Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-19
THE GAZETTE.
THURsDAz 4Y&1,ic. sIUREsEf 19.
RelieYers in Witchcraft.

TIE he lief in witoacrei!, dePe'nped soous
three yests ago in the isc,a cd hamlet OF
,b,owr, in Logan township, NJ fiji county
Pa, has spread un;il ut W there ara hardly
doz. q families IN the en.i!e region flee fem
its ioAnsooe. The village If B blown is the
headquarters Of ,hia supersiiiious sect They
f,eouantly cougreeate az ahe hens CT eome
conrenisl spiri! and talk over mattafs per-
tanning 20 their strnoee hsiief. roey are eg-
treme!y c5.ry OF admitting stranger into
their household, aud uSo = circumstances
will they diVu:ee aught of their rocu'!a: he
lief ond practices.
There ere TWO wi;ches ia that part of ti:e
globe, one resident OF Mil7oy aud Ire o;ae.
of Bootown. Logan has "doc.or," Q: one
who has the powsr TO remove the ''seeii'
from the vic inns after the ruholy eye OF tie
witch has Cooked upoa" them. Many are
the stories related of the rpscbinsticne Of
the witches and the power Of no doctor"
to cure the magic spell ABOUT three
months ego o lit E Gallo lay sick for
several we ks, and the ch.ld's parents be-
lieved that il was victim CT Wi:cb's
bare. The suspected witch was believed to
be resident of LcgaD. Ooe drssty night
In Noyember the witch doctor cf this pec3
was sent for, and sitter long poe-wo~ the
epell which the vitci, ana her colleague, the
prince Of dark nass. had wrought, yielded o
The secret power Of tto d;c'oT." This pat
ticular case was heTaiG.6 broadcast ard
made he's CT believers
Another similar Case 81 resent occurrence
has created DO epd OF Comment 10 the neigh.
borhoo6 Il his INSTANCE toe enchanted
one was G you"g married womsp, whoee
LaFl "a. thu yCh d. n
His power saiIed to remove the 'spelt' OF
the sorceress. hut be advised the hushecd to
seuG HE wife assay, which be die, and 10
wear ce.teia beads sroCnd ats nsck u guard
against becoming bewitched Himself. These
beads We're furnished by the doctor" and
are supposed to be potent in resisting the
bowers OF scrcery The woman haa sizes
returned 70 her husband fully restored, ard
he has iaid ASIDE The nsg'ca' 5eaGa. Fer
heps the mcst sericus cssa resulting 'eom
this etrange ballucipaion IN this neiah-
bo.hood is that If young married
woman whose reason has bern daihrone0.
The tme-worn silver tuiet stoIy Sill
holds mastery over ths minds Of these de-
luded creatures. a certain mGo's msidtn
aunt. who was member OF inc hQuss ho6,
was suspected CT being bad esi'ca. rcssess-
Ing the occult power OF trsnsfJi ming a'sef
might suggest. 1t is the firm belief eropg
her s!mple-miuded associates thai sbe en-
chanted scores Of persons and w-ousht zach
mischief. During hese supposed periodical
transformations ste was frequently shsent
for days ct tir,e when it vas believed she
existed in the eniGsi form. The nephew
had devised meny Nsys Of 5iddiGG oinselt
of his witch cunt, bua she Was sufficiently
cunning to ffus'rs'e all his p'sas. Fsna'ly,
it:is said, be consulted s wi Oh doctor, who
advised him To shoOt her with silver bullet
while she wes 3. ted 10 the !cim ct an sn-
imsl. He had no long to wall for an tp
portunitY, IS tho troublesome aunt trans
formed herself into deer soon efterwsrd
The deer, or his arut, as the case may tie,
was shot wi b the silver bullet and eaten.
thus Terminating the career OF ore bad
witch. At any rete the suspected witch
aunt has not since re'urned in the humsn
form, and the consequence is that the repa-
ew's wife has gone hopeles sly insane.