The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-31
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Personal
Boobie Burns sings his Halloween ia

dl.y.a ,l.is laSt.ion.
..AInang The uunle winding banks,
l.e.e loon has, M....pliii, cteari
Nhele5 81 a,ce ruie4 t.4e MAJ tidi diih ,,
AN SIiuun MS Caflich spar
Some iHelty, L. ienuly Country stoiAS
Iose,ner GA 82oA2ene,
To ui.i, 5rnelf mus an pou their stocks.
An hand stnsll, 1l.loWeseI
Flu Blythe that nignt.
The nlsl c.alm or iAa.ioWe en- aliuu u
to uy Burns, burning Inc nuts is log
we'll known to &neeu mucn explanation,
L nut rs $lamed Tor a lad and a lass ana
laid in the 1ire. AS they burn quletly To-
getner or start from beSlues one anotnsr,
Ine course and issue OF the couflsnlp
VIII be.
The second, the pulling of stocks or
plants of kali, must be undertaken py
coup1e at a lime VINO go out nand IN
hanu TO the kallNard with eyes smut ana
Iu.l the first pant they. toGch. AS inc
pant is big or little, crooked or straight.
SO will the future Wife or husband, the
object of all search into futuiltN De. II
any eartn sticks to the root 1t I'm cans lol-
....e ana ,ne taste of the custock or
heart of the kai stem inuicates tnv .e.li-
per and disposition OF u possible spouse
Buns goes on
..trns au.u suiu-wife,s weei-hoordat nits
Are rounu and round d.viued,
And NOME lads ana la ssies tates
Are there that night decided:
Some kinule coutIile, side &Bys side,
And burn the gItner trmly:
Some START ava WI saucy pride,
And Jump out over the cnlmiie
Flu high that night.
An ancient idea, which has come down
from times past, is that If young girl
Will take a candle, so alone to a locking
glass on Ral.owe9 en-, eat an apple before
it and then comb her hair, the lace OF her
conjLgal companion to-be will be seen in
the glass, peepirg over her shoulder.
Here IS Burns, commentary on this charm:
wee Jenny 10 Ter g,aunle sa,s
..Ni.l we go wi me graunie?
I'll eat the apple at the glass
I gat fac uncle Johnie.
Ana '.gl aunie' answers:
''Ye little sheipie-limmer's face!
l daur ye try sic Ssportin'.
AS seek the Foul Thief onie place,
For him to spae your fortune:
Nae doubt but ye may get a sight;
Great cause We haze TO fearlt;
For monte a ane has gotten a fright,
An lived an died deleeret,
On sic q night
A famous Hanowe'en superstition re-
uuires the observer thereof to steal out
alone in the moonlight. sow handful OF
hemp seed, and harrow it,. repea ting the
while: Hemp seed, | SOW thee; hemp
seed, I SOW thee; she that is TO be my
true love come after me and pou' thee
Then, if the sower looks over his lett
shoulder. he will see the person he has
invoked in the act of pulling hemp.
Burns has his4Verse a bout this also:
He marches thro amang the stacks
Tho he was something sturin;
The graip ne for a harrow takes
And haurls at his curpin;
And ev'ry now and then he says,
Hemp seed, I SOW thee,
An her that is to be my lass
Come after me an Draw thee
AS fast this night"
Another sure test for trying fortunes is
to take three dishes, put clear water IN
one. muddy in another ana ieaVe the thlrd
empty. The person who wishes to Know
his destiny must be b!indfolded and LED
10 table where the dishes are placed
If he dips his left handlin clear water ne
will wed the maiden of his choice. II he
touches the muddy water 1t means un-
happiness, and the empty dish no mar
ria &c at all.
With this spell Burns brings his ftall-
iowe'en ode to "a close:
In order, on the clean heartn-stdAe,
The 5luggies three are rang ed:
And 5ev ry time great care Is taen
To see them duly chansed
Aud uncle John. wha wed'ock's joys
Sin Mars year did desire
Because he sat the toonl z ss lA1 1 .=
He heav'd them on the nre
In wrath that night.
2oseddin IS:
The wedding of Miss Frances Myrtle
Smith and Mr. Harry B. Woodward was
celebrated in the home OF the bride, az
the corner Of Fifth and Cary !, Streets So els.
Wednesday, at $50 P. NJ. the Rev. Or:
w r. u. Smith, Of the Second Baptst
Church, performing the ceremony.
The wedding was quiet and only the
Intimate frisnds and relatives OF the
bride and groom we're invited 60 oe pres
ent,
The bride was attended By her maid Of
homer. Miss Araminta Smith. goWned in
white organdy and CARRYING an armlul "
Of pink chrysanthemums.
The bride wore pastel plue clotn
a shower Of 5violets and lilies Of the val
ley After lie ceremony Mr.. and Mrs
Wepdwerds left for a Northern tour. MI
and Ars, Joseph b. Wood ward and Miss
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