Telegram-herald., 1890-02-18


hurtea You Hes Erlcked yea. lhe
Ihlns he dene d. Nith he took al wens
an buried down as sOae. Al toen ae
sslkea ao~n a. showed ne Nnere
Coleman lad buried his trlok, ana he
sola me e ! would 60 ana dlg lt up
sna turn iI end for end Coleman
would walk over IL an de 80
cr4N ed ofn the bench an vent doNn
tie road 70 where God pinted ~llh Ms
singer an ! dlggsd 4 thaI spot aud
found ths thing that Coleman he'd
tricked me sitb- And ] turned ID over
enderwsys That ~as sunday night
AID Coleman come along there al he
walked over the spot and hs died
they say. TUESDAY morning Ana that's
al knon about what happened 70
Coleman, Mr.. Jones
Il ASKED King What II looked Ike.
jest Gmost lIke little rotten root
about ez Big g. yer little bnger.
OF co Sc y0u believe II wuE rotten root
No. sir. not a. all IL wuz not rotten
root Il ~u4 hard ss iron an couldn't
break IL ID NuE the thlng Coleman
tricked me with
Now remember that this man Hing
was a really bright and high minded
negro one of the best OF his class
and you can, perhaps. Imagine the cur
rent degradation.
Il had a colored girl. Maria. who was
sick for long time. Nothing seemed
10 DO her any good. She had sus-
picion she had been trlcked. but
Apf MI gh
met God frequent episode IN the
Southland he showed her where and
how she had been tricked, and told her
that IL she would dig between the
bricks in the chimney )smb she would
find the thing that the fearful deed
had been wrought with. laughed at her
and tried 70 dissuade her, but She per
sisted and dug into the chimney and
found little piece of brick or stone or
something that she Immediately recog-
nized as the diab0lical weapon.
This, with due formali;ies, she
destroyed. Then she came TO me and
said Mr.. Jones you think ! N poor
ignorant nigger and that m a fool and
don know nothing, and that you are
smart and can make speeches and hold
Offices and all that and you think that
| wasn't tricked. Mr.. Jones. you do
know more n | DO about some things.
but there's some things an some times
when know an you don't. This is one
OF them times The trick j. removed
and I'm going 10 get we'll She began
TO mend at once and became strong and
hearty Tho thing the North needs 10
l.. .r l.
ters down to preach TO the Sou thern
blacks"
Major !. W Powell, director OF the
United States Geological Survey. being
present a the above narration, said, II
had a little experience Of that sort.
The thing that breaks the hoodoo spell
in Washington is known In colorcd coll
loquy as 'cungence, but don't know
how to spell il. Our girl became affiict-
ed and she said she had been hoodooed.
Nothing could change her mind. To
Offset this damaging wiich-spell she
made a 'cungence' and ceremoniously
buried il in the garden. Then she
went and dug it up and burnt it with
great rejoicing. ! saw the formidable
amulet or whatever it may he called in
the English language. 1t was little
piece OF salt pork with hair wound
around it in ball and a good many
pins stuck into it, The girl got well
I'm Washington and in Virginia and
Maryland round about. this belief in
the power of 'tricking" people is very
common. and class OF imposters live
by curing it, known as doctor Mig
gers | interviewed my rheumatic
cook about them.
"I dunno, she said, hobbling
10 chair in tho kitchen.
Good many say some bad niger
hurt me - put spell on ME
and filled my skin full OF snakes and
toads and bugs. 1t feels like it. but
don't see how he could My folks
wants me to hire doctor niger. but
doan believe in EN- much My sister
was sick and she paid doctor niger
to draw the bugs and snakes out Of her
lie brought a COWS horn and put tho
mouth Of il sgin her knee and sucked
on the other end, and there, sure
enough. he showed in the horn a hand
ful OF angry worms she was delighted
and handed over the So quick. Within
a week a cousin of hers told hor about
seeing this doctor niger dig those
very angry worms and hide EN- in the
horn. No. III keep hobbling around
yet awhile.
What do you think or Senator But
ler's remedy. Senator -
1t seems utterly unprscticable. II
would only stir mp discomfort. ! think
As rule the dsrkeys don't want "a
move, and will not move. a few would
60 of and come back again. and trans
portation companies would make some
money. All the negroes want is to be
let alone.
I found Senator Spooner OF Wiscon-
sin. in his committee room. where ne is
one Of the most indefa,igable oi work
ers and almost always "ou deck he
looked over tho Butler bin and then
deliberately said III tell you what
think OF that scheme u is imper-
feet It ought TO appropriate million
dollars for the forcible transportation
for life hundred thousand % the
unreconstructsd white hoodlums 81 the
south-the rife-club men. the cabin
burners. and a. the mssg uersding cat
throat nobility who carry terror %
peaceful communities IN What thev call
var Of races In not sure bat I'd
vot. for sHch ar amendment
rs. a. CEoTFrT.