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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-27

cannot. Perhaps other women VINO
have less ut stake may do it w simple
refusal to bc burdened so. But imagine
what would result upon my anuourcc-
mcAt that no gifts would be receive. or
rcturncdi My ncquointanccs would
desert me. thinking fortune had failed.
and should DC mortally uneasy over
debts not liquidatcd
What may = man give girl to
whom he is not engaged? No more or
less than at any other time of course.
Flowers, one hundred lollars worth OF
them if he chooses. and perhaps a
book, though many mothers draw the
line at flowers 1t seems to me that u
girl is placed under as lasting obligations
TO man when she receives from him
500 in flowers as though she accepted
500 in jewels but it is not 50. A man
who has dined at my house feels bound
to return the hospitality bv Christ
mas gift. Oftcnest it will be silver for
my table, or handsome bric-a-brac for
my drawing-room.
ut is just family better form to In
cludc my husbands name. though the
gift is ostcnsibly for me. If the man
was irst an acquaintance of my hus-
band, and had met me but once or twice,
he would send the gift to my husbands
office and my name would not be men.
toned. Tho gift would probably be a
pair of vases or basket for bonbons,
ostcnsibly mine, you see.
"A woman's gift to me may be cor.
rectly returned at Easter-never at
New Years because the effort would be
too palpable. The next Christmas will
do. but my advice is not to put it off II
you hadn't courage to proclaim against
your holiday slavery, perform all posi-.
bic tasks at another time, and so wiring
what pleasure you may by not giving
Christmas presents"
There is a better way if we will listen
to the defiant advice of a queen of comic
opera.
LET me tell you as emphatically as
may" said she, that speak from a
Bohemian point of view. Therefore
enjoy my Christmas 1t is the only
way to get the pleasure from it and
from life as well. do not submit
to the forms to which other women
openly submit and secretly defy
What man may give woman de-
ponds entirely on their relations-not to
mamma and papa, but their relationa
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-27

for men who are entertained in the
homes of married society women
Christmas is the day of bankruptcy, old
debts paid and new debts incurred
We give because everybody else gives
and we do not fcgn to put bit of heart
into our giving. Christmas means the
sudden necessity of bestowing unncces-
sary gifts.
The shops are filled with tired faced
women, who rush about obeying the
mysterious bchest of some imp of Ell
quctte, who says that acquaintance,
even into the seventh remove, shall be
remembered land how unpleasantly)
ut Christmas. What are the rules of
giving? Who should or can be, with
impnnity, omitted from the list? And
how is an escape and return TO first
principles of giving, which are regu-
lated by heart, not head, possible? A
bcvy of questions like these troop along
side as one hears the great query of the
week before Christmas: 'tWcll, won't
you be glad when it's ovcr?"
The answers are varied as the kinds
OF women who give them, but all agree
that Christmas, as we know it, is for
mality.
Each one Of us has, perhaps, five
friends to whom it is u keen delight to
give, but we have fifteen or twenty 9TH
er friends" who must, as sop to the
Christmas Cerberus, give us something
we don't want to be returned by the
gift of something else they had littlo
rather be without.
That is because in our hurry we are
tactless and the perfunctory gift really
hurts the recipient. Sometimes we are
absolutely merccnary and the liveliest
trouble follows n grasping Christmas
victim. There Is true story which so
absolutely typifies the too pervading
spirit of the day that it must be quoted
A man and his wife had argued for
months over the purchase of some cur
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-27

to each other. II they are in society
mamma and papa have n good deal
more to 90 with it, and few posies
are apparently the only result. Wom-
en- who, like men, belong in sense to
the public, accept the public tributes
without n question. am sure have
never sent Il Christmas gift back to the
donor. Jewels or box of bonbons, I
take them all and write note Of
thanks. Sometimes invite the givers to
dine with me. Your society women dare
not do that as acknowledgment for
anything except flowers. Am bitterP
| do not mean to be. But tell the peo-
pie I know nothing about Christmas
etiquette. am proud to say am
bohemian"
Who dare follow Miss Tempest?
Mrs. Frank Leslie has compromised
the matter.
81 have a necessary list of those
whom love and those to whom owe
a last years gift I'm parsimonious,
admit, in giving when must. Usually
! make it Christmas cards which have
pyself received. All their excuse for
being is that they can be passed along
until they are worn out. The custom
Is an abominabie English one, but
can forgive it unless some one writes q
tender etfusion and links our initials
across the card he sends. There it's
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-27

occupation is gone and my nerves cry
out.
81 once entertained n friend of nv
husbands. He was almost a total
stranger to me, but at Christmas re-
ceived a beautiful set of mantel orna-
ments from him, entirely in my own
name, too. My husband was totally ig-
nored. My Christmases are my very
happiest days when don't orphan nv
own soul by putting my neck beneath
the yoke OF very ultra edicts"
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Entitled to tho Beat

THIS we say or all those who are 80 unfortunate
to require the Use or M define to assist nature
10 the proper performance OF her functions Per.
sons suffering with sCrofula, cancer, botchcs
scaly skin. old sOres, bad humors in The blood or
ni disease that indicates impure blood will find
at DIR. David's lodo-Fhrratod Sarsaparina viii
! thoroughly cleanse the hloo6, eliminate all I'm.
iuii'ics and make the skin IT and smooth III
usc Tor years by the aiding ply siciar- OF this
aid ether countries has proven it, val &c a. y
FL 90 medicine. Price 81 per bottle, six bottles
lor a.. For sale by Mtsse ~ Martin, Roaroao,
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Blood! Blood,! BIood,,l

TO perform its proper function, must he kept
pure and hcalthful, else the system will sickcn
and disease will attack some vital organ and en-.
tail intense suffering and certain death. There
known to all live physicians that has no superior
1t will thoroughly cleanse the blood OF all i'm
purties cure NIL old sores and make the blood
rich, red and healthy. We refer to Dr. David's
Iodo Ferrated Sarsaparilla. Price, 500 per
bottle. ak bottles for $500 at Massie Il Martins
Roanoke. Va
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COLD CHRISTMAS FACTS.
AdvarteGes end Disadvantages
OF Christmas Giving.
Tho Absolutely Necessary List-what q
Alan May Glvo nn Unmarried Woman
What He May Givc IIer II Sho
Happens to DO Married.

dare to say it i'll the face of all ortho-
dox tradition, knowing that scores OF
Christmas haunted people will rise up
and stand beside me. May the departed
spirit of dead Yulc Tides. when only
love gifts dropped from Kris Kringlcs
pack, forgive Il multitude of persons
when they cry: Down with our com
mercal Christmas" We are the vic
Tins of Il tyrant and he makes life mis-
cradle.
1t is, alas, too true that, for the most
of us-for those women who live in the
big towns and boast {. calling list, and
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-27
CITY DIRECTORY.

OF the Principal Businas
Houses Of Roanoke.
The following Ia published daiiy TO
she benefit Of strangers and the publ;,
generally. 1t includes all trades snc
professions and cannot fail to provo o.
interest to all who intend transactin;
business In Roanoke:
ARCHrTEOTs.
holland DE SAUSSURE, Architects, a
comic Temple. "a
WILSON \ HIGGINS, second floor. Comma,
cial Bank Building.
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
hioHUGH & BAKER, Room 500 Terry Build,,
BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS. ETo.
]. BAChRACH, 81 Salem ave.
BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS.
Ed. AMwKG. Terry Building.
FRANK X. MAY. los Jefferson st., p. o. Eot
BUSINESS COLLEGE.
NAT. BUS. COLLEGE, Srd ave. & Henry at.
CANDY, MAN,FR, FANCY CAKE BAKED
s. ICE CREAM FURNIsHER.
CATOGNTS, 50 Salem ave.
CLoTHIER. TAILOR AND HATrER,
JOS. COIN tE. M. Dawson, Manager), a saler
CORNICEs. SLATE AND TIN ROOFING
TIL MEX RoAN0KE ROOFING AND METAL COB
NICE COMPANY, Room 7O3. Terry Building.
COURT sTENoGRAPHER.
CHAS. e. GRAVES, office room COG Terry Bldg
FUNERAL DIRECTOR.
G: W. SISLEK, 4o7 Second st. Il. c. tcoflps. 6,
kcts' robes, &c), Tel. 100.
FURNITURE. CARPETS, ETC.
COPPER Il STONE, 10 Salem ave. Sc.
GRooERs.
F. II. WALKER, Campbell st., door east OF Je;
ferson.
HARDWARE, WHOLESALE AND RE
BROWN & JOHNSTON, i, Jefferson o,,,,,
Telephone IS.
Hay, GRAIN, &c.
DANIEL Il HoLLADAY, Il Kirk, rear 20
LIQUOR DEALERS.
OPPENHEIM " CO.'S EXCHANGE, cor Coz
merce and Campbell streets.
LUMBER. LATHs AND SHINGLES.
W. Ii. CLARE " Co., Office 100 Henry stree,
TINES building, p; o. box 1856. Everythiu,
| that goes into q building at mill prices. By IT.,
| car Dad only.
| MERCHANT TAILORf.
LEWIS. TIMES Building.
PAwNBROKERa.
3. NYBURG, 20 Rsilroad ave-, 8. c.
PHOTOGRAPHS.
ROANOKE PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO, No.
H.V. LINKBACK successor to Eutser, % Sale
avenue.
PLUMBING, GAS-FITTING, 40.
ROANOKE SANITARY PLUMBING CO.. n
~ South Jefferson Street.
PRACTICAL HORsEsHOEE,
n; HALEY Greats all diseases OF horeec' feet
Fourth ave.. between Jefferson and Henry pts
REAL ESTATE.
SIMMONS u TINSLEY, III Jefferson at.
RENTAL AGENTS.
NJ. II. O'AOHUNDRO, 4 3. JEFFERSON street.
sCAvENGER AND CARRIAGE yoRa
PRYOR wooDsoN, 223 Fourth ave. II. W.
SEWING MACHINES.
| NEW HOME, j. A. CAMPBELL, Agent, p
Henry street.
SHOEAIAKERS.
| d. MORGAN, the Shoemaker. Makes and re.
pairs all kinds of boots and shoes at l0i Nelson
street opposite market house. Satisfa ction
guaranteed
| STEAM LAUNDRIES.
| DIXIE, Franklin and Second Sta, tel. 49,
STENOGRAPHERS g. TYPEWRITEHp
q. NJ. HOGSRrT, room IL Masonic Temple.
| TRANSFER COMPANIES,
! ROANOKE TRANSFER COMPANY, Psckao,
Room, 8 South Jefferson st.. toll. 119,
CITY MARKET.
| OHOICE MEATS.
| BREADY tAeeps the bcst) stall g. Market uous.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-27
LOCAL STOCKS.

The following quotations OF Roanoke
and Southwest Virginia stocks are fur
nished by Won Hemert &c Co., bond and
stock brokers, Roanoke. Va.
rI 4..,.I.,-.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-27
Every Man HI. own wa,norwoms,

How do you keep your collars so
bright and clean these dusty days?"
They're made of celluloid. and pol
ish Them up with tooth powder twice
day "-J Judge
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-27

If HAD KNOWN IT BEFORE,
l would have insured in The Penn
Mutual Life Insurance Company.
WHY?
BECAUSE the Company will give
mo proportional "paid up" insur.
ance, and if | fail to apply for it my
full insurance will be extended fox
given number of years and days.
ALSO, because the Company will
loan mo money at legal rate of in
terost to pay my premiums.
ALSO, because the Penn is ono OF
the Oldest. best, most solid and pro-
gressive companies in the country.
ALSO, because every dollar paid
in premiums by Virginia policy
holders is Immediately invested in
the State. Hundreds of thousands
OF it being invested in Roanoke.
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kceping Ills Word.

Mr. Nordseid Whose calls are inter.
minahicl-l an going TO live on your
side Of the city for the season.
Miss s'rthF n's-So I perceive &! ~
ca.o News Dt.c.G
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-27
NOTICE OF MEETINGS.
Office is HEREBY GIVEN THAT

N oilCE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ the annual and general meet
Ing OF the stockholders OF tho Roa.
noke Development Company will he
held at the office of the company in tho
city OF Roanoke, Va, Tuesday, Januarv
Gath, 1893, at 12 o'clock NJ.
The object Of the General Meeting ia
10 consider an amendment to the char
ter, allowing the Company to accent ira
common stock in payment OF The mr..
chase price OF lots; and, second, to re.
wise, amend and correct the bylaws OF
the Company By order of the board ~
directors. LAWRENCE r. SOILEN-
BERGER, Secretary. le 90 I'd
THERE WILL BE AN ANNUAL
meeting of the stockholders of Vir-
gina Land Company at the Office of w.
M. ager ~ Co. Tuesday, January II.
1873. Business of Importance viii ba
transacted. All stock holders will
please DC present either by proxy or in
person. GEO. c. MOOMAW, Secretary.
II Is I'm
STOCkHOLDERS' MEETING-THE
~ annual meeting OF the stockholders
Oh Lansdowne Improvement Com
pany VIII be held at tho office of the
Traders Loan, Trust and Denosit Corn
w. IVY AsOaHOhc, va, MI OnQAV.
January 2, 1898, at o'clock D M, for
the purpose OF electing officers for the
ensuing year and for the transac ton OF
such other business as NAV legally
come before the meeting. The books Of
the company will be closed on Decem-
per 20, ls92. and remain closed until
January 3, 1898.
GEO. f. MARLEY,
law >" Secretary.
STOCKnOLpERS' MEETING-TuE
~ annual meeting OF the stockholders
OF New Lansdowne Land Company will
DC held at the office OF tho Traders
Loan. Trust and Deposit Company in
the city of Roanoke, Va, Monday, Jan
uary p 1898, at 3 o'clock p. m for tho
purpose CT electing officers for the en-.
suing year and for the transaction OF
such other business as may legally
come before the meeting The books Of
the company will be closed or Dccem-
Der 20, 1899, and will remain closed un-
I'll January 3, 1898 GEO. L. MARK
LIE Secretary II , law 4w
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-10

agency would have made OF Annie
Walden better woman Certain 1t Is,
though. the influence which taught
her that she WIS the equai of man, n
everything, did act lead her along the
p.il !. rectitude-
"a tie same prison is another woman
who made the same mistake in lie
taat al poor Annie Walden. Her
name j. Mrs Chignara.e. sheis young.
beautiful and well educated Still N
"A ut OF hea ed anger she buried The
b.aae al dirk knife into he husband )
heart. She is only a late arrival Two
more were received there within a year
which goes TO show that the figures o.
the census office. startling though they
are, may be correct
LEON DEyEREAUx
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-10

Household drudgery and has be- say n
the affairs OF the nation i hey eel
you that WON IS now n competitor
with man IN al branches OF laaoF,
science aHd art. she Is the equal Q.
ran. they VIII tell you Well. perasrs
s1e Is There = one meuaOer OF the sex.
however. who IS sorry she ever believed
that way. This person is Annie
Walden, who won notoriety as defend
art IN = murder trial not long ago. She
IS COW occupying = cell IN the prison
on Biacxwells Island There she viii
remain for The rest OF her natural life,
Ii her sisters On the outside don't sue
coed in getting her a pardon IL is
very likely. however, that she viii &c
quite forgotten She said on the
second day OF her incarceration: "A
wcmans place Is her home. her hus-
hand IS her protector had l appre-
ei4ted this long ago I would not be
here to-day"
That she spoke the solemn truth
there can be no mistake. What a
pity 10 Is that she did not find out
her mission ia life earlier when under
under the care of her mother, who was
. leader among her sex. Had her
mother taught her by example that the
household was her home. she might
now be occupying an Honorable position
In society instead of wearing her
bisssed life away in felon's cell
When Annie Walden grew up into
wonan's estate she impressed people
- . ruler. She was rarely found in
her proper sphere. When - husband
demonstrated she became . Wsrita BILE
demon Time passed say nd her
condition became moro hopeless
Finally. in . At % aid anger,
she killed the man she promised to
low. honor and obey. He. too, had be-
come burden on society and the
world will not miss any Of mis- virtuous
quslisi<s Still. like in the case of his
wife, with good influences he might
have made . better man
Hut let us follow Annie Walden to
her prison home. Few OF the outer
world have even the remotest idea of
what prison life Is for woman. She
is 4t fsst stripped OF al her clothing
and given a plain prison dress made OF
bed ticking Her undercloshes are of
the same material Sac gets 20 /. I'D
meat twice week and - aud
water twice a day. Her oan y
AXIS and closely grated Sac
Is never allowed TO SPEAK 10 her sisters
in confinement IL she breaks this
rule she is Invested Of her clothing. tied
up by the wrists and given a stated
number OF lsshes by the person spoken
10. Then she goes into solitary con-
fnement for 50 MANY days IL il is
punishment for female prisoner to be
kept from the sight ~ mea. then she
gets IL in earnest. After . female con
Wet enters the prison on BLACKWELL
Island. sue IS never sgsin permitted 10
see the face ofa naa- ETe-->ae warden
dos not see her she can never write
70 frtsi1as on The oc side and is never
perrni.ted 10 answer let
ter OF aay kind. Once month
frieaa eau see her. This
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-10

sang = Prisoner Who Went Down for
Forty Years
''Your sentence, sir. shall be forty
years at hard labor in the State prison
at Cherry Hill" The victim was
Charles :. Elliott. alias johnson. who
pleaded guil-y in Philadelphia the
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-10

West and shoot some of the Indians he
had read about in his leisure
hours. But he was in need of money.
He thought of how Haden had to walk
from the bank TO the bleachery across
a common Then the mind. distorted
with reading vicious stories, concocted
the most diabolical crime of recent
years. II laid for him and as he passed
me run up behind him with this car
pin He dropped and began to kick
Then gave him some chloroform and
took the money. $500. / intended to
go West IL had not been caught"
That is the story the young murderer
told ia court. He will be hanged
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-10

- The orly 9learn Of light let ia On her
lie. As yssrs pass sway 50 does the
ktne ~ ifserty Her female friends
euse ~ nore A strange lock- taxes
- n eg's eves. sac
3oes the work sssfzsned 20 her IN
fsmes aud starts sac makes q SUD
den laa,ys as = sister sufferer. Then
she = -asen 70 a pssisled cell The
erlsen snthoz2tkes know she = mae.
Ter wsfa shriesxs <eep grcwkng weaker
for DAYS snd nonsh4 Finallg they
are NJ more. The tragedy a. ser hte
ksz beea anish~8 asd her eemains sze
Ava away - sise asedseal eoiiegr ~
b<eofae prey fer seaentS nos always
1sscsa q xisso1saeza
Ihere = kad pssasps sswsys wiiI be
. dlsisssn oa sae aaszttea sf NAss
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-10
A YOUTHFUL MURD .1nn
Alden Faxes. Who Planned . ~ ollie
Crime
him for his money"

81 killed him for his money"
Thus spoke little Alden Fales, a
bright faced little English boy, who
was arrested in Newark, n. j.. the
o her day. charged with the murder OF
Thomas Haden. pay clerk at the Pot
ter bleachery. Fales, who for some
months after his arrival in this country
worked at the bleachery, suddenly be
came weary of work, and, in order that
he might get thorough rest, became
a district messenger boy. Even that
became tiresome and he resolved to 20
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-10
IN A FEL0N'S CELL
nAband Hope Ye Who Enter
Here"
pRIyanoas or FEMALE CONS
a Murtezess B~gias Her Life Sentences.
How sk- Mutt Live n Hope
and Die IN Despair.

There are almost one hundred thon-
sant femals prisoners IA TIE pr ons
and jails Of tie GIFTED States. declafes
the superintendent % the tn.ted
States census. The sane authority
says that tie increase Of eTime among
wozasn . greater than Il Is among
men The women sunFagists me- Z
these facts with tap a seEt2on that
woman Is becosaisg lore eEi ghtened
and progressive. is ~ longer LAKE ~
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-10

ether day 20 ten counts for burglsries
The sentence is undoubtedly the
longest ever passed in that city for bar
gisrv. Il Is probably the longest term
Of imprisonment for burglary ever
passed n the country. Elliot was an
moved hy the severity Of The eoart. As
he was being tsken % the prison be
whistled. 'tsood bye, nay Honey, rse
Gwines he i p years old ard viii
be 81 when released 4 he does not
make sonae good tine
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-10

ps~sr~-es s@vre~r rsss sss ryrnsr~-
The differences IN ssrHrfisre he<weeu
taas and pytbssus - intimate one, de-
rnading 90 tns sbeenes ~ teeth - he
very fronf q the moath IN The latter
xroap Pytho1s fasy also attain =
leaetA n shsrsy feet aad sash wsn s<al-
iow a half sfown sas~p quite easily
Thy are Se~r~ saiasssls. s&se. a course.
wsen ID . terpas eoaalFi.sH after fessis
baE Eh<Y are never sysaaaasozsly sggFs<-
de - SO .<<ss szzn. rasgtasiy h@sss
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-12
Mountain Lake Park.

This season has been the most
successful in the history of the
Park. The program so far enjoyed
has been of the best character.
There has not been asingIe failure.
The Y. M. G. A. convention
closed Tuesday night.
The Mountain Chattauqua is now
IN session. The program is I'M
mense. The music such as has
never been heard in this mountain
summit.
The Cadet Band, sixteen pieces,
of Kentucky, is here giving free
concerts daily.
Sunday is to be day of unusual
privileges and enjoyments,
Every day for the next ten days
is special dav with attractions of
unusual character.
Grand Army Day. the 23rd, is
to be the greatest old Soldiers day
seen in the Alleghenies. Frank
W, Smith, the grandest G. A. r.
speaker on the continent, is to de-
liver the II a. IN. address, Gin and
out of Andersonvllle;" , p. m. is
the hour Of the concert of war songs
and the band; $50 Corporal James
Tanner speaks, and Geo. o. How
ard will have a word to say to his
comrads of years ago: at s p. m. a
grand concert-the Oratorio of Bel
shazzcr. What a program.
Tuesday, an excursion from Pied
mont visited the Park. There were
over 200 in it-100 cadets in uni
form. On the goth an excursion
of $500 will visit the Park.
There is demand for laborers at
the Park. Sup't. Rudisill wants a
half dozen hands to make hay and
cut brush.
The hotels are rapidly filling,
and we expect grand time.
Oakland merchants are as "busy
las bees looking after trade at the
Park.
No one should miss attending
Friday and Saturday evening lee
lures.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-12
Monday, Aug. Sth.
MIN fOIk Lore in Ireland.

Two families living near Clonlara, Ire
land, had quarrel about three years since
regarding a supposed "Pishogue." II
seems that for years the cows belonging to
one man had given but little milk, and
that proved so unwholesome 60 calves and
pigs that several died. Believing that
some spell was on the milk, the aggrieved
owner consulted an old man not residing
in that parish. who recommended him To
watch the well which he and his nrighbor
used and let no one come near it on May
night ii. e., the night of April 30) till mid
night.
The owner of the bewitched cows lay in
watt with his son, and saw woman and
a young man Of the suspected family come
quietly to the well. Springing out, they
prevented the wizards approach, and a
bitter torrent Of abuse ensued Midnight
passed, and both contending parties went
home. The plaintiffs cattle have since
given good milk, owing. as he firmly be
lives, to his close watch over the well every
subsequent May night. Philadelphia Led
ger