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

Gott, der Water;
Gott, der Sohn;
And Gott, der heilige Geist;
Amen.
In English
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 conidence in the
promise, ''thou shalt krow hereafter. ]"
I have often been asked if I, myself,
had any belief in the curative effect OF
this using. My answers were always
non-committal before my grand eli
mactric, but since thatage(6a years, you
know I can say that I-being very
susceptible to impressions which hold
on to me with great tenacity after once
getting me into their power; and hay
ing heard so many honest men, during
many years around St. Johns church,
unhesitatingly attribute their complete
restoration to good health from many
maladies by submitting to the manipu-
lations of asing;-I can say that LIN
case such successful adopts as DR.. Koon
and Granny Summer were now living,
and 7 had a friend whose agony on &C
count of some disease was driving him
upon the verge of profane swearing, 1
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 l
was in tie 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 my eyes.
Although I have yet much more to
write in the way ofillustrative anecdote
in regard to this peculiar custom, I
must now turn to another form Of su-
perstition which few persons or none
believe in, nowadays; but can re-
member when all the old people sixty
years ago boldly,-in words and man
ners 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.
] have heard many versions Of this
statement. The first time was while I
was yet sleeping ona trundle-bed drawn
forth every night for me from under
the large bed on which my grand
mother slept. Her friend, Amy (Onl-
mee) Lohner frequently came to remain
with her three or four days and nights
continuously, as 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. 1t
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
rapidity and force, as the English did
not possess sufficient fuency and en-
phasis for her purpose. Everybody
moved away from her, though without
understanding word she said; nor
durst return towards her until a lull
was seen. 1t was usually long,
3Before her PASSIONS gust was over"
and then she would fall into her low
chair, with her hands covering ner
streaming eyes, and moving her head
from side to side, as she cried out in the
English language, God forgive me for
what I have said and donew
When anger disappears
In bitter, burning tears;
1t comes returning from above,
Transformed to ardent love.
-iOld S. NJ. Hymn.l
On meeting, however, with her sis
tiers, 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 Teu-
tonic intonation. At such happy
meetings, I would 60 to sleep while
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 which
Fitzpatrick burnt, outin the stone-hills
whittier it had fled for safety,-which
Fitzpatrick burnt while twas striking,
with it's clear, ringing bell, the hour Of
twelve)-talking, talking, talking, until
that clock would indicate the solemn
hour of twelve; and then they sought
repose.
There was a night once when the
conversation was compelled to be in
English, inasmuch as there were sew