St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-02-19

Every one knows Tia. origin III
the eastern af bua wing the. deal will
their feet tn the east. rni ON uni
versal among Chris, ini, lu,iI.ns. ;n!
adopted first that as the l. r.) Is t''
come in the east tia. dead a,y ris
aud stand with their fees to Hin
in tue resurrection. the u~a=+ "f
Centuries has rooted this c,l ton
So deeply that if it is departed from
the supersitious shake their head
nj proph-sy that no good vii
come of it. Some of ~, indee.i
who do nnt in snch t:is. ACTUALLY
expect an,i'n.r d.atl, IN the family
must enlift.Ss the feeling ns Though
oar dead e.u,lI not rest qnirily il
id otherwise than IN this time hon
nrt,l position.
| Probabl, Insurance. agents art
the ouly p.arL WHO nave amy i'ie''
iiuw man. nen, >tnsli'i" IN other
resp. els :it ttii fi.n. ii.sI-rlrs tln IL
lives i,y the fear. eiti,sr on thelr own
part ur on that of SO: ne member nf
their families, that the net NIGH
shorten their lives. and there ar-
sub,r business men who die am.
leave estates to endless litigation,
rather than make will. because ni
the vague fear lest thus "setting
ih.it house in order" hasten the
lay of deaf.
From the same fear many m-,.
refrain fi"m altering "r a'ld.ng Ia
IN Old house. aud we lave kn.,wr
3, man prominent in lis neiyibor
,uod, wealthy and at ,erwi~e libern
Ia his filniiy, who Year after yeai
ived On III a dwellin. which wns
,cuntinual nurliicatinn tn his wife
aud daughters. resisting all thei,
entreatits to r-bu.ld, so fully was
tie convinced that ii he We're sn &"
do his death wnnid soon follow.
This su, erstitu ION is not an I'M
common one among old people.
Say your pray-.s, ci.lld; you'll!
have seven y-are trouble, ono
said a lady tu the writer. when the
latter had broken her dolls looking
Glass. The augury WAS fulfilled
but as four of the seven were the dark
years of the late civil war, the
trouble wassby no means confined
to the unlucky looking-glass shat
terer.
Country folks-some in jest, some
in -ar.iest-translate the voice OF Il
chicken cock Growing at the door
into Stranger coming to-day" and
we remember an old lady who in
variably made preparation for com
pdny when the warning note WAS
sonnded upon her premises. In
thirty Years. shr declared, the sign
lad never faile,i her.
Tie same old lrdy bad as n pet
\ cat ny black IN any which ever f.
ared in tale. of necrDniancy. "k-el'
:. blnck ci;." sh.. used tn say, wh-l,
the hue of her fnvorite was COM
mented on. "k.ep IL black CT an,
you'll never lack for money" Sin.
MAS wealthy, but few miles of
lived an old negro crone, mistress
If cat III black ~ her own, who
(the negre>s, not the cat) had the
credit of witcllcraft. aud vino, in
spite of her reputed connection with
the devil and the ownership Of the
cat, had hard wor5 10 keep soul and
BODY together.
There are thousand and one
superstitioas strung upon the thread
of our everyday lives aud which
meet us at every tuin. Few OF us
are weak enough to let them iniia-
ence our actions, yet most of us re,
member them unpl-asantly no i.
and then. while very many of rs
: .iid we own the tsutn. have one ol
NOR. unens iiich we would prefer
not To encuunier.
II ca mot bear to have my lef
ey-iid quiyer, said u lad, of cuitI
vat.on anil average intelligence
, .Oi course / know there is nutilir.
IN il. Tut tine, | can't help feeling
) h,.n it does Sd. ar II trouble We're
c,.niinS.
Plenty nj pvn,is who ought t.
k..uu better are iirm beii. yers IL
the Superstition that 1t Is nninck,,
to place iae suoes which one h;..
worn ,inr.nS the day "tnrr~I>e al
nl,h an with tue iues pointing
: IL ihe uuur, and cdi.nut s.es'p II
I peace Unless they have done -,
/. Yrsrs ago the belief il tne es!
: onlei, of spii,IIis salt WAS BID 5resa'
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