Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-07-02
MRS. HUBBARD's THREE WARN.
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bought it very much against his Wife's
will. IL was a lonely house, and reported
to be haunted 1t was next to q grave
yard, which, though unused, vas not
cheerful, and which had likewise the repu-
tatiop of sghost However, MT Hubbard
did not believe in ghosts, and was too
cheerful to be depressed by warnings and
never intended to be lonely.
Mrs. Hubbard" he said, when his wife
shook her bead over the purchase, got
it cheap, and 1t is good one You will
like IL when you get there. IL you don't,
why then talk"
SO the house was bought, and into il
the Hubbard family went There was
scarcely chance for ghost to show his
face amid such family Of boys and girls.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard counted ten OF
them, all noisy ones.
Heving once expostulated and spoken
out her mind as to the house, Mrs. Hubbard
gave up the point She scrubbed and
secured, tackled down carpets and put up
curtains, and owned that the place was
pretty AS not ghost appeared for
week, she made up her mind that there
were no such inhabitants; she even
began not TO mind the tombstones, SO
the house got to rights at last, and baking
day came about. In the press of business
they had q great deal of bakers bread,
and were now tired of It.
Mrs. Hubbard never enjoyed setting q
batch of bread to rise as she did that
which was TO be eaten for the first time in
the new house.
"For cannot get up an appetite for
stuff that nobody knows who has the
making of" said Mrs Hubbard; sand all
puffy and alumy besides"
t.,N, NIah md
out it came at the proper time, even and
brown and beautiful as losves could be.
Mrs. Hubbard turned them up on their
sides rs she drew them forth, and they
stood in the long bread-tray, glorious
proofs Of her skill and the excellence Of
the oven, when Tommy Hubbard bounded
in. Tommy was four, and when at that
age we are prone to believe that anything
will bear our weight. Tommy therefore,
anxious to inspect the newly-nade bread,
swung himself off his feet by clutching
the edge of the bread tray, and over 1t
came, loaves and Tommy and all.
Mrs Hubbard flew to the rescue and
picked up the loaves, All were busted
and put in the tray again but one. That
| lay bottom upward under the table.
"a bothering child, to give me 30 much
trouble ~ she said as she crawled under
the table to get it. "A-oh-ah-dear
| dear, dear-oh-oh my"
And there on the floor sat Mrs. Hub
bard, screaming, wringing her hands and
shaking her head. The children screamed
in concert. Mr.. Hubbard rushed in from
the garden, where he was at work.
"Whats the matter, mother " he
gasped. !t.
Mrs. Hubbard pointed to the bottom of
the loaf lying in her lap.
| Look there and see |" she said. at is
a warning, William; l am going to be
taken from them ALL" 1874
And he looked and saw deaths head
and cross bones as plainly engraved as
they possibly could be.
"It is accident" said Mr.. Hubbard.
"Such queer cranks do come, you know y
But Mrs. Hubbard was in a troubled
state of mind, as was but natural
"The stories about the haunted house
were true" she said, "and the spirits have
marked the loaf / am afraid it is q
warning" ....
And the loaf was put aside, for even
Mr.. Hubbard did not dare to eat any of it,
Mrs. Hubbard got over her fright
at last, but the news of the aw'
fully marked loaf spread through
r., and the people came tC
Hubbard's all the week to look at It. II
was deaths head ard cross bones certain
ly; every one saw that at glance, but as
to its meaning people differed, Some be
lieved that it was warning Of approach
ing death some thought that the spirits
wanted to frighten the Hubbards away
and get possession of the house again al
to themselves. This latter suppositior
inspired Mrs. Hubbard with courage
finally, being brave woman, she adopte(
the belief, and when another haking-da
arrived, put her loaves into the oven ono
more, prepared for crOss-bones and not Il
be frightened by them. The loaves bakeC
as before. They came out brown anI
crusty as Mrs. Hubbard turned each IL
her hands. There were no cross. bone
visible, but on the last were sundry charac
ters or letters. What no one could tel
until there dropped in for q chat certain
printer of the neighborhood, accustome,
TO reading things backward.
"By George |" said he, "that is curious
That is curiOus-r e-s-urg lam, resurgam
that is what is on the loaf-resurgam."
at is what they put on tombs, isn't II
: asked poor Mrs. Hubbard family.
"Well, yes," said Mr.. Hubbard, beinl
Obliged to admit it. shut it is not so bal
as cross-bones and skulls"
, Mrs. Hubbard shook her head.
"It's even solemner," said the littl
} woman, who was not as goo
linguist as bread-maker. "I feel conf
dent, William, that shall soon be resuI
gained, and what will these dear childrel
; do then"
: And now that the second loaf was be
fore her eyes, marked even more awful
than the first, Mrs. Hubbard grew reall
7 pale and thin, and lost her cheerfulness.
3 "Ihave a presentiment," she said owe
and over again, "that the third beking wi
decide who the warning belongs TO- l be
lieVe it is meant for me, and time wi
|, show. Don't you see how thin l al
grOwingY' EL-. It..-
And though Mr.. Hubbard laughed, h
! also began to be troubled. The thir
baking-day was one of gloom. SOlemnlN
$ as at a funeral, the family assembled {
assist in the drawing.
Five loayes came out markless; bT
one remained.
Mrs Hubbard's hand trembled; but sh
I drew it forth she laid 1t on the tray sh
. turned softly about AT last she expose
= the lower surface. On it were letter
. printed backward, plain enough to rea
3 this time, and arranged thus:
!, fI "Died April 3D., WIZ II ..
= lame nted by
c her large family" .-H
at is mel" cried Mrs Hubbard. 'tI q
. to go tomorrow. This Is the 1st.
4 feel faint Yea, do. 1t is awful and 1
}, suddenp
And Mrs. Hubbard tainted away in Il
q arms of the mos. terrified of men an
= husbands. t
|. The children screamed, the c,
!. mewed, the dog barksd. The Oldest be
q ran for the doctor. People fiecked 70 Il
Z Hubbard's. The loaf was examined. "
4 there was Mrs. Hubbard's Warning--hl
:" call to quit this world.
o She lay in bed, bidding goodbye to h
v family and friends, her strength going fAl
n She read her Bible and tried not to grie'
l. too much. The doctor shook 10 head. tt
d clergyman prayed with her. NobOC
It doubted that her end was at hand, 4
: people were very Superstitious In tho
days.
They had been up all night with 20,