Oxford Democrat., 1889-06-04
SOME SUPERSTITIONS.
A FEW or rHG POPULAR FEARS,
fANciEs AND FAIRY TALES

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The probable truth Is that there Is no,
one Of The Glolois readers who doe. NO,
at least half bclicvc IN SOME superstition.
Somewhere In your live. YOU have a
little private clo-st where you keep one
or more PCT supcStitions locked up out
of sight II your friends. and. for the
most part. out of your own sight but
nov and then you unlock the door. %
they g-, out through the keyhole; then
they look at you In the twilight with
their weird eyes. full Of the mystery Il
the past. AMI you find yourself on your
knee. bcforc them. Perhaps you are
half ashamed Of them. because you do
not more than half believe In them. but
when hey get YOU alone they master
you. You are like Nine. do Stael A
friend said 20 her one day. DO you b.
liovc In ghostsy' "No. sho replied. "bui
] am afraid 81 them. though.
LONESOME LADY.
Col ingcr-oll dedicated his first vol.
umc Of lectures to Eva a. lngcrsoll. a
woman without supcptition." In the
early mining DAYS In California. when
selfish rascality seemed Ia D. the rule,
an old miner who had been repeatedly
"nccccd" was very much aston!shed at
the remarkable honesty of young man
4 Who had Just paid hack some money
which had bcen given him by mistake
Thinking he could not have many com
panions In such deeds the old man
stepped up 10 him. laid his hand on his
shoulder and said. Stranger. don't YOU
End yourself awfully Lonesome about
the-o partsy' so have often thought
that n Mrs Ingcrsoll u really altogether
without superstition. she must some
times find herself -'awfully lonesome.
remember. when a hoy. that ono of
my brothers used 90 wear about his neck
a rel woolen cord 10 prevent the nose
bleed. Tho only thing clear In my mind
on the subject was that u did not pre-
vent Il. At any rate Il used TO bleed
very often. while the rest of us, who did
no, wear one, were never troubled at all
erccp, I'm tho.o cases that all who have
been boys will understand. where posi,
or the leo In skating. OF snowfall, OF
some other boys fist came In somewhat
violent contact with the most prominent
feature % our faces. suppose, how
ever that there was some fanciful con
nectlon between the red of tho string
and the rcd Of the blood. and an incipicni
homeopathy suggested that like would
cure like
| also remember. when n child. how
some Of tho larger boys used 10 carry
about horse chestnut In their pockets
a. preventive of rheumatism This i
one of the mysteries ] have never faith
omod. Only IL does seem willful per-
vcrsity for people To suffer 20, just tosave
the tronble Of carrying hor-o chestnut.
Just a. IL seems pure malice In any one
ever to die when one looks through an
apothecary shop. reads tho advertise
mcnis Ia tho newspapers, or knows how
Dr. Cullis CURES pcople by simply praying
for them. and then telling them they arr
well
WHAT BAD DREAMS NzAS.
A friend told mo the ether day that
when a boy ho always felt Il incumbent
on him 10 spit thrcc times whenever h'
| saw n dead cat. The origin u this vii
not stop now 10 trace.
Not long since lady acquaintance wa
walking along the street with friend
when she suddenly felthersclf pulled ofl
the sidewalk into the street Tho coca
sion % this sudden maneuver was the
other lady's supcrsiitious fear Of Nalkins
under a ladder that leaned against the
wall In front oi them. have learned
that this superstition i very common
and. perhaps. IL l. not worth my while q
disturb IL. For IL might h. decidedly
"unlucky- 10 walk under laddcr-pro
yidcd a man weighing 600 was on II and
IL should clip. OF In case an unsteady
man with drop too much, should In
dulee In a further drop too much OF 3
loosa lying brick from his hod Though
in tho cas- Of the colorcd brother. wh'
stool serene while the brick lay In frag
men,s at hi. feet. and who merely en-
claimed, Look out. dart Ef 20 doan1
want yo' brick. broke jes' keep 'em OF O
dis chile's he'df' IL was only tho bricI
that was "unlucky."
have an old acquaintance In Main'
who used 10 stick his jackknife In th'
bcadboar,l on going 10 led toprcvent hi
having the cramp. That Is the sole In
stance Of that sublime faith with whicl
am acquainted. But have known o
people who warded OIL the same uncom
Portable nightly visitant by scrupulousl'
arranging their slippers bottom up al ih
foot OF their bed.
A lady not long since went into
iexelry store. Being at a corner II ofene'
ON two streets When she started 10 X
out. the salesman said. "Madaml yo'
have fosgetien.- "why whair aid shs
thinking Of purchase OF purse. "But yol
came in nj the other door, he replied
Then IL flashed over her; and though sh
went on her way. she remembered tha
Il was ''unlucky" To enter by one doc
and 40 out 10y another. However 1t ma
be about other places. am really incline
70 think that IL Is unlucky for lady :
80 into a jewelry store. no matter whle
door che goes out OF; unlucky Tor u
man who has TO Pay the bslls-
Then. again. IL Is unlueky TO have
bad dream three nights running. This
one Of the signs that believe In tho
oughly "Ahar YOU say. then you. to-
aro euperstitious as well rs the ret {
usI Scs, l believe ii Is very unlucky
have bad dream-e,en one night IL
o sign that your supper didn't set wei
and also that you will not feel nearly
well thu next morning. And II you ailo
Il " trouble you tho next day iii anoth'
bad sigma sign that you wont sleep
well the next night. and also sign th'
you have not yet outgrown the fancii'
dreans OF the worlds childhcod.-p
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Western wesis.
Western woods. according To Westei
, Rural. grow In popularity. There Is n