The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-21
GOOD n BAD OMESN.

Miss 6usin Aramaniha Sears $500
without a hustle nov appears.
9l1-t i5ag= - No.
GOOD AND BAD OnENs.
Some Singular hunerstitl0ns nsd How
They Originated.
A lady and gentleman lodged out Of til
way Of q lead Of hay and boarded q car 0,
Superior street opposite Bank, Saturday
Looking out ofthc window the lady saw
load Of hay on the opposite side OF the ca,
No sooner did she discover that abe wa
passing between two loads Of hay than th'
lady covered her lace with her hands as !
to shut out all sights and sounds, nor dt,
she heed a question addressed to her b,
her escort for q moment or two. Then shI
raised her head aud said: n
II was making a wish. It Is a GOOD sict
to pass between two loads OF hay on Ii,
street, and II you make a wish before vol
say another word it will cone to pass"
u beg pardon, but I geo you believe II
omens: Will you tell me something abouI
them ~ said q reporter who had Witnessed
The incident. The lady colored, but finally
said "Oh.1 don't pretend 10 know mucl
about them" and then to her companion
He ought to talk to Aunt Hannah"
Finding Aunt Hannah, who with he,
husband keeps a small milk depot on On.
tario street, the reporter at length per
suaded the old lady 10 talk. Although in
humble circumstances, Aunt Hannah i,
evidently well educated and couyersed IN
good English. She laid down her news
panpr and aaid
"Yep, l believe in omens. I have iust
been reading about that Miss Susie B, Ii 10.
per, who was a member Of the graduating
class Of the Paterson, N. J., High School
There were thirteen members in the class,
q circumstance which led one OF the youpp
ladies to write an essay decrying the belief
in omens.1 l have never known it 10 fail
that where there happens to be a party 81
thirteen one will die before the year is out,
The omen proved true with regard TO this
clafs, for Miss Hopper, who was one Of its
members, was buried Friday. Il
"My son dida't believe ia omcns. He
Started out Of the houge one morning and.
having forgotten something, he returned
and was urged to sit down before be s.art.
ed again. He refused to do il, and before
night he was fatally injured by a falling
elevator. 1t ID q sign Of bad luck 10 stun.
BILE as Il is leaving the house. I neve,
see q pin in the morning without stopping
to pick 1t up. no matter how busy I am.
Ever since ! was a little girl | have re.
membered the rhyme:
"'seeR pin and pick It I'm
Authe day youll have good lick
"Ihaye observed the da;e Of many births
aud have taken an interest in seeing If the
child fulfilled thu omen which the day a
its birth promised. There is an cid verse
you know, that goss:
"'Ao days child Is fair In face,
| iTuesd+y's child Is full OF grace.
u wfdutsdsy's child Is full! 81 woe,
tThurtday's child b s far 10 10,
Frd y'schild Is loving aun giving, j-Hg
Saturdays thi!d Wor shgnl for a Irving.
And a chlla that's born on CHRISTMAS dly .
Is fsir aid wi.c. good sud gay
ut is good luck to spit on the first money
taken iu at the counter in the morning 4
man made fun OF me once for doing Il; and
I neglected 1t the next morning. Tina. day
we took in a counterfeit fvs.dollar gold
piece and all our milk sou!ed, 1t IL bad
luck TO- refuse to take the price offered you
at the first sale in the morfng. Tho money
taken for the first sale ID called hanse!
money. I tod one Of our customprs about
my belief. He came in a morning or two
alterward and offered me five cents for Il
dozen of eggs which were then selling al
thirty.fve cents. OF course I was Obliged
to tak0 it," & @ l1'I
at this juncture Aunt Hannah peered
into bel. visitors face, aud SAID: "Younp
man, you are destined to be rich" Z :
"lf your science oil omens tells YOU that
have no faith in it," was the retort.
II can't help it. l never knew the sign
to fail. You have a mole on the righSside
Of the forehead. l never knew a person
with q mole there who didn't become rich.
A mole on the right ear siguihps honor,
and on the lett ear dishonor. A mols ovei
the heart means that the person will b.
wicked; over the tpSeeu, that be will BIZ
sicslyi on the arm or shoulder that he will
be VISA, and on the neck that he will be
healthy. l bad a relative who always
wore an amethyst ring. He drank hard,
but, bees YOU never saw him drunk.
Amethyst is a charm against drunkenness,
you know. A:great deal is said about
grounding day. but we seldom hear much
III this section abou, St. Paul's day, which
is January 25.h. l never knew the sign
with reference to St. Paul's day to fail.
What is IL? Ny relatives were Eaglish
people and my aunt taught ms rhyme
about ST. Paul's day that runs:
"ll St. paul'a day be lair and clear.
II does belideA happy yelr:
| $But " II chance 10 SHOW or rain, lS<
Then wifi DO dc il All Studs OF grain. S.
II clouds or mist do DARK the sEle,
| Great htoie Of birds and beas 8 thall die;
And II the Winds do iy aloft 49, u
Then war shall ycx tho kin,d9m- off,"
&"These superstitions are most OF them Of
an ancient date" said o bookworm when
the suhjyct was broached last evening,
1.-THE belief in an omen Is strengthened by
soms circumstance like the death OF that
sirl In a class Of thirteen. When Sir Nun.
20 Park, who was visiting Sir Walter Scott,
left the great romancist to 20 on an explor.
ing expedition, his hos stumbled and fell,
Scott never saw him alive again. The lie.
lief that it is bad luck to turn back ate,
leaving the house In tho morning, dates
back from the time that Lots vile turned
back and was TUNED into pillar OF salt.
In Hindos:ansthoy believe in The suptrs.i.
| ton 90 thoroughly that 1.-THE man of the
house to:gets anything, he shouts Tor il
| without turning around, and his wife runs
and overtakes him with the'ar.iclc. When
Charles I refused to wear tho somber robes
VI Edward the Confessor, aud wore The
more gorgeous white dress Of his own
choosing, the old crones predicted evil fol
| thaH rh;to ktnU ga ibov ballad hin, 49,
when he wa'beheaded they Of course said
Didn't we tell you eo?"
The Growth OF Cremation.
Springfield Etputiean.
The cremation idea has not spread il
this country with the 1apidity OF which
tho mere discussion Of the matter a lev
uaara ago gave soma nramiseE Indeed NJ