Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-06-26

to his master, puts his live pig in
a bog near BY and plants there the
tails of all the others. When the
master asks where sthe pigs are he
is told. that they aie in the mud.
They pull out the live pig, but the
tails, of course. come out without
the bodies. E,rua then thrashes
his master, goes home with his pig,
and, "as lie lived well, he died
we'll, too"
The story of "The Witches and
the Idiots ccnta1ps seine we'll
known traits which have clustered
around the typical idiot in all lands.
For instance, an idiots mother
thinks wife might be able to lake
care of him, and advises him to
cast sleeps eyes at the young girls
after chulch. He takes this liter
ally, cuts out the eyes Of all the
sheep they possess, and throws
them at the girls.
The snuff box story is the story
of wonderful snuff box found bt
a poor lad, which, when opened,
asks : "What do you want % and
grants any wish. The lad marries
the kings daughter, but the moth
er- law steals the box and wishes
her daughter and husband on the
other side of the Red Sea. The
lad recovers his box after long
search, and sends his mother-in-
law to the bottom of the Red Sea.
"The Lady Pigeon and Her
Comb is the title of another stu
~. In it a poor lad seeking his
fortune finds a Tartaro's castle in
the wood. The owner tells him
that three ladies will come to bathe
in certain place and leave their
pigeon-robes. The lad is to seize
one and not restore it until the
owner promises always to help
bim. This she does after some
hesitation, and directs him to her
fathers house, where he obtains a
situation. The father sets him
difficult tasks, which he performs
with the daughters aid. One day
he is directed to fetch a ring that
has been lost in the river. The
daughter directs him to cut her in
pieces with a sword and throw her
into the river. In the operation a
bit Of her finger sticks to nail in
his shoe, and when the ring is r,'
covered a part of the lady's fnger
is gone. After another difficult
task the magician promises to re
ward him with the hand of one of
his daughters, but the lad must
choose her with his eyes shut. The
lad recognizes the Que he desires
by the less of her little finger.
After they are married they flee
from her fathers at night, the wife
first splitting inside the door of her
room, and the spittle answering for
her when her father tries to enter.
He at last discovers their flight
and pursues them, when the wife
with her comb causes various OBJ
stacles to rise up, in the last OF
which--a river>--the magician is
drowned. The lad leaves his wife
to procure priest to baptize her,
as Otherwise she canEot enter "the
laud Of the Christian" He allows
himself to be kissed by an old aunt,
and forgets his BRIDE. In order to
recover him she builds hotel with
the sign "Eere they give to eat
without payment One day the
husband and two friends find this
hotel and enter. The wife recog.
nizes her husband, but he does not
know her. The two friends are
smitter with the hostess, and ask
to pass the night with her. She
manages to keep them busy all
night with absurd tasks. WheD
the husbands turn comes, she asks
him to put out the light, which
lights itself again directly, and he
spends the night trying to extin-
guish it: 1u the morning she re
veals herself to him, is baptized,
and they live happily the rest OF
their lives.
The most interesting story, in
many respects, is the Juan De
Kos, the Blockhead The parents
of stupid son buy him a ship
and send him on a voyage as mas
ter. They land, and after selling
their cargo, the master sees dead
body at a church door and all the
passers by splitting on it. He
learns that it is the body of man
who died in debt, and therefore
cannot be buried. Juan pays the
dead mans debts and ,eturns home.
On a second voyage Juan buys all
the Christian slaves at certain
place and sends them all to their
homes but one, n beautiful girl
pamed Marie Louise. Juan had IL
portrait of her made for the figure.
head OF the ship, and undertook a
voyage to her country. The second
IN command of the ship bt came
Jealous of Juan, and one day threw
him overheard. An angel, how
ever, conveyed Juan to an island,
and DrOvidad him with oil fbo nao