Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-10-17
MODERN wiTcHcRAgr.
A"me "ood E'"mpis. ~ n toaad 4. the
Weat of En4Iand

Weai ~ Enxiand
That an extraordinary amount OF
superstition still twists In some nt Tho
agricultural copn,io. particularly ln
ST." west oi England. Ia. been demon.
'rnt"d recently by circumstance.
which have cpmc To light In conncc.
u'n with the death IN December last,
oi Taunton oracle who was known
Throughout Somerset Devon and Dor.
-"' ~ Billie Ia" rlprr" H. wa. for
many years looked upon ~, tho Wiz.
1Hrd ~ th" West nud large hundlo
~ letters which were found In hi.
hot." reveal" :, an astonishing eS.
tent "a" rrrdUItl ~ certain people In
thu~r pnrt-
Hi.l who was - years ~ ago when
h" died had lived IN the same house
'"r forty S'Nr- lie comm, need iis
hi hawking pipes, but doubtless tho
arqunluianr" ho formed with country
'",Ns Will" b" was pcrcgrlun,ing with
h'Ir humble r,aNs' opened his eyes
'n 'h",r -Ip"rstitiuuS beliefs aud m.
1 dU,"d hm Ia pos" ns u past master Of
/ w.i'hrrAit and fortune cl,cr And Il
WIS not only simple villagers who
N"r" r,,kourd among BllN's client,
nrm"r- and wr.,.,o.du people fro
QN"ui.y consulted him. tho former I've.
.i"'ing that he could cast disease ont
~ their cattle the latter regarding
ham ~ AN lnfal)ihir aid IN tho dls.
'"N"rN ~ and punishment - those
"hu had done them wrong
KING AN. "A tl,I,, - 4 80
says ass". : sat journal. and In his
long Inverness cloak and somhr,ro
hr' was - familiar figure all tho
'"pu'r! round His fingers were COZ.
sr"d with r,ug- and dilapidalcd wiz
which covered Tia" top part OF his face
t''d"rd hIs appearance extremely
.rI"U- II l. said that when he visit.
- som" parts ui Somerset. offers OF
Hospitality wcr" 80 numerous tina, no
bat 'u rNcrrl-r his choice. Thi. arose
h"W an Idea that II was lucky 10 h.yo
~" wise man under tho roof The
letters which we're found In tho house
~ She old man d"n'h are mostly
from ii.it"ul" people
IN many references are made a. lp.
closures Tor valuable ,arNiCr- Onc
woman wrote. Every thing il going
wong NJ my home to-day don't
NH"w whu,o been. Of II they caused IL
"''h"u, coming Mother was going 10
h y" the chimney swept and Ia,
man isn't come Yet and ! expect he
vii com" after dinner su ~ | -hnn't
hay" u chance to burn the water It's
!ou said. Also | thought uf going "
n grand site nj Exeter but they have
caused my father To- want 10 90 aud
"" can both get away Also they
caused Ia" girl not to b- able Ia do
G"r work fast enough
IN cNRmp," ~ tho absurd idea that
ID" wizard could divIlgr the name ~
u persons enemies IL foand In the
letter oi u D"v"n,hlr" girl. who says.
'Sh" came hHck agnin last night |
hop" YOU will try aud stop her Ms il
nak"s me quite III the thoughts Of IL.
! wish tho old thrg was dead ns
Ain afraid there won't be no peach for
me- whit" She is living There 10
another what she IL very friendly
with. who goes about To places with
her. So I've b.'rn told. Her name IL
! have done all you have told
M. forgot Ia tell you before that
she takes IN work what used Ia do"
l"Non-hirc farmer. equally sim.
r'" wrotr Il thought | would drnp
i"u f"w lines 10 let you know how
things are getting on. W" have not
!ns' anything since, but thing. seem
y" b" taken IN u very queer way some.
h,dhS, "u" ~ Ia. horses foil into tho
h"dS" trough, and they wcr" obliged
10 ct two ur three men - hulp It out
u'ain. | haN" SON" aud am doing
every morning what YOU told IN"
should lax" to know who nv cucmir,
hr' that ] might hcwhr" ~ them. A
Hridg"wht"r ""llrnL growing impa-
tent thus nddrc,s-d tho wise mnni
Dear Mr. brewer have carried out
your instructions, bat | find II don't
Inject the partic, yet
do you think You could recon.
m"ud any other thing Ia find them out
i" fancy ] want 10 know who IL IL
that Is doing III" wrong woman
living NJ Weston. Super. Mare wrote.
Offering billy two shilings II he could
tell hcr who hnh "A silk handkerchief
which she had lost, A Chnh man
complained thu, his toe was swelling.
and asked Tor advice A young girl
In Wellington inquired AR. you
doing the same trade as you used TOP
IL you are let mo know. for | want YOU
to tell III" something about :. young
man. and ! will pay You whatever II
the price II you can do IT,"
Devoted Hsis Life ca spider.
Ono OF tho curious things Of this
IN" remarked All eI congressman.
rs tho devotion ~ some mon Ia an
idea without regard TO the opinion oi
IA" res, Of the world ana without hope
u reward. know Of q man from my
-tnto who has devoted q li'ctimo 10
spiders He died In the Alps, where
ho had been for two years collecting
specimens Of spiders lie sacrificed
his life 10 spiders. lie has left = col
lection Of some ~ OoO distinct vAriS
ti"S You would hardly think thors
w"ro many more spiders In existence.
lh,- man has them stuck up In So
a.. Il l.