The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-10
HIS HOUSE HooDooED.
a New orlcnas Man Reluctantly PuH~
chascx Exemption fraus an
Uniucky spell.

EhaAFA EAemntiph nA
Uniucky spell.
"I have just paid two dollars cash and
pair of secondhand trousers to have
a hootloo removed from my residence"
said ST. Charles street retail mer-
chant. II know that sounds funny, but
il WAS really a perfectly snne, sensible
business transaction. I'll tell You how
il happened. We huve an oldtime
'mamny for a cook. and one Of her
pensioners has been venerable t!arky
known as Unele Gahe, who came hob
bling around once u week or So for
cold Nietuals. lie WAS au impressive.
looking old rascal, with white hair and
whiskers and deep, hollow Noiee, aud
he has the reputation among his raee
OF being great witch doctor.
About siN weeks ago | caught ncie
Gahe in the act of stealing new
hatchet which was lying near the
kitchen. aud ordered him of the prem
ises,Z y few days afterWard he came
back, either te make peace or Eet the
hatehet,I that time | helped him
out with Il kiek.-NeNt morning we
found two small harx of red funnel,
full OF pieccs of stick and bone, pinned
10 the 'front.' aud back gates, and Aunt
Rachel. our cook, informed us that
Uncle GabC had done put CT huodou on
dc house
81 laughed heartily, hut | could see
the women folks were Impressed, and
1t was certainly an unfortunate coin
cidcucc that both our children should
bc taken down with mcasles the very
next day, Then followed "a series OF
those domestic mishHps that often come
In strtaks and would never have been
regarded rs extraordinary had il not
been for that huuduo. My wife fell and
spraiRcd her ankle, the parlor lamp
exploded and ruined hundred dollar
rug, the eat drowned in the cistern.
the hHthtub sprung leak nud brought
/ down some plaster a loose shutter
knocked ovcr Si5 Japanese vase, aud
at each fresh disaster old Aunt Rachel
would roll up her eyes aud declare the
huodoo would hc the death of us all.
well" continued thr ST. Charles
street man, "ths thing finally got on
my nerves. and while knew perfectly
well that nothing had happened that
was out of the ordinary course Of
events, ! couldn't help feeling that we
were living under II sort of blight. |
have mentioned our principal miFnh.
ventures, hut there were huadred and
one minor accidents aud nuuuyRuces,
all of which were rcliRiouwly credited
to the houdoo aud at last | saw clear
~ that something would have tn be
done TO prevent the household from be-
coming utterly dcmoralzrd.
THE only course that seemed 10 he
open was to effect some sort of com.
promise with Uncle GHbe and pcrsuade
him To declare officially that the evil
spell hud been removed from the prem.
ises So much as hated TO phrley with
the old villain, commissioned Aunt
Rachel to go nut md find him aud In
,ite him 10 pracc conference. After
considerable difficulty she finally run
him down aud induced him TO come nF
far us the front gate, where he waited
for mr, evidently suspicious nf i0l
Of some hind and ready To bolt on first
alarm,
"Our conversation was brief and tc
the point He denied vocifrronsiy thai
lie had pat any boodoo ON the house
but | cut him short and asked whnt b,
would charge TO take the hoodoo Of
irrespective of how # Rot there. III
kill de spell fer five dollars he r..
piled. I'll give you two dollars aud q
pair of striped pants FHid /, but ~
you don't take II off for good IN have
YOU arrested for obtaining money uLr
der false pretcntes,'
"On that basis IS G came 10 terms, and
he went around 20 The bnrk yard. PEI
formed some Kind of incantatiot.
burned picce of reg, and announced
TINT the houdoo was lifted Since then
We ali breRtbc cntv and II diEnstef
comes our way now wc will attribute
IL to common. oid-fAhhioncd had luck
instead of The Vaccinations ~ "A maliR
nnut spirit II viii lee q bitter colo
day when yon catch me giving any
more swift hicks go professional witch
| dupfnrg u" \ q J[mru DrmDCrat