Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-11
FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
COLUMN DEVOTED TO THE IN
TERESTS OF THE YOUNG.
Crandma's Witch Story--Dorky's
Observation-Disclosures contrl-
butt on--Ths Cars Back.
orandma,s witch story.

Grandma's Witch Story.
"No, said grandma, as we sat cozi-
" talking in the short winter twilight,
II do not believe in witches; it is all
the work OF the devil" she SAID in her
positive way. And yet can remem-
Der when some people kept a gun
loaded with silver bullet in order to
kill them"
Tell us about it, grandma" we
children cried in one breath.
Well knew a man a long time ago
whose child was sick and having fits.
He thought certain woman in the
neighborhood had bewitched it, and
he loaded his gun with silver to kill
her with if an opportunity presented
itself. Afterward he was told il he
could set her to come TO the house,
take the child in her arms, and say
God bless YOU the spell would be
broken In order to get the poor
old woman to go through with this
performance a number OF women OF
the neighborhood were requested to
assemble at the house and take a part
in the mystic proceedings, the suspect
ed witch among the number. The de-
sired effect was not reached, for the
child grew up into hopeless idiocy,
from having so many fits. 1t after
wards transpired that the parents
had been accustomed to brighten the
poor child into obedience by threaten
ing to carry it off into the woods and
abandon it. to the mercy of some
dreadful monster. Thus had it been
frightened into commissions.
But grandma, don't you know any
other witch stories? Any really witch
stories2" said little Max, laying his
fair head in tine dear old Iady's lap.
"Well my dears, she said, as her
aged fingers stroked the shining hair,
Il know one told by one OF our early
settlers man of truth, good, re-
ligious man, and what we called in
those days an exhorter. He was
blowing in his field one day, and upon
going to the house on some errand
found his wife churning and much dis
couraged. She complained bitterly
OF the length OF time she had been
laboring with the dash, and still no
signs of butter. Mr. Walker suspected
at once that thecream was bewitched.
and believed that mysterious old
man in the neighborhOod was ut the
49, - T.,
heated horseshoe nail .ed hot, and
putting i 20 tie chuIn, babe his
wife n3i +. remove it upon any ac
count, no matter who might come and
! demand its removal He then went
| back to the field, and She resumed
her churning In n few minutes old
Gtlard, the reputed wizard, appeared
He entered the door, almost bent
| double. and begged Mrs Walker tC
take the nail from the cream. She re
fused He said the hot nail was in his
| stomach, and he would die ii she die
not remove it; and down he rolled OF
| the floor. Frightened, she took tn,
nail out OF the churn, when he arose
Strengthened himself out and walkeC
/ AWAY.
''Your great-grandiather used to tel
about a place in Virginia called wiz
ards clip In room in certain
house there was chair in which ,
man, seated for a few minutes, woulC
find, upon arising, that the whole sea-
OF his pants had been cut out. Grand
father had heard the story, but die
not believe it. He went, therefore, on
day to investigate. While there,
gentleman elegantly dressed in broad
cloth came to the house. He, too
was a disbeliever, and readily sa
down in the chair, after carefully ex
aiming everything about it to Sc
that there was no fraud. Present.,
the scissors could be heard distinctly
'Clippety clip, clippety clip. Tn
young man arose, and behold, hi
trousers We're ruined. Grandfathe
did not investigate any further, pre-
ferring to keep his trousers intact
and went away unable to explain tn
mystery, though he always though
there was same humbuggery aboutit.