Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-11
EsOGern ~ ttclhcraft.

ence, E!le Aoun y, N. L. tie owns g0oQ farD,
| and has wife snd three daughters. the young
| est ot these, * .tia, being handsome girl OF
! seventeen. Two y:srs ago the quiet CT the
| naishbOrho0d Was dis u:b9d hy repcrs of
| strgoge hapr. uihss at the 3 :ud>1 farm.
Old Mt Is :nder declared that not oply be
and bis 1aul} Were bew!ic6: d, but that bis
COWS, hCrsss, poul rY aud dogs were victims of
| Tlic CT lt. Ais buus took to croGiog and bis
| ro steIs to cackus, cluokiDg aud wanting to
| set his oows became dry. Al iim,s bis horses
! btcama so Vlcijus sh, II ii VS. impossible 10 ap-
prcsc0 thsm. A tav0ll cog disappeared one
day. he uDd 1t ID h0laW treo lwo days
| ette, @sri. lL-idn Of pillow case which bad
baea un lha grass o!e.chlng.
Beud@r aud bis faulty wtra led to do the
Musl si.,u!ar tnlLgs. The furnl:ure 10 the
house s;d d t&e r,tloucurs Of The fern b csue
| uDe)nrv.iab.e. B.td,r itqurD ly iuuuL riuj.
! scit tryiug 10 carve his Ii, a: with tho po:a,o
| musncr, or some Oh r ODD thiog. Oace he
c ue 70 him :elE in tho top of 40 appl, tree
he lmiglueG hins5lf o Cir US rider at another
tlmr, AMI mouHei one OF Sls COWS and rode
sTcued tbe pas;rrc lot with his isce toward
ihe COWS tail @iicl be era4Ycd AID tXistet to
| make b. animal gU. Tao clalis 10 the house
Wou lI0p asay when members OF the tsmlly
We're aU>u. " ELI GjMu, III I;Olug item upou
,le Il jur.
lne Bsnder Gl.l5 Gcro seen ouce. tWo of hem
>5ulSe ra ielc., put h other ptrcaed ou
sttca i.0sl TLey said they wcr. chickens and
| had soae 10 ruosi. Tb sa and macy other CO.
o,n ficities Of tue family created peflJdic i seb-
-stl2ni Ia b" tOHr. Son ! OF the r. slden,s
| scOuled ne idea Of wi.ot C 'afi aid declared
hat The BeGders re either or, u or We're i'm.
po .cg on tie oE,duny vi ta'ir bsis bors.
ndtr ard his family cn"rpu that their
troubles were duo to the lnhu.ucs OF one OF
their ntit hoofs, most estmabe lady, whom
thy declared Vas a Witoh. This beef Was
| shared by few OF the Clarence people. O hers
| Expressed The uDlo!on that, there haviog bean
| some difficulty between The sdS and Beuder,
| the Nter was enfeaVo'iag 10 create a feeag
| against Der &c tic cjmuIuulty that would work
! 10 her cisadV antsgc.
Lsst fail tBvo;ite COW Of Beuier's died.
he dragged its carcass toto the 9oudS. Two
| week Afterwards, be ssys, he wss eoitg throus
| The woods A. be sDprosobed the place where
| he carcass lay 1t srcse ond walked toward him.
| II ran home lu u sreas fright, aud determined
! TO seek tie old OF one Bsaedic Sctmidt, an
| ecc,utric pcrs>o. who lived 10 the woods TWO
| mics irgm B.ndei's
Schmidt hsd the reputation ~ the ueighbor-
hood CT being possessed of mtg aal powers as
| fortuoe teller and doctor Notwithstar ding
| tha' be was over 60 years of age and v:ly re-
pul,lVe 10 appearance. he pravailtd upon o
! handsome girl named Josephine Smith less
than 20 years OF age, 10 marry him three are
ago. She went TO live With him 10 bis mls4r-
bile hus 10 tho woods, H. treated her 30
cruely t0at she lcE. him ia short time.
To this "djutor" Farmer Bsr der went for
advice Jast before the holidays Schmidt Wis.
lted the Border larm. After exsmiolug the
family. he declared that they ware all beWitch-
ed. He said he coud cure them if they would
! follow his advice. h procorNd a largo tub.
| Over this he constructed platform Of barrow
boards. With 90 open spacs between each board.
he filled the tue with boiling water. The
sHau from tho water rose between the Stats.
Uoon the plaf ,Tm be said it would be nscss
sary Tor each Of the patti uts to lie, on. after the
Other. TIE steam would drive the witches
| out.
| The doctors directions we're followed uoder
bis personal sup, rVlson. The father aud
mother were cured after few visits of Sct midi,
Inc girls cssrs. he said, we're more stubborn.
Tho two older on we're finally rronouoced
cur4d. Schmidt lhen sad he would have 10
ohsbge the &c ne tf lis operators to his osn
house. The family went 10 Scbu,dI's. Katie
WAS DOW the orlJ VIOLIN of the witches. TIE
prescription was changed.
| In addition to the tteaming operation above
do:c ioed, SChmid! said i. woald bs necass,ry
tor the rest of the family to join hands around
the tub. snd dance shout il, while the stesminp
OF the youngest dau3 htor Was in process. Even
tnls rem ark=oe wArei7rs on tho witch that still
possessed & ,tle although Carried on until two
| Weeks a2o, tnied to drive tne evil spirit away
| ;hon Schmidt said the girl must become hi:
W ia to pal f-ct her cure The couple weat tc
JustIce OF the escs Hreanan aid r, quested tc
De married. Ire justice WAS Warned III a
ochnii hat Wjfo LIVING. Schmidt declared
TO the JGsHc, lhs. It was Aecss sary ttat the cir
should b. matriei TO him. This , I'll ;er msrfled
them.
Gfe.; Indignation was aroused in tho town
Joseph Ray, iacOb Hhnntll arI LAtent Gun.
NIT tgh.n, Gil Z .s Of the placs, made ch.rga O
| oiXauy uga!us. ch midt and : awarrnnL tor hi:
strcs. OH the cbsrze WAS Issued by the justc
who had married him 20 K,tie Bender. He wa
Arrested last week Jhe ntishbUrs were so an
ragged BY SchIni1r5 crimes That they gathered
Together for tnc puryDsr OF l. nchi1g him h,
WAS saved by the p-ompt acilon Of If ae,t i
removing hlm by etlsLeyy to the Eire count,
jsll.
Lspo'd R R'thsc5i'd, OF L)ndon who r;cent
married Mis- Pcrugi', is an cxo5lens skArer
Gle d ne sksed bis nsma into the loo a
| Hy!e Pafk, Rheu aQuther sEhter add ID tht