Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1934-01-11

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or un-natural or whatever kind @
power you may care to call it, bu
J they thought of 1t only as we thinl
CT successful physician; and the
called him when they needed him
j To show you what we mean-Wm
Brown, one of his neghbors an,
good friends, owned a farm nea
by. At one time the rats nearl,
took the place. One day Mr.. Brown
met him and asked him what h,
would take to come over and rn1
the rats away. He replied "a D n
of whisky" Later Mr.. Brown wen
to town: he purchased the pint
The next time he saw Joe he tolC
him he had the pint, and Joe prom
ised to come over in few days. Ir
a few days he rode up to the Brown
home. They went into the house
and Brown bade his son bring up a
pitcher of cider After they had
drank cider for awhile, Brown
pointed to the mantel and said
''There is your pint of liquor" Joe
| replied. THE c der is good enough
now, I will drink that later Well
| had better get rid of the rats
now" One of Mr. Browns sons
whom we will call Tom, was much
! interested in the affair, and had
gone outside to be in readiness to
see and hear what happened. Joe
came out, walked around the build
ings, mumbl'ng something, but Tom
couldn't understand any Of it.
When Joe came back to where
Tom was standing, he ed if he
thought he could do it, Of course
Tom told him he could not. When
he returned to the house he told
Mr.. Brown that he would never be
bothered with rats as long as he
owned the farm, and he was not.
After Mr.. Browns death the farm
was sold, and we are told that the
present owner has the same trou-
BILE with the rodents as did Mr..
Brown before Joe's visit.
AS we have told you, Joe and Mr.
Z
they put in most of the n ght talk
ing. On one of these occasions
Tom had gone to dance at me- 'gh-
boris. While there he took a spell
of nose bleed and went home When
he entered the house, Joe and Mr..
Brown were busy talking before the
fire, but Joe noticed Tom holding
his nose as he went to find the
wash basin. Joe asked what was
wrong. When he told him, Joe
asked What is your name?" TAX
en- by surprise, Tom told him. When
Joe said, Wash the blood off, your
nose won't bleed any more" and
to this day his words have proven
true.
In the same neighborhood there
lived another woman who had some
power One day one Of her neigh
boris chickens became bewitched
and ran hither and yon about the
farm, and refused to be quieted.
Then the father thought Of Joe, and
putting his young son on a horse,
told him to bring Joe at once. Has
tening to Joe's home, he delivered
the message. Joe mounted his
horse and returned with nm. When
they reached the boys home, the
chickens were still running wild.
Joe .dismounted and walked around
among the chickens, and they set
ted down and went to eating as
+hough nothing had happened. Be-
1ore Joe left, he told the folks if
anyone came wanting to borrow |
anything not to lend it, then rode |
away He had hardly gone out of !
! ght, when little neighbor girl |
,ame and said Grandmother lost |
Ter last needle and would like to
,orrow one" Let us stop here to |
ell you that grandmother was the !
woman with some power that we
poke of before. The lady thought !,
hat just the lending of needle
wouldn't make any difference, SO
he gave her one. No sooner had
he gone than away went the chick
!
dispatched to bring Joe back Joe
n the meantime had reached an
ther farmers home, and stopped
0 talk with him. In the conversa-
on he told the neighbor there
would be boy after him in little
While Soon the boy was seen hur-
wing his horse down the road
When he came up he told Joe that
he chickens were having another
pell, and that his father wanted
nd quieted them as before, then
old them they must not lend any
hing else, not even needle or
for he wasn't coming back
ny more. Scarcely had he gone
ntil the little girl returned and
wanted to borrow a thimble, but
hey did not let her have it, and
hey had no more trouble with
heir chickens.
One time the boy we have called
'om had diphtheria, and the doc
ors had said he couldn't live, when
oe came riding up and went to the
ouse and inquired about the boy.
fr. Brown told him what the doc
ors had said, when Joe replied
We won't let him die" Going in
0 the sick room he took little
ackage from his pocket and mix
d it with water, then made swab
f some cloth fastened to a stick,
nd saturating the cloth with the