Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-02-18
"wTcHINe" FOR WAR.
An Operation That May e,c,,.,
Seen In Newly Set,i., ellil

An Operation That MAY orr..
Seen In Newly Settled
"Those fellows who 70 abou, IN
pie where to dig wells are on,,' =
GUS out west. and are always ea WHY a'''
witches I've seen lots Of them ~
How do they do it," asked H..
Let me tell you about one Of 4 s''s
then you'll know. III PICK on, or nm =
! saw about ten years ago when i. -
in the territory of Dakota. ia use
20 grow up with the country
Il settled in paper town, that
In town that had been laid out a. =
into streets, squares and site, for -
public schools, opera houses and
thousand dollar hotels. Two NINA s'ss
lars would have put up all the Lu's
in the place. Tier. wasn't dron ~
to be had in all he own. The ne.s.
was at least hnif n mile away
There were lof Of big holes ...
place that had been dug By Thirsty \.
but they were all waterless. ~
We've got to do suthin rich,
said the oldest inhabitant lhe'd -.
six months). I'm in favor Of holdip
meetin.
Il acquiesced. and the Others wbo
spoken to were willing, and 80 Il. II
meeting WAS called. About twent,a
all there were, and | was made eb,,s
of the meeting. There were remarI.S
several persons. and then up got ths ~
inhabitant and moved that we hin
witch. The motion was seconded ~
fore knew it had declared il 49,
Then somebody passed round The N, !
money. Being the chairman Of he y.
ing, felt that | must chip in libersl, /,
did. didn't know nor care wha, =.
witch was. | proposed to show N, !.
friends that they had made no miasl. :.
sizing me up rs a fit man TO presid, \ !.
OF their important meetings. Bssd.
hadn't had bath for week. and 4
desperate.
1.-The second day after the meetiD, n
water witch came to town--a grizzly ~
ed fellow. mufiled up in what looked M,
fur lined buster, blue wooden coui0r,
tied about his neck. with the ends asDs,,
in the wind
HE had n Tshaped piece Of willow RI
him, the arms six inches long the a.
part, say. eighteen inches long
"'Well, Mr.. Loring. said the odes
habitant. ADDRESSING me, what Kind I,
trade shall we maker The water wi,cl
ferS TO witch for Us and not guarantee :,
ten dollars. He'll guarantee for avs@
lars extra
sGuaranteer exclaimed
"'Yes. guarantee Us water
by all means, let him guarantee 4
swered decisively. We need was, !,
badly that five dollars isn't worth oosix
at.
The witch took his fifteen dollar M
set himself to work He graspa 4
T-shaped willow by the arms. Az ann
each hand. and held il 20 that The "
piece stuck straight out in front Of In
Then in the solemnest manner imaginG1.
he begin making tracks across the prfs
Wherever he went the. crowd follows
close at his heels
Suddenly he stopped, and. turning 1
the oldest inhabitant, said mourniulJ
'Fraid shan't find no water here
keep on. old man. ! shouted llUt
give il up
NE rested awhile and then s;ard q
again Suddenly his stick turned 10 h
hand and pointed TO the ground
Dig here he said, an IN gnaauis
you'll find all the water you want
'What'd tell yer exclaimed the ID
est inhabitant exultingly
"The next day the digging began.
And what came Of itg' asked Ties
porter.
"A hole eight feet in diameter aut !
hundred feet deep. rs dry as aust from y
to bottom"
"And what about the guarantor'
He'd sloped when we sent man to al