New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-26

band writes Of some OF her experiments In 1.-The
| COnnosseur," publication OF about hundred years
| ago, thus
and my two sisters tried the dumb cake together
must know two must make H. two bake it, two break
IL third put II under OF their pillows but you
must not speak word all the tine and then you VIII
dream Of the man yon are TO have This we did, ana 10
be did nothing oil night but dream Of Mr. Blossom
The night exactly ~ o'clock, owed hemTsccd
in blck.y0r1 and saii myself III npsecd sows
hempscc hoe. and he IS true love como after
ard now VIII believe mel looked b1ck AMI
him plain could see him
After that took clean shift an1 wetn u
turned it side and hung 70 the fire upon
the back OF chair and verr likely my sweetheart wont
have and turned right again for heaTi his stcp)
but L frightened and coll1 help speaking which
broke the charm. likewise stuck up two Midsnmm'f
Men, one for myself and FOR him. Now, II his had
died away should have conc together; but !
assure you his Lowed and turned TO mine. Our maid
Betty. tells ne II 1 go backward, without speaking a
word into the garden upon Midsummer Eve ana gather
a rose, ana keep IT clean sheet OF paper without
looking TIL Christmas Day It Will be as fresh as IN
June; and then stick II In bosom, he that Is to be
my husband VIII and take 1t out. My own sister
Ietty. who died just before CHRISTMAS, STOOD In the
porch Midsummer Eve 10 soc all that were
that year in parish and she saw her own ap
partition.
1t will he noticed that The belief in regard 10 the
watching In the church porch here expressed differs
little from that which has already been explained
Since n waking pcr'un was able to her own appari
ton. That the spirit should remain In the body
while a distinct apparton OF 1t walked visihly before
1t is unusual, though perhaps not nnhcarl or III
ghost stories, and raises questions OF doubles whch
are not In place here. The sister who remained so
very much alive omitted after all one experiment
which she might have tried. though perfnps She
thought her fate sufficiently clear without IT, for IL
was said that II woman would lay table for TWO
persons with bread. cheese and ale and SIT down rs
II to cat at midnight Midsummer Eve, leaving the
street door open her future husband would
come In and "d,ink TO her by bowling whatever
that may mean, ana then go away again.
The Midsummer Men, referred to in the above
quotation sprigs Of orldne stuck In clay. Ihat
they should In the Of the night incline toward
each other regarded n fortunate sign for the
lovers whom they represented. sometimes 4 GIRL
probably feeling quite of her OWL sentiments
would set up only Midsummer Nan, TO represent
her lover, ana as II found In the morning to In
elmo to the right to the left it Indicated that he
was true or false. This same young woman made
some experiments with the object on ST. Nalen
tine, Day and the particulars Of ti@r results, wmcn
Enthusiastically implicated Mr. Blossom were h1lna l,n III
OF n tn Christmas would seem altogether nhnrc
sSsy ndn, f cas- 1ov pD We're S s s o I'D
there could hc littlc chance OF any d1nbt re-
namn; as 10 Mr. blossoms feelings aud intentions by
Ccriain useful herbs notably The st, Johns wort.
were thought TO I've more eicacious or in Some casc'
alone cicaclou. if gathered on Il. Johns I've. ihc
fem seed, which would make any ono who ln II IN
iS .hcrs invisible, must be gathcrc. On THIS night
ana mus be caught IN plate as il fe'l iIom IN"
undcs side Of the havcs. but the plant mu''
every one who is familiar with fairy tales kn.1ws
what ain important E,t Midsummer Day ana Ma
a. .tncd in,crvas n snch stories mi ofcncr i, III.
tine than any other and many arg TO- enclani-
mcnt widen may DO laol;"a only on ms gay EaNin
sidney infland gives several instance, o. ncsc IN hS
Interesting book on The sS!GnSc Of i% Ea ior
Iarcs., Sleep Is sometimes open cn this day and
there are tales Of people who wandered in ana saw
the wonderful place and allowed TO bring away
trca irc In The vaults undo. the ruined ci~'ie u ~
Carr the Stand OF Eucscn ilr hc h,inc, siiS -, a
TO deliver her. The starway into the vanlit can be
loun1 ony that night. She las ai thri" f.F F'
years but her devcrcr mns; not jcrt 10 E"r ae%,'
for sic win seem St Il young and he VII GAIN WIN
her the untold wealth Of The castle Hnc vas I'M ~,
won the original enchantment was Ind. 81, IN ca
because wh'n she was ssng 91 ana tr pt mos
the mistake 50 often made In tales Of nj ilnd oil
!,ag bc:pd her On s. John, ns' ",, ~, fcIWes G
In A,ccltcnbHrz, AID on the bridg" IS princess WI
waits iI ri, her d% w 6hnC ca" ns ca aso she
threw her self into Il" lake IN dcp-ir ~ tLc Gen o.
her fa;hcr who had been san In 1nj.C WIN mns
and tho tears which the Princes sired on her father
The hehc. Of the bnrrows. while the ocTs ere d"'
hem N"nr Doner9n , in '; S2 o y oh a.
D"y between 10 and O'Clock At that tlne she las
tho f,Im Of toad or according 10 o'r gr"at viii
bc lis reward. About 'ny years ago Sh,pmoodd
cane near gaining the prize. bit he was :, morl""u
nv ~. ae,,cc. Of the tond Oiat he cnnd n1' nar y
his mind to Mss 1t. Afte TINS failure me pm ,he
cannot hc delivered TN trc shall have Gown - ,n
49, yhcr /. occurred and the tree shall be ci doTh
ord a cradle made Of rs wood. clnid r'cknn i .
cradle vii be the next person WHO VIII rive Pe' "
deliver her $500 - ..r,o u.,,.n o,ils
might be avcrtch and dangers escaped ,, nyortnge
Incr good and prOI,'ious day. II rlgli nnv,,,e
os ,aken Of IT, Isn, the need Of such opporunihcS
was 1r . Iirc colamItJcs were supposcd 10 have been
imposed with andy ncni. o, E er,ploTca tne
nirt ~ tbcse Cd myths for their own uS1s i nc
legitimate and logical use ~ myth mt a,' ps own
,rn moro dovclorcd faTt" ~ ~. r'f|'r7
Wpo hns done this IS MARY iioWitt m" w., ., ",
,,os and what they should he aud 80 " ms nm ~
swccic~ manners pr:cr laws MI WHO nav ., tbc
{, ,,5u remember with poasure her ihlrl~ u, m
J. WE. - onf t'e li;tle girl who saw ana n"aru
n"n, conrvnr their kindly oficcs M ncc Srr ~
,tr nirtnrc rs this II Is fitting 70 close IN acco'. "a
r.. dow IN tho remembrance u how me rIual nn'
barsb int vril" ard pocra conref,nohe o "S d ton
| ser ,nof51ings Of newer md better GAYS.