The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-31
WHERE PEOPLE
Believe IN 0MENS

Washington self-admitted center q
culture and enlightenment, looks upol
| superstition as form OF devil WORSHIP
| that vanished with witch burning. wa
| within TWO hours ride Of the capito
are communities that despite publ,
schools ana church choir factions auc
problems and things. are as deeply
saturated with superstition as The
scholarly bats that fitted through TIC
intellectual twilight OF the middle
! ages.
! In the upper reaches OF the Virginia
counties that flank the Blue Ridge On
| the east and climb the mountain
| shoulders until they look down over
! the summit into the Shenandoah val
ley. the daily hfe Of the hill dwelel
is hedged in with countless signs and
omens, all portents Of evil Through
them he walks gingerly, fearful lest in
propitiating one genius Of disaster he
offend against another
A religious and church going folk
are these-on Sunday The rest Of the
week they devote to Keeping out Of
the clutches Of bad luck, the modern
form Of that disagreeahe and uncom.
Portable old god of the Zldonians Baal,
who visited them with dire and orig.
inal punishmcnts when he didn't get
his regular allowance of broled baby.
They don't broil babies, these latter
day worshipers, but they keep them
selves in perpetual hot water.
"Hance,' said sturdy old farmer
of Big Cobbler mountain to his son
as the boy started ont on a June morn.
ing to hoe the weed choked corn "ther
meen's IN the secon quarter, an ef
yer chop EN- down them weeds II
grow worser ever Better wait u
mex week
Sides want yer ter go fer Their
doctor. Yer mas ailin this mawnln,
an 'er burned whlppo'wilI set on Their
horse block an hollered las night tel
| clodded him off Yer know what
that means."
Whipporwills, that the ignorant may
know as much as Hance mean early
and sudden death. For years they had
made that block rendezvous for their
nightly chorals, while the family re-
n'''i,e" ie"i'HS aS MUSTER ;. h"' y
aH"o" my 'hc o'u niall oeIlei ~ 'iie
faith Of his fathers The doctor was
hurriedly fetched only to find ma re-
covered "as peart as a cricket"
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