z
other, though, perhaps, very few will d.
admit It. ] hope no one will adopt any
new ones from reading these remarks,
and would like to impress upon pa.
rents the importance Of hiding their SUI ,
pcrstitious beliefs Gf they can't over.
come thcm) from the children, for su-
pcrstitions are certainly useless, and
often inconvcnicnt, II thcy arc no
worse. e.. .-"n ;@;.7
was maintaining that nine persons :
out Of ten held some superstition, when,
gentleman insisted on It that he
hadn't n single ono. laid in wait for
him, and at last / caught him. lilo :
didn't like TO count the carriages At .
funeral: "Why" "Oh, i don't
know" a superstition, Mr.. Blank.
Manywait until n whole funeral has
gone by, rather than 20 between tho
carriages 10 cross the road. .,.. ,.9
B, 4 lady assured mc thut she liadnt = ,
single supcrstiiion. One day her ltttlo
girl took up her rpother's hat, which
was black Grape, and was going to put
il OH her head. Minnie" exclaimed. I
her mother, "don't put that on"
Why?' said the child. because I
would rather you would not" Then
turning 10 me she said, soto roce.
"Somchow or other ] never do liEo TO
have the children. put on any Of my
black crapc thinga." SupcrstitioM,
Mrs. Blank. Then II dog howls at
night, how many turn pale. '"Some
one in the ncighborhood Is going to
die, sure" l must say was astonished
one evening, when dog howlcd out
side our windows. TO see n really good.
pious old Methodist lady take of her
slippcra and turn II WRONG side upon tho
rug. why, Mrs. Meckandmild, what
is that for:' "Ob, they say that II you
sIippcr % "a" and turn It up. "Wct, VIII
your slipper bc enough 10 rave the
lives Of NIL in this house, or must each
one OF us follow suit?" "Isn't 1t rl.lic.
ulous" she said; but ] noticed that
she allowed il to remain until shc was
quite sure that the dog had taken him
self OIL out Of hearing. Even tho old
Dutchman believed in that supersu-
ton. for he told friend, ode dog
howl dreadful last night; and ven |
take up mine baper dis morning, .vot
you links? somepody die IN Philadel'
phia." .....,-
Then how many believe tint II scis.
sors, knife, or amy sharp thing falls to
the floor and stands up straight, Somc
visitor is coming. Why, Two seen
young ladies in the carly morning put
down their sewing md take the crlmps
out Of their hair nn hoRr or two earlier
thnn usual, just because tho scissorS
fell OF their lap and stuck up raight.
lfa blucbottle comes suddenly into
the room und whizzcs around protty
industriously. thoy say n stranger Is
coming. q should say q stranger had
comc.) .. .....,.. Et,Hrr.,
One lady told Inc that she wasn't SUI
pcrstitious nt all, "Dut,' shc added,
"thcrc is one thing TINT do not like
10 do, and that Is to break Hooking
glass; "WelI, ! don't suppose any Of
us would occupy ourselves with that
little performance Just for amusc.
mcnt." "Oh, but" shc went on to say,
II never yet broke looking.glaSs or
knew OF any one olsc breaking one!
that the person breaking It, or some,
relative. didn't die" .s..., H.
Some won't sing before breakfast for
fear they should cry before night.
Others won't give knife to q: friend
without making him give o penny or
some amount Of money III return for IT,
lest It should "cut love-" A gentle.
man once asked mo if had three cents
about nc. IsaId, ayes, and ] mean 70
hCVV luV"s 4NV wv. WVU - 80 -
give them to me for this knifc-la
silvcr-mountcd beauty and very cheap
for thc momcy)-so I purchsscd the
knife from him and we remained very
good friends ~o| .T'"T.r ;'sn"E 2.
Iwns walking with lady q few days
nso and "stubbcd' my too against
stone. She turned and asked me with
which foot I had stumbled: Wonder.
ingly | asked her what possible differ.
cncc it made. She smiled, but insisted
upon knowing; 80 / told iier It WAS tho
right foot. "Then you will be vel.
come whore you are going. ''' ., ,''
l Ionce handed "a gentleman and
scholar" q cup OF. tea. He seized tho
teaspoon. skimmcd tho bubbles on the
surface OF tho tea, saying cxultingly,
"Oh, look and hastily popped tlleni
into lis mouth. :" Well" said l. "whAt
ofitw "Moncyw said he. Now do .
you suppose that that man thought sWai:
lowing those bubbles would bring him
any good luck in tho money line? 'Of
course no didn't ). and ~ no should iep
this In print, 'ho would be shocked TO :
think imagined. him scriops IN the
matter, but take my, word for j. DO
would never allow his bubbles 10