Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-11-19
uany Aennebec journal
sUPERsTITToUs suRv1vA1.s
Spilling and Dropping, Turning Rack
cats. Matches and Salt

IL man walks under a ladder ana
the careless painter above unsets "a
PANT upon him the victim nromntI,,
lorgets both his religious teacbipr ana
MS materialistic reasoning and ALI tho
preachers in the world and all tho
SohS IN 10 states combined could
NOT convince him that it was MOI nm
.u'hy TO DO as he had done. saws the
fittsburg Dispatch
superstition is the one thing ,bo+
christianity and unbeliever un;to i, =,
va, N,ns' yet despite the onslaught of
pulpit press and platform it survives
,io'' perhaps. as openly, but mono tho
leSS strongly. even if shame facedIv
feared "0eois
? ne Witch of Endor NAV he h,t :,
ciassical remembrance and civi,;yotior
may nave convinced the Salemites az
tne utility of the brand and the fagot
as an exercising medium. hut few of
US nave not some hocdoo or Some ha
~ however Slight. in fate and for
'"''e Hvpnotism and the faith cure
"le It's modern development.
le literature of superstition az ax-
PRESSED IN tie proverbs of every land
- not usually given the attention II
observes. These maxims renrasapti,,
we tested and accumulated experience
OF mankind have had their effective
hcss destroyed by Familiarity Tha
"Ai"iH 'hat IN union there is strength is
o"tS neihg fully appreciated BY the
corporations and the labor unions
utter centuries of repetition. This was
''ie Oh the proverbs not based unon
superstition. which probably account
ior It's lack of recognition sooner Rut
TAKE the majority of the aphorisms and
IL IS not difficult to trace tbam bacL
!" SuperStitious origin or forward to
9uperStltiouS moral The more
i'"Ste' the less speed finds expression
:" the oellef that it is unucky to turn
''i'h from journey. The individual
VINO has been half way to his work
WIN few minutes TO spare and has
itah L" turn back IL. some essential no
had forgotten. reapiled the i'll lucl
Nh"h ne was 'drtked' for being 1atn
IL, '''"'' VINO hurNeS to catch a train
= 10 SCI show aha leaves his money
"iS ticket IN hiI other clothes also
2t'rns the Illustration.
Splitting a box ,,r ,hutrh,y 4, i, ,.,,,... .;..
~ = F"W ~ many households If il !.
tl" man 81 tn" hntIs.. who does M. sniII
l"E Tue row doesn't tarrv on the y .,
M h.Is hc picturrSqucly blamcs his better
NIL, nadi '"r leaving them upside down ot
Ss.t,ut!IN mem IN an awkward corner
H'ithnE IN" salt WAS long regarded Ms 4.
'hIncky that unspillahlc s.iIt-shlkrr
"nrt invented To dodge it
IN" lucduuN cat mas Tong been III,
ISNmpolic SupCrStitious animal rh,, hIl.t
~ which crosses the path uf the pc,its
t f,In 9 trlI, hin Il lux This i c<rc
| I" ward it off by sh"oing the eat back :,
| us iair With ones eyes On the eat ou.
may easily trip upon Instructions an,
break 4 leg or neck. But the cat is n"
| always an omen Of evil If h. or sh,
SquatS at Your door and news Justify a
! night Il means good luck to all within
! IN" house. To chase such a eat away is
to think Of the amount of luck that Ia
heGn chased away.
! When one door shuts another opens
SAYS the proVcrh. Quaint and homci
was its wisdom. Hut the one that open
may he thu door Of n" police station .
n" POOR farm nowadays. Sull it is
door. ana that lets the proverh ont. som
have StriVen to enlarge the axiom by haV
ing TWO open when one shuts. but on
must have been a screen door, ana tina
doeSnt count one might never get far
ther than the vestibue.
Superstition. like religion. thrives hes
lamons women Their more imagina tiv
minds grasp the ideals that eludc tn
masculine materialist. The dropping Of
| knife i'll many houses is regarded as :
certain an Indication of the arrival OF
| man at the house that preparations ar
| at once made to eVade the ice COllecto
| and the installment man. or to be on
| when the tax collector calls. The drop
| ping of a fork equally foretelS the Nisl
/ Of a woman and the lady of the nous
| Immediately darts to her boIdolr L
| primp up.
| All people do not know that the dror
| ping of a comb while Combing the hal
| indicates that the person dropping II WI
| soon hear Of a death. An instance OF TN
| occurred last week. The comb wa
dropped, Tuesday. Friday. irlend 81 " q.
| family writing from Ohio incidentally
| mentioned the death of the mother OF tn
| grocer the family used to buy from 7
| comb was thus cOrrObOrated despite IN
| fact that the deceased was otherwise en-
tirelY unknown. ~
| For a friend To meet or pass You dI!,,
| not recognize you means that You WI
| No married within a year. The fact tina
you are already married does not matter
nrrs1Imahlv You must get divorce am
4 make the prediction good. fortuhdtel!
! this axiom is more hOnored IN the preaci
| than in the Observance :;
! Opcning an umbrella IN N" nous !
/ uulnckv ANY person who mas hplStt ~
| his or her umbrella in the mouse dlLu i,
| III doing has knocked on a Iaiiip Sii'. =
| or globe never doubted the WlSuo'H -
| the provcrb maker. ioropplHs III II
| brella presaEes n dlsapP"l,,, ,H ~ H.,
! ,,IG has tried to brush the mud OIL ma
| .,,,,i ~ thcm before he gets Il clcant
| ii,, There iS however. no il-iucH y,
| ..+S'I -, ,Jrnr,irv the subject