The Dawson journal., 1885-04-16

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farmers spent much time trying
to find such a COW among their
stock, and In case a COW is killed
In that vicinity to this day the
horns are sawed off in hope that
the blood may be found and used
as directed by Mother Roske, in
order that the gold may be found.
In answer to the questions ask
ed of the witness at the trial of
the case of the old woman and her
son mentioned above, the follow
ing we're given as some of the
methods used by the witch women
IN working their charms. In case
a horse is stolen, the thief may be
caught and the horse recovered il
there can be. three hairs from the
missing animals tail found in the
empty stall. These three hairs
must be cut into equal lengths,
knotted in the middle and then
lighted at both ends, This must
be done at sunset, while the hairs
are held on shovel, near the sta
BILE. Whichever way the two ends
of the hairs point or turn as they
burn will indicate the direction
taken by the thief. The stub ends
are to be buried in the barn yard
where the sun shines. This acts
SO upon the thief that he cannot
go beyond q certain limit, and
gradually and involuntarily turns
the horse back to the spot from
which it was stolen, and it is only
necessary for the owner of the
horse to be on the watch to cap
ture him.
To make a persons we'll run
dry ashes of witch hazel are forced
into the mouth of q toad, and then
dropped in the well. Cows may
be made to give bloody milk by
obliging them to trample toads un-
der their feet. Dry COWS may be
made productive, strokes of light
ming warded off, crops increased,
enemies bewitched, plaques
brorght into communities, aid
evils and blessings laid upon per-
sons at will by these wonder work.
ers by the use of similar charms;
and they undertake all such jobs
as they may be requested. They
will guarantee to stunt the growth
of a baby, destroy arrivals beauty,
separate man and wife, settle low
ers' quarrels, lay at rest a lovers
doubts as to the faithfulness of
his sweetheart, procure desired
marriages, or any other thing
equally absurd on receipt of fee
for the purpose. If some design
ing person desires to separate a
man and wife the witch will in
struct him or her to get a hair
from the head of a woman whose
hair is opposite in color to that
of the wife of the man in whose
family the separation is desired.
The hair must under no cireum-
stances be red, however. Then
the fact must be ascertained as to
which was bern the nearest
to running water, the husband or
the wife. That person must
be the one operated on. Some
thing that the husband and wife
have worn some time during their
lives must be procured and burn
ed, and the hair heldin the smoke
that rises, and then buried at the
side of the house where the DOOM
ed couple live, so that the water
from the caves may drop on the
spot. The name of the person
who is being operated upon is
then written upon piece of paper
and buried where the shadow of
something cast by the light Of the
moon will fall upon it. If the
man and wife do not Immediately
quarrel and seperate there is lack
of faith in the operator, and he or
she must pray while standing in
an east wind three successive days
for faith in the power of the witch
woman.
In the potency of the witch hazal
the wonder workers chiefly rely,
and they use no powders or deooo-
tions. 1t is burned to ashes and
the leaves and blossoms used.
Young women carry its leaves in
their bosoms as a love charm,
and sleep with them under their
pillows to make them dream of
their lovers, but of the persons
who testified in the recent lawsuit
only one said that he had never
yet had a friend or relative be-
witohed. All the rest had suffer
ed in some way from spells or
been benefited by charms. The
witness who testified in behalf of
tha nerson who alaimed that his