The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09

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Der Schlear und der Drach
Gingen NIT einander ueber I'M Bach:
Der Schlear SIGH verdrank;
Und der Drach velswand.
Gott, der Water;
Gott, der Sohn;
And Gott, der heilige Geist;
Amen.
In Epglish,-
The schlear ana the dragon
Went together over the brook:
The schlear was drowned;
And the dragon disappeared.
God, the Father;
God, the Son;
And God the Holy Ghost;
This certainly looks very foolish; but
what seems foolishness sometimes IS
very strong; and is permitted to appear
foolish to test our confidence in the
promise, "thou shalt know hereafter"
T have often been asked if I, myself,
had any belief in the curative effect OF
this usaag. Ny answers were always
non-committal before my grand eli
mactric, but since thatage( years, you
know can say that I-being very
susceptible to impressions which hold
on to me with great tenscity after once
getting me into their power; and hav-
ing heard so many honest men, during
many wears around St. Johns church,
unhesitatingly attribute their complete
restoration to good health from many
maladies by submitting to the manipu-
lations of using;-I can say that lin
case such successful adopts as DR.. Koon
and Granny Summer were now living,
and 7 had friend whose agony on ac-
count of some disease was driving him
upon the verge of profane swearing, I
can say that I might advise him to
seek relief from this source. Was I
not, myself, cured, by this process, OF a
decided case of opthal-that is to say,
sore eyes, in my seventh year, when I
was in the midst of shedding my teeth?
If it be asked, "What about the rotten
horse-apple''? My reply is, that [ was
at that time too unmanageable lad to
submit to such disgusting application
as rotten horse-apple to nay eyes.
Although have yet much more to
write in the way ofillustrative anecdote
in regard to this peculiar custom, l
must now turn to another form Of su-
perstition which few persons or none
believe in, nowadays; but I can re-
member when all the old people sixty
years ago boldly,-in words and man
lers expressive of belief-referred to a
power possessed by only one man in
the Dutch Fork-a power to arrest
motion completely in human beings
I have. heard many versions Of this
statement. The first time was while
was yet sleeping on trundle-bed drawn
forth every night for me from under
the large bed on which my grand
mother slept. Her friend, Amy (Oni'
mee) Lohner frequently came to remain
with her three or four days and nights
continuously, as I have already stated
She came to crafty her friend and
neighbor, E.. NJ. S., with opportunity to
indulge in lively, good-tempered con
versation in the German language
Ny honored ancestress did not make
habitual use of her darling mother
tongue, surrounded as she was com
monty by English speaking people. II
was only when, unluckily for her, the
enemy of souls put forward some agent
of his to worry her into violent anger
that she was forced into German to OBJ
tain ability for venting her rage with
s rapidity and force, as the English die
not possess sufficient fuency and en-
phssis for her purpose. Everybody
moved away from her, though without
understanding word she said; MOI
burst return towards her until lul
was seen. It was usually long,
"Before her passions gust was over"
and then she would fall into her low
chair, with her hands covering nel
streaming eyes, and moving her heac
from siGe to side, as she cried out in The
English language, God forgive me fol
what have said and donen'
When anger disappears
In bitter, burning tears;
II comes returning from above,
Transformed to ardent love.
AOla s. NJ. Hymn.l
On meeting, however, with her sis
ters, or with Ommie (Amy) Lohner
or with her near neighbor, Granny
Summer, there was gush of pure de
light, as their speech took on the leu
tonic information. At such happ,
meetings, would go to sleep whil
they sat before the immense fireplace
ten feet from jamb to jamb, talking
talking, talking in the German tongue
until the clock-(the noble clock whicl
Kilpatrick burnt, outin the stone-hill
whittier it had fled for safety,-waicl
Fitzpatrick burnt while twas striking
with it's clear, ringing bell, the hour Q
twelve)-talking, talking, talking, unit
that clock would indicate the solemn
hour of twelve; and then they sough
repose.
There was night once when tn
conversation was compelled to be il
English, inasmuch as there were sew