Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-17
MODERN WITCHCRAFT.
DISTRICTS OF THE KEYSTONE STATE
IN WHICH WITCHES THRIVE.
Odd Practices I'm Isolated Localities in
PennsyIvania-"w Witch Women"
Regularly Consulted by Young
and Old-Testimony.
COLUMBIA tPa.) Correspondence. ]

lCoiunba IA respondence
The bringing Of law suit lii justices
court in one of the back regions OF this
county by young man against his mother
to Recover damages for the loss OF dog
which he claims she bewitched so that it ran
liz a circle until it died OF exhaustion, has
brought into notice the fact that there is an
almost general bslief in witchcraft, charms
and magic spells among the farming popula-
ton IN those isolated localities, AMI that
tnere are many Old women who are regu
larly con, ultsl by young and old, and in
VIII 'se arts and supernatural powers they
put tne greate,t ,aita. At the trial of the
lawsuit mentioned several OF these witch
women testified in the case. ami the curious
and absurd belief, they profess were given
IN great detail
Tee principal one, and the one most sought
for aivics and counsel by the community
Tor mile' aroun 1, live, five miles from Rein
bold willie, in a small cabin in the noun
taIn> She l. 81 years old, bent and gray,
out Is stall active and well preserved ply SIC
,iiy. she is a shrewi, cunning old woman
and lives one. A suf .rer from hurts, it's
burns bruises, felons, and similar ailments
SIZE viii treat at onca. and men, women, and
children cDms from near and far to seek her
a.d. Husbands take their wives an fathers
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only necessary Tor the owner OF tue morse TO
be on the watch to capture him.
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witch ba zaI ara forced into tho mouth Of a
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feet Dry cows may oe made productive,
strokes of lightning warded off, crops in
creased, enemies bewitched, plaques brought
into communities and evils and BILE sings
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the growth OF baby. destroy q rivals
beauty, separate man and wife, sat Q lovers
quarrels. lay at rest a lovers doubts as to
the faithfulne,s of his sweetheart. procure
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pu' pose-
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HIM or her t. get hair from the head OF a
woman whce hair is oppos,te in color 10
that of the wife of the man in Whose family
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and burned, and their hair held IN the smoke
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