The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-09
AN OLD FASHIONED WITCH.
.UpFRSrTTTON THATI - TWo cENrr-
mrs BEHTND THE TIMES.

,,o,ilns her Power Tor II,ii n Century.
1.>,,-rGR. - Jan. Eve had a long
,,,,,.u...ily down TO the borders Of Berss past
,,....e4a hundred years old. past people who
h.ve never travelled toy railway and who have
u,.l ,h,ir years upon the same farms where
,,.v we're b ,rn. We were In quest ~ tie home
ave d.,fOr .uuv irl Dle. the most famous 81
hsckwoods sor,e resscs, aud one Of the most
.''.,,.sf,ltn the practice VI primitive black art.
sit ysttcd feed ana believed In bv hund eds
Of .,mule uropic In her part Of the country.
"poo-v wing DO il All insu utidu IN this SEQ
,,on of the II tc hearty everv town. hamlet.
b.r,usb. nr yillale in Lancaster, Lebanon aui
Hsrk, has IT. witch OF soOtnsiyer' ana THESE
people rcal, derive Urge Incomes from th"'r
,.,,tel uower.. rhey profess to heat the sicg,
detect crime. reveal the past. present. ana fu-
ture. bring about pestileuce and fauin'. destroy
erope, pit spells on hor-os and cattle ana
plagues ON individuals. restore lost articles and
IN all these spccialues their professions are re.
ee,ved with tmplcit futh by those who patron
,,s theut Granny Irhhle B. said to he the most
.ucc..sfd a. them all Her works are known
far and wide.
our drive led W past kuauer'e. \ email post
viii &c ~ nre,knuck. an. the landlord OF the
White il tun there. In great seriousness ami
.arne4tne.. Il .rected VA on our way to Granny
TriUOles.
GRANNv rRtBufE AT HoHF.
The mouse w.s half frame hall log, with a
chimney ou ono end containing enough mate
rial to uuild a dozen small houses. We were in
vitec to enter. not with a pleasant bow or III "a
smile. but with a naughty sway Of the head and
q sweep Of the hand, wnich seemed to sy.
"Come In. II YOU want CO., the woman vas
tall. AID STRAIGHT To her snouders, but her head
bent forward until her cntn rearlyt uched rer
%
with gray mar, dark eyes. = fair, wuite skin, aud
regular features. Sue must have he"u be iutiful
once. She rested upon teavv cane, and, mali
turning, told u 70 he seated.
SEE p, trd herself in 600 odd hickory chdir nd
said. Vel vel. what Is u SO wtutf Me- ye
crossed in love, sick or uuhappyf what ts the
HUInl.
two uuulted Years agn. Her story. winch she
dii 400 litf Ills anti Ter some solicitation, WAS
co., lN old ta-hl inet 10 tine simplicity auu a.
s.ituct uf it, irttenstous. 1t was uard to re
heSt that ihr WuuIdu WHO was t.lI>tug lived IN
Penu-vivinia and in the nineteenth century.
H,t iutnet. heiurch .nnuIe, SHE saiu, was
seNenNt soI, u'tu mung the II tfiA Wouutnin-.
His gftndmother mai tnnerlted from her gfand-
mother rs and inysterou' hpoN. wnich. for
neal, 80 .r-. mad been banded down N the
family. and never lnoNrd Into eXcrpt bv the
owuct-. Wncn the dst ~ duoth"r " diving
she allied htinrith irhuie TO Ner bedside aud
pfsoici'd tnat ne would marry seventh daugn-
tef. aud that In course of time his seventh CHILD
WOULD be uaughter. ana tn mat dau- hter
she WoYid leave Hu heirloom, book
uufe pfctious than 20 d. she further
stated tn.t that seventh child woull
be born with ~ well ON" md that when
she reached tne sce Of seventeen she should re-
eeiNe e .ouk ud all 3 tuu'tuis me aged
sorr-rc-~ uied. aud..ctofdius to her PREDICTION,
ever,t ulug came truly t. uh-s. Tue father wa
eujuined TO keep his WUtd and follow out her
commands 90 Toe Ncf. letter. and ever since,
80" Wv w. H"' "'N 80" w w ~,
session ol thr booN icit 10 ne oy my i4thers
GTendpnther
WnenIhsd read It three years ma euo my
mind To commence business. aud went .
work; aud since tnen ! have neeu dong ipr NV
seif and have managed to get along withIl
husband.
A LNTRAORDtNARY MArERiA MEDtCA.
ain ihat book can see anything wish. II is
not piinted. out wriuen. How old It caunut
~ in- Il - tnins ever le rned from II was
a. Il 80 the uuw OF bi pod. II h. al ~ Du en-, and
must saN the words IN Dutch. can stou A
wound from bleeding by saving Blood. blood
w. not made T. dow tine Lord 90 SIT bath
villed It sn' (luis n the trauslltionJ | say
these W., Is. pass NY finger over and acrnss the
cut - ,he wuunt. blow On u tltee times. and
the blood VIII stup hoNina, the wound heal uD,
snd Their vii be- no inn 'nNn ton. nave tire.
words Vet 20 say wnen do init. Those WORDS |
cannot tell YOU"
10 cure scaids, hurns. bruises. sores ring.
worm, scru.ua. aud kindred diseases. the ID
woman mas another "p"w-wuw.' IL insi-ts
OF Two verse, which are req ated while the
sores are sue rod with grease rendered from
the We sci. vivid Gre. sin iil- *. aud the Itch
must 20 treated win grease rendered from a
black ct that has died vi = lie tnroi, cut"
nnefe are the cnm,n9n,s' uses oi p'w ow'
che hing ats and failing AwRN' babies waste
away to AKIN and bone, aud their mothers dnu' Z
know whats the matter W. n them. They rim
the little things ner and take the spell "A
them aud they get fat aud ue ilthy. Smells are
pu, on Oauie- % svl spirits, ana the iunocen
els for want OF water. Nv book tells me What
evil splrit hangs over the rnild, ana that eDiiit
must hr-t he KILLED IL that is done, the little
ones live 10 very ola age
GRANNY sked whether she h faith IN H.
Faith In IT. said she Indeed have. M
thing would work unless 1 D-iieved and knew
u Mould under tue Charm | have never failed.
have brought oack stolen horses, and cattl ~
anu uouey. | have brought btck mems wives,
aud daughters, and sons and | have brought
b.ck husbands from tue paths OF vice to their
aieslues."
THE VIRTUES or the HAZEL.
The GRANNY stretched 40 her thin, bony arm,
AM crooked her finger ana ysteriously shook
Der bead. " Yes, indeed on the wi,n bank
over the inca ~. many aud many q time, have
] sat vita my ua1sl rod aud studied the moon
and the ii r.. nd read tncir signs and heard
TIE voice OF the spirits telling me this and this
and tus. did a. / " told, and b We yet To
know ~ = single m n, woman, or child / ever
ee, elyed OreVeT advised WRONGLY"
Nc~, am often asked to do wrong. | can
eonjure. e. he sure. l had an enemy long ago,
enI he uullei iiog- and worms out OF bis hide
BIZ stncN and CHILDREN died. y tol man reyil
me, and tie was ,rrled Oh by unknown hands
Tue 'hs, were he nearly ST rived TO DEAN
how ue gut there b does not know.
Sue WIS asked where : te kept her book.
mat is nmied, and II viii De out Of sight
"'appe4 in The veil that came Over my face
When Wac brought to = rtn, and everything Is
buried IN asnes from The wood OF tue cypr, IS
u" Il" more lnl'ri I others. lptir crops may
o. -ri-h ior ali rare, b I sumo must be pun
@erd. Ma1' mldDisnt hayew lked around
'lh' niu 90 de the Il pdri en- Tor season.
ha'r cured morse by rubbing bis tongue with
phcl nafh and rene unea German ape. j TO the
husl II gu We cured -. An hUny's dance
by Toe ntr stone. and nave relieved people
uom al. uod..Y comul.int- b, the MY root.
COMPLETE WADE MrcuN