The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-01-22

q blsck rues. done Up IA a--iu
ga bunch-lskt, 70 yon might nave
thought Il was / block cat a-lsyin' there
dend. And there &vss y big bundle. too /;
and 4 opened that, and II was pair OF men's
n.utaleous. with buttons on. Ana tuev
were All covered with little nne whife
powdcr like flour--just like there Is on the
skjn OF person that's bewitched. Fvegot
II on me, and II makes spots like rin'neads
on the skin, with little circles round them.
And nv old mans got them on him. bat
I that ain't the only thing. He's got mar Oh
his back. and that's cure sian. waeneser
you see person with nsir on their back you
NAV know they're bewitched. You KNOW
that. don't your o,
q It's sure sligo. and my old ma~s got
a. See how he sits there and mopes. But
that wasn't all ] found. Hooked very care
ful ON the floor Of the cellar, ana found
little bunch Of black hair. all wadded up
IKE. and half buried. That was COED
thing when l found that, for II saved my
old mars life. II looked just like as II 1t
was piece cut off OF
ALITTLE GIRLS PLAT
YOU know how they plat little girls bair.
Well, a brought II up and laid 1t on the
table, add il began to move around. IL rose
right up. and that frightened me. and
threw II IN the fire and burned IL Up. Ii 1t
hadn't been for that, my old man wouldn't
be alive Cow. I've heard say that that's the
way witches work with hair. When they
bewiich person they take bunch OF hair
and bury II, and as soon as the hair rots the
person diee. But burned that hair. and IL
didn't rot, so the old man didn't die.
But there he is; Just look at him.
| think a witch IL worse than a murder er
that kills person; don't you! For MUIR
derer only dust kills you all at once. and its
over. but q witch kills you by inches.
think witches ought 10 be killed. They
used to kill them la this country, and they
kill them now in Scotland. This woman Is
a Scotch woman. and | think she ought to
be put out Of Che way, and not let to go
about bewitching folks. There Us wise men
can cure bewitehed people, and only wish
we could hud one"
"Hss ans one come yet IN answer to the
advertisement Z"
NO, not vet but hope they will. They
could get plenty OF money, for witches al
WAYS have more money than they know
what 10 do With, and they ought to get The
money from her. She is the cause OF all our
trouble. DON'T you know somebody in
York that can
DRIVE OUT wITCHEs:"
The reporter was not acquainted with
apybody who made that branch OF science
a speciality.
Just look what she's done for U.s." the
old woman went on. "Here's this house,
with nine rooms In it; we had 1t all clear,
but nv husband hasn't done days wolk
for over four years, and we had to have
some money; so went 10 work and put
mortgage for 5000 on it, and that's what
we 1--we on. It's all OF the witch, and she
ought TO be made TO pay for IT.
"Have you done anything to try andc cure
the old man."
eyes, we've done everything" she re-
piled, .but it amt any use. He's be-
witched, and we've got 10 have some wise
man that knows how to drive out witches.
That's why put the notice in the paper TO
try and find one"
The old man is apparently well on to-
ward seventy. His back is bent. his hands
are drawn up and his voice is feeble. 1t is
more than probable that wiser man even
than he who would drive out witches Gu
do nothing for bin. and that his crooked
body Will be Strengthened no more this side
of the grave