The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-02-16
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At Tumbling Run valley. near Potts
wileJ{ Pa.,I.htfaniily. nd tlying I'LL lM54it
tor ar wttchhcat gwitthssa gun. loadedl
with a ! solid gold bullet, and has also,
put pit q q l1'4awa Notwithstanding 4 On ttde
trail of the "hex," or wischcat. iiiThiSss
whitehead appeared at the home zof
Howell Thomas, some weeks aggot::ss'It
was sa1Ways5seen gatiifon o'clock dn,
the morning proWAng ltarouad the;
lbarnyard, and, It Is said to have
lg1roiWtnn Until IT. was vas four test long.
BIZ; is averred ;tt11at the hens1began,
Growing like ROSTERS and the pigs!
barking like dogs, and this first evil
Idence that something was wrong. .Mas
followed by horses, cattle, poultry;
land, even people pining away and
|dyfnsg. iiaf;fzrGa{siss#i k,s5ll so :;'ssH,As
eiTiei sciih1a1 ii came when Howell
THOMAS himself sdied, :Twyo0I daughters s!
were left-one a spinsser, y The t1e|.s other be-
married. The former charged the lat
liter with having put the. hex witch
caat'' on the PROPERTY, and at the
funeral stte5twDF had asgrievons clash,
|for, the unmarried, sister tried to s!ex;'
mel H., from the. house the married,
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The Thiton1ases hadlbeenx shooting
Iat the .f'hex9t and though, their, aim.
Ordinarily was good. they seemingly
Iconld not. hit. the strange ,5cat. After
her. fathers, death, Miss Thomas held
la conference with an unknown witch
doctor and gganli0dhceNdS that TIT, had
Ibeen REVEALED that the reason the
bullets had not been effective was be-
jcause they were lead. She followed
directions and n1oldedfEai solid gold
bullet out sof a,tftye-doRlar, gold piece
But when the magic, bullet, was in
the gun ready for use, the cat failed
to reappear. Miss Thomas and the
neighbors have, lain in wait for the
hex" but all III vain. Some declare
its absences due TO the factGthat too
many people have been wearing
crucif1xes and .talismans to. protect
themselves. The affair became SO
mysterious that the. P~ottsville Repub-
tlicaanss yfaaditortally asked a. complete
The iatest turn. turn to t3 tie 1 mysterious,
case,,l however, isftthe most interest
ling of all. A black cat sowned by a
iSchuylllil Haven man has, been found
by the hex" doctors to be a "hexa-
hemeron cat" ,TI This, cat IS said to
have been born on the. 9th day of
the sixth month III. 1906, and to have
been ggone ORA litteraof Six kittens.
It was blind only SIX days after be.
ing born. whereas all ordinary cats
are blind nine days. The word
he%xatieh1eron ISL taken S1froml two
|. Greek words, ta.hex' and 'themera."Hl
and means a completion in six parts.
It fss ms,,ally used in referring to the,
six ,3days' labor of Creation, as de-
scribed in the first chapter of Genesis
While there are only five books In
Moses in the. authorized Bible. the
hleXX doctors declare. they I, have -
sixth book Of Moses. In. this book tho
WITCH .:af 5Endor$: ascribes full power to
; the thexalemeronY :cnt- in warding sofE
ey Il 1S TsI ass,,,sa ING ~ I'LL -.
l,aA beyond doubt ans engagement
With. the evil ne,awhereby;; 1t had I'm,
parted to it. AZ INN, or spirit, The
schuylki'l HAVEN cat has never eaten
anything but stdidis. ( frogs, lizards
and ssarpents,sand tthesGhexst doctors
agreed that I'll its presence l lwill, restore = tor 8
the Thomas homestead to. a normal
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