The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-27
TIE HEX'S DAUGHTER.
A Weird Tale OF Mod ern witchcraft
in Pennsylvania
From the NeE York sun,


FROM The Nelr YORK sun.
81 was on business trip through Central
Pennsylvania recently said New York
travelling man. land stopped one night in a
quiet little old Pennsylvania Dutch town.
An Old woman had died in the place that
day, and wherever | went about the village
her death seemed to be the leading topic. l
finally asked the landlord Of the hotel
where / stopped who or what the Old woman
had been.
go, she was hex the landlord replied.
mot having the least suspicion Of what
IN the world q hex might be, | pushed in
Qulry, and learned that a great many peo-
pie IL that vicinity, and, in fact, through
out that entire part Of the state, were sill
firm believers IN witchcraft and 10 tie
power Of certain persons, by ridiculous IN
carnations, ceremonies and prescriptions,
known under the generic name Of
'pow-wowiCg, 10 drive the witches
away from persons, animals, wells, crops,
OF whatever had fallen under the ban.
These witch doctors were usually women,
and were SHOWN IN Pennsylvania Dutch as
hexes. They were held IN great respect.
and the death Of one of them was regarded
as s calamity by the believers in witches.
The woman who had just died had cen q
particularly successful hex, and her death
village.
Now. don't believe in witches myself.
or in the power Of s hex said the landlord.
'out would be obliged % some one who
could explain 70 me sn occurrence with
y hich this woman who has lust died was
concerned and which came under nv per-
so1al ohssrvstion. IL Was certainly tie
ssrangsst thing l ever read or heard OF,
even II this locality, where suparsuticus
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weird and wonderful things to tell.
- don't know how Old the hex was who
6isd to-day. No one knows But twenty
years ago she was Sn Cd woman. she was
tee widow q s well-knoNn PencsYlvsria
Dutch farmer, JACOB Freltcher, who died $
quarter Of = century ago Although she
Was left wealthy, her daughter went out 70
service, as Is ths cls,o.n vita the kris q
Pennsylvania Dutch pa-eatage, although
they may Dc prospective heireSSas 70 thou
sands This girl. thea about 20 vears Of
sEe, worked st this very hotel Her name
Was Barbara, and she Is to-day the vile az
ore O. the richest farmers in the county.
The landlord AZ thSt tine waS..A had
Ing man II this county ami usually
8 loylsl sort Of fellow. His name was
Jose2h Boyer. Fur some reSson he never
could explain, he took sn intense dislike 10
the Cd hex's daughter. who worked for
-
he w2s rear the girl, OF she wSs IN his
prese1cs, hs co1.d scarcely restrain himself
Iro-n doing he personal injury. and VS.
constantly. against his will wishing TVS.
h, q some ooe slss, might make Ter suffer.
i wAs mos. singular feeling, for tie girl
was honest scd Industrious. sGi, SIS the
landlord frecuectly sail, TIE best giri he
ever hai II his house.
'Boys-S Ucsccouncsbls hatred q the
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fsct connected with tie two The girls
fear o. EsC employer amounted 20 terror
Sic vlslo1y s-emb.sd Shs1 hs was II sight
sld thss SSs suffered greatly could te Saea
ny Tie exp-eSS4Cl On her taca- At ,ic1es s. =
fell into tanning IFS after Boyer hsd .ef.
her SlgCs, o1g - WEi>A sc was revived wl.n
difficulty. Another Singular thing was rnzc
r. gi-. quiz TIE lSc5l1r1's employ several
tl--ss, D., after So absence Of : fer GAys
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