The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-24

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dered them back, but all hands hung fire,
and their countenances evinced resistance
of such stubborn character that Edward
at length volunteered to 90 with them.
Then It was all right, and presently re-
turned the most laughable procession that
was ever seen-Wash with his arms at right
angles bearing his grains of molding grain
on a burdock leaf which he held at as great
distance as the size of the leaf and the
length of his arms would admit, his neck
craned out, and his eyes so glued to the
uncanny corn that he stumbled over every
stick and stone that lay in his path. Mercy
next, with ludcrous solemnity, bearing her
unsightly burden on the end of a cornstalk.
Apollo last, his weasel's paw and muskrat's
tail deposited in the toe of an old brogan
which he had found by the roaside, brown
and wrinkled and stiff, with a hole in the
side, and the ears cured back, and which
he had hung by the heel to a long, crooked
stick.
On they came, the crowd around them
following at irregular distances, surging
back and FORTH advancing or retreating, rs
they were urged by curiosity or repellcd
by fear.
1t was now getting dark, so DR.. Ruther-
ford, having had the table removed, brought
forth three large plates filled with differ
ent colored powders. On one he placed
Mercy's frog, on another Wash's corn, and
on the third the muskrat's tail and weasel's
paw taken from Apollo's shoe. Then we
all waited in silence while with his hands
behind HIM he strobe solemnly back and
forth in front of the three plates.
At length the bees had ceased to hum !;
the cattle had come home of themselves,
and could be heard lowing in the distance ;
the many shadows had deepened into one !;
twilight had faded and darkness come. Then
he stood still
81 am the great witch doctor of Boston
| will now set fire to those witch's eggs,
and if they burn the flames will scorch her.
She will scream and fly away, and it will
be hundred years before another witch
appears in this part of the country"
lie applied match to Apollos plate
and Immediately the whole place was H.
Illuminated by pale blue glare which fell
with CHASTITY effect on the awe-stricken
countenances around, while in the distance,
apparently near the ''big gate arose a
succession of the most frightful shricks
ever heard or imagined. Then the torch
was applied to Mercy's frog, and forthwith
with every nook and corner, every leaf and
every blade of grass, was bathed in flood
of blood red light, while the cries grew, if
possible, louder and fiercer. Then came
Washs corn, which burned with poison
Gus green glare and flashed its sickly light
over the house and yard and crowd of
black faces and hardly had this died away
when from the direction of the big gate
there slowly assembled what appeared to be
a blood red ball.
There she goes" said the great DR..
Rutherford, ana we all stood gazing up in
to the heavens, till at last the thing burst
into flames, TIE sparks died away and no
more was to be seen.
Now, that is the last of her. impress
sively announced tho witch doctor of Bos-
ton "and neither she nor her sisters dare
come to this country again for the next
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