The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-14

had Pains in his ch 81 and side and b"
wasted away and dicd-he died, he
did. \ savage glram came into her
eyes, and her cheeks flashed. Well,
/ II tell YOU n curious thing. But it s
not so curious neither. Three nights
after he had been buried be came TO
my bedside. and said to me, Rcbecca
where is that silk handkerchief | gave
you?i You must know when he courted
me- he did give me q fine red silk hand
Serchief with yellow and blue flowers
on il. II s in my drawer. / answered
You must give il 10 me. ! must take
!, or YOU underground with me. Well
] got ont Of bed and fetched the silk
handkerchief and handed it to him, and
he went. away with it. If | hadn Z done
that he d have drawn me TO the church
yard after him. -
"Oh. - said |, cit was dream
II was no dream at all, - answered
Rebecca. And the prof was that the
kerchief was gone next morning, and
We never set eyes on it since. But
it S my belief, if You ID dig into his
grave, YOU d have found his hand
cmtcbing IL -
1t is perhaps not to be wondered at
that after the death of Joe Turuiturve,
II should be supposed that she had i'll
wished" him. aud indeed she rather
limited that she had, and that il was
this which brought him to his grave.
After this, she was looked upon with
awe. If anyone offended her, she would
fix her very bright dark eyes on him,
and say:-''I knew so-and.so as spoke
lmpudent like 70 me, and he wasted
away TO a shadoy, Take care Of vour-
self, ] say
This was enough to make The heart
quail, and the offenders hastened to
regain her favor by n present of a bas-
ket of eggs or a chicken. People from
far and near had recourse To her to be
charmed for various disorders, or re-
cclve her quack medicines.
Here is one of her charms for tooth.
ache.
AS our Blessed Lord Jesus Christ
was walking in the Garden of Jeru-
salem. Jesus said To Peter. Peter, why
weepest thou?' Peter answered and
said, i am grievously tormented with
a pain in my tooth Jesus said To Pc
ter, If thou wilt believe in me, and
my words abide in thee, thou wilt nov
er more feel any more pain in thy
tooth Peter cried out, Lord. I be.
lieve, help thou mine unbelief.' Grant
that this man Cor this womau) may
have case in tooth in the name of Pc.
ter, and of the Father, etc. -
Here is a recipe for spasms:
2 or of oil Of turpentine; . OF. of
swlllowess; . OF. of earthworms; ? oz.
of oil of nerve; as much of spellidock
and as much OF Spanish flies.
Here is one for iaundice;
"Take an old well -blackencd clav
tobacco pipe, pound up the bowl, and
swallow as much as will go on six
pence,
Here ls A charm for Inflammation
''Out of the marrow and into the bone,
Out of the bone and into the flesh.
Out of the flesh and into the skin,
Out of the skin and into the earth,
In the Name, etc,"
Rebccca had Il thick book, in which
were written her charms and recipes.
This book she promised TO give me be-
fore her death, but, alas, the catastro-
phe prevented that promise from being
fulfilled
Although [ have not the book I pos
sess a score OF her charms communi-
Gated to me at different periods,
As a ''wise woman she was in re-
quest to stanch blood. A farmer,
churchwarden of his parish, asked a
workman TO remove a wart from the
udder OF his COW with razor. The
man complied, but owing to the COW
wincing or kicking he cut the leg of
the poor beast so that the blood spurted
forth. Run said the master, "run
for Rebecca TO stanch the blood. -
The man hastened for the old woman.