Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-29
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I HALLOWEEN or the Vigil Of An
- Saints Is observed by the Episco-
pal. Catholic and Presbyterian
churches as a day OF prayer Tor
an Saints and departed spirits.
The Celtic and Scotch nations called
this feast day Beltane, or Beltin BEL
meaning god Of light and tin, Of FIRE.
Two large bonares were built In close
proximity between which the men, woe
men and children passed, thinking the
sacred or magic fire would ward OF
sickness and promote health
Next the cattle and an domestic ami
mails We're driven between the walls of
fire. sometimes with disastrous results.
Among the young people, even in the
most civilized countries, Halloween o.
looked forward To-, as eagerly as Christ
mas, for 20 them Il Is a day when the
fairies have their Jubilee, and are very
propitIous to the favored ones.
The elves guomes, and all the other
sprtos and hobgohllns also have
holiday and are very active In cOIning
mischief for the small boys
Human nature Is inclined to be myth
ltal, even from early infancy and so
long as II affords innocent amusement
Tor the young people, no harm Is done.
The sport OF tearing m gates and dee
stroyIug property Is roWdylsm ana
ought to De stopped
I'm the country many years ago,
while the girls were trying their for
tunes the young meu We're out with the
elves, They would carry on wagon
wheels and hang them ON trees iu the
heart Of the woods, Sometimes on
tree would be adorned after the FASH
ion OF a Christmas tree. There would
be wagon ana carriage wheels, ploW
shares ana every conceivable object
that would excite anger among the
ntighbors when lt turned up missing
The girls spent their time with the
fairies one custom was To set a dumb
supper, and the man she was intended
10 marry, would eat II with her II she
SPOKE during the preparation and before
midnight the spell was broken and she
would then have TO seek some other
charm OF finding out her destiny.
There was always an old granny In
the neighborhood TO whom the girls
went for Information upon these sub
Jtcts.
one Halloween some young girls
went 10 see granny about setting
dumb supper, and 20 get her TO tell "a
story about &C.
Years ago" said granny u knew
girl who was "a most loyable creature.
She hnd many admirers, and could have
picked her choice from among the best,
hut her heart had never yet been
pierced boy Cupld's arrow
cone Halloween she began fixing a
dumb supper for like most girls, she
was romantic In those days the cook
ing was all done ON the wide hearth,
before the large open Fireplace, She
made "a large roll of bread and placed
It before the fire 10 bake then set the
table When she had finished this last
task, she Went out 10 the woodward TO
get more wood 90 replenIsh the fire for
the bread was not quite done. While
she Vls out, n sailor lad passed by, and
seeing the preparations for dumb sup
per, went On and looked about. He did
not have time 90 stay and p8rtake Of
the supper so he stuck his bowie knife
into the loaf before the iire, then left
The girl came iu soon after. and saw
me knife sticking in the bread She
pulled II out. and as she did so, blood
uozed from the IncIslou She looked at
the knife. Il. also WIS stained with the
blood She was frightened almost "a
death. and broke the spell by scream
ing aloud She hid the knife IN an old
trunk, and went shIyeflng ~ bed. a
a. In
into the neighbOrhoOd, courted and
married this girl They were very hap
by until he went back to sea He would
come home intoxicated and at these
times, was very abusive and frequently
resorted 10 blows. The heart-broken
wife bore her trouble IN silence, but
the nelghbors were not blind to his
faults
zone morning, when in his fercest
mood, he demanded the knife, which,
he said he had left In the loaf by the
FIRE. She had never connected him with
the knife, neither had she told him OF
the circumstances concerning IT, 50
when be demanded Il, she almost faint
ed for the whole scene flashed before
her-the bloody knife and the blood
tricklng from the loaf She could not
move nor speak, for she was dumb with
fright. Her silence so euragcd her
husband that he began searching for
the knife. He ransacked bureau draw
ers, closets, and even ripped open the
mattress. lie was about giving up the
search, when he stumbled against the
old trunk and almost lost his balance.
This made him more angry than ever
and SELLING an AK, he broke the Offend
ing trunk to pieces, thus exposing the
knife. he gave "a sardonic laugh and
grabbing the knife, buried II almost 10
the hilt In his wife's breast"
This story settled their ideas about q
dumb supper and they begged for
something not 50 dangerous to their
lives.
The mud ball' Is a fayorite and most
amusing test Write on three separate
Slips Of paper, the names Of three
young men whom you know and es-
tenn. Fold the slips exactly alike, so
YOU cannot tell them apart Make
three mud balls. about the size OF 20
hens egg placing q folded slip IN the
center OF each ball Smooth the ball
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