The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-23
HIS WIFE A WITCH.
So Old Man Bugs Thoughl---MaK-
ing a Hoodoo.

I'll rI. AeaU tfr4.T -feH@ NtTI
Old man Bill Buggs had for some
time been a widower for the second
time. He grew tired of single cussed-
ness, and as he is so ugly none OF the
Tallahassee girls would have NM Tue
| old man became desperate, and adver-
tised in a matrimonial paper OF Chl-
cago for q wife. Ere long he received
q dainty missive through the mat. II
contained the photo OF a Witcliihg'
black-eyed maid who wanted a nome,
! and did not require youth ana Deauty
in a husband.
1t did moi take them long to nix up
matters, and now she is queen at u
old mans country residence. Dill was
delighted with his third draw IN the
matrimonial lottery. She is donlestlc
and quite handy about the mouse,
| colnely OF person. and of a naturally
happy disposition, but what worries
Bill is that she will not breathe one
word of who or what she was before
becoming Mrs. Buggs. The old man.
somewhat supelstitious, is a nrin pc
lever in witches, ghosts, spirit rap
pings, &C., and his wife's silence as 10
herself tore him all up in the mind.
The other night Bill awoke with a
start. A shadowy form was nlttlng
around his couch, and in It's out
stretched hand was some vessel IN
which burned a ghostly blue flame.
| BY the light Of the blue and mystic
fire Bill saw that the shaaowy form
was that of his new wife. She was
repeating in a soft, solemn tone words
shat Bill could not understand. His
heart thumped loudly against his
ribs. He felt as if he were shrinking
smaller and smaller. His eyes rolled
and he tried to draw in his head as
would a gopher. Was his new wife a
witch of which he had read SO mucn!
| Was she working some unearuniy
charm about him ?
What was he to do? The mystlc
fire came nearer his face. Now 1t was
Immediately over his head. lie
thought he saw a long blue tongue OF
flame leap downward as if to consume
his pent-up breath he gave rent 70
a fearful yell, Strengthened out with
such force that the footboard OF the
bed was shivered to pieces, ~andleaped
out and into d corner, where he SHY
cred and moaned.
whats the matter, you old foolY"
SCECdLnCo 3 4 10C1Si
frightened as he.
9Oh. please don't witchcraft me-"
moaned Bill, "I1l do anything! III
give YOU a deed to the farm. III buy
YOU a new bombaziDe dress. Oh, III
do ANYTHING if you'll only put out
| that Internal ghost fire and let me
aloneln
s.Shut up, o old crack-headed
id;oti Come right here and nail this
bedstead together again. snapped
Mrs. Bugs. IF you had the sense of
q dead frog o. would have known
That / was only burning camphor to
oct rid OF these blamed mosquitoes.
Witchcraft, indeed! What do you
suppose | know of such things?"
H0o-oo-oog' pulled Bill. Il wasn't
scared. You spilled some Of the fire
down my neck; that's all what was
the matter with me."-IGHdhdSsee
Horidid.
Pin Money for Farmers Wives.
Jersey farmers wives don't get
many opportunities to turn into dol
lars the long hours of midwinter,
xyhen the household cares of the sum
mer and fall have lightened. Some
New York employers, who Know that
time is literally money in the city,
raolllarly take advantage OF this idle
ness in the country from October to
Anrii. One big clothing manufac-
tnrer regularly employs scores of
women every winter in Hunterdon
and Warren counties. He sends an
agent once a week with q wagon load
az cut and basted coats, waistcoats
and trousers up among n farmers
wives in the sparsely settled districts.
: Every farm house has It's sewing
machine, and every farmers wife Is
anou0h of q seamstress to know how
; - make mn a good suit of clothes
sxilIfnlly. If she lives on the
! main road the agent brings TO
: her door as much work as she
4 willing to undertake to do in a
. week. III she lives away from the
:, thoroughfare she goes to h nearest
, corner store and meets the agent
e there. The completed work is deliv-
1 arad and fresh work is received at a
regular hour each week.
r The pay is small, pitifully SO, but
t the farmers wife is mighty glad to get
n A dime looks as big as q dollar at
that distance from the metropolis IN
: tbat particular direction; Twenty
: Ave or thirty cents is all she gets fol
finishing a coat. 1t would cost the
clothing man eighty or ninety cents
0 10 get the same work done in his New
y York shop, and that is where hi
profit comes in. These women are in
d~ustrious. Even at the beggarl,
rates paid, some of them earn $50
n month, which means a great man,
comforts in a New Jersey farmer
household. The earnings range iron
' So to the $25 maximum, and pay da,
comes once q month.
luxurious Women.
The luxurious habits OF New Yorl
/ women have grown very nearly t
k rival the stories told Of Ponp@a, VIII
had bushels of fresh rose leave
picked every night to sleep on, an
who took a daily bath in milk TO keeI
Z her skin soft and satiny. rms Is no
unite the form that luxury takes here
snent 10 the care of the person an
the preservation of beauty Is some
thing calculated to surprise the pee
r ole who give it n attention. Z
re maid alone is not sufficient t
y attend to my lady's toilet. so tn
: present plan is to engage the SCI
st vices OF a woman who goes out o
the hour, and whose cards read