The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-02-04

can never adequately discharge. Blu
| for you might have had Katie hanging
round my neck through eternity;
might never have been able to shake tina
woman OFT, and never" continued th'
spirit, musingly, "never is a very lon,
| word Now, look you here, shepherd,
am" in fewer words than I could ex
press it, the spirit had described his ma
ture to the young man. "Wen, and be
ing what l am, it lies in my power to re
pay you, in my poor way, for what you
have done. l will forthwith proceed tc
the next town, and will enter in and
possess the chancellor AS soon as al
doctors and exorcists have failed to free
the chancellor from me, do you go to the
town and offer, for the recompense of two
bags of dollars, to liberate the chancellor
from the evil spirit which torments him
Then come up to the bedside, and say
'Hocus pocus! and will fly away out oi
the window, and enter into and possess
the prime minister. When all other
means of cure have failed, do you volun-
teer, at the price of two sacks of gold
pieces, to free the prime minister Fol
low my instructions strictly, and you
cannot fail of success If you do not, all
will be miserable failure, and you will
regret it. Come to him, and say as be-
fore, 'Hocus pocus and l will fly from
him through the window, and possess
the king. And now l warn you, beware
how you venture to attempt to expel me
from the body of the king. Should you,
Notwithstanding this caution, risk the at
tempt, I shall infallibly tear you in pieces
limb from limb"
The shepherd expressed his acknowl-
edgment in the best and most appropri-
ate terms of which he was master. ia,
ta' said the Dell, as he spread his wings
and flew away.
"Ta, tar' replied the shepherd, grave
ly, looking after him. Shortly after this
a rumor spread through the country,
that the chancellor was not quite-to
put it mildly-what he should be. 1t
was whispered aside that the chancellor
had been playing petty pranls, and that
it was asserted by professors of medicine
and of theology, that he was possessed of
a bad spirit. All medicines, allopathic
and homeopathic, having failed to cure
the chancellor, the clergy took him in
hand, and tried the last approved form
of exorcism; but the chancellor, or rath-
er the chancellor's tenant, was proof
against all ecclesiastical demonstration.
The young shepherd now came to town,
and loudly proclaimed his power to cure
any one of diabolical possession. All
other resources having failed the king
determined to give the shepherd try,
and so ordered him to visit and prescribe
for the chancellor As soon as the peas
ant entered the room, he saw that the
condition of the highest law officer of the
crown was critical He was kicking his
attendants, abusing them in language
hardly consistent with the dignity of his
position and foaming at the mouth.
The shepherd demanded as his fee for
curing him, two sacks of dollars, and
they we're readily promised He now ap-
preached the unhappy man, whose con
vulsions became more terrible as he drew
near.
"Hocus pocus" said the shepherd, ore
rotasndo, and with a solemn face, at the
same time making various fanciful signs
in the air with his hand. Away flew the
spirit shivering the panes of glass in the
window into countless fragments on his
way. The shepherd received his fee, and
returned to his cottage.
But it was soon noised abroad that
something was wrong with the prime
minister, and it was surmised that the
demon which had been expelled from
the chancellor, had entered into the
keeper of the kings conscience -awk-
ward decidedly What was to be done
Regular practitioners were applied to
first, as matter of course; the allopaths
sapped the minister's constitution with
violent medicines, without expelling the
evil spirit The homeopaths did moth
ing at all, and the divines put the devil
to sleep. When all had failed, recourse
was had to the quack, and at the price
of two sacks of gold pieces the shepherd
agreed to perform cure. The clrcum-
stances resembled those of the former
case, with one exception-the window
was prudentially opened, and glaziers S
bill saved. But now the evil spirit
struck at higher game, and he took full
and undisturbed possession of the king.
As might be expected, they were not
one ha'porth the wiser for experience,
and as usual allopathic, homeopathic and
ecclesias tical systems were tasked to re-
cover the king, and proved, as every one
knew would be the case, failure. Then
they sent for the shepherd, but he re-
fused to come. They sent again, and Of
fered room full of gold DUST but he
persisted in his refusal, remembering the
devils warming The prime minister
now ordered out regiment of horse, and
had the shepherd exorcist brought out
In vain did the poor man
protest his inability to cure the king.
The prime minister insisted, and the
chancellor theatened to put the law in
force, which required that the bird which
could sing and wouldn't sing should be
made to sing, Cowed by this threat, the
shepherd determined to do his best
He entered the regal apartment. The
king was bowling and frothing at the
and looking desperate, HAL
loa p roared the spirit within; you
here, shepherd? Did | not warn you
not to attempt to cast me out of his maj
esty2"
STEADY" said the shepherd, putting
on an expression Of awe; and, stealing
on tiptoe across the room with his hand
to his mouth, he whispered:
do you think me such fool as to at
tempt anything of the kind? I'm only
come to tell you, dear friend, that-that
is out of the pond and is
nquiring after you! !"
Gross Katiep gasped the devil.
Then I'm off, and away he flew.
Bird Worship.
The chaplain who officiates at Wards