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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1897-12-31, Page 6f pe(1.0tragoani 1`'.ktI,AAY, I)J O1a.b1BI910 a1. 113J?.. n...n..wrxa -xw .yr••,,,..rw 4D1 I1411Eith6lWi; i,14 far tail t'i to Lw J•RUM THE DEN Or MR, I1LUEVALE. The following letter uppeariat in the hulk -Lure page of the UMW: of the 18th first; Supers ittt'u was to '.lie, When a boy, suuiethiug that beiutiged uutlre- 1,y to 'other 'Atypic, luau one das the scliabl the lltrpeett+l', WO 141Ce. L and roust learIle(i Luau 1 Had ,lien allot, told the pull)is that till peupre Were supel'sL tluua to suint extent. Nut that they cumd help it, flu went ou tO Say, it beteg 14111erittnl. 1'O prove tans SLalentetit he .Lut(l ui that even the leitSt superbilWI'US till ie— tie telet 'Maiming Wale at 11igfiL lliitUe L ffCW Steps at all literecwed fate u speed They did this uueumatantt:ly, 3t being a peat ui teen. ua,bute, ue- cau,e their futetatuers, e no dict believe in ghuets, always rats 1'liliu the gateway to tae hour, as teat was tire must liable part el tae . whole journey in V%'Sidi nue might Ue !rite!•^ epted by muse unsung ht evil ewers. I believed Matti be Lulls `lit, tans Uteri the start of tliy (Wwil t'1 ai d ccti ter ; any cuntaulinatwn dates tl'ulu WAAL fluor and has steadily iucieased, su that to -nig) t as 1 sit writing at guy desk I am prepared to beifeve any - tiling in the way uta sihly piuviued, of course, that it is "Sate," Sunni signs, like setae people, are slut to be implicitly depended un; some, again, are always true and others never. Signs that are in some localities always to be relied on are In others, uncertain, auct vice vert+tt ; and what has been said regarding localities is ai.lso true about persona. -A sign pronounced by one persue never -failing is by another deemed unworthy of confidence. Our guud village housewives deal with a sign much the sante as our Canadian courts deal with a prisoner ; she be • lier;es it true and brands i7, accord. angle, until she finds it false; that is, Until it has once failed U) come true. Do not think that it is then east aside, fai' from it; she places it then in her list of uncertain signs, still believing in it, but not with the same implicit faith. Of all signs, those regarding the 'coming of visitoretare, -perhaps, most firmly trusted. One Bluevale house always has a visitor when the dish- cloth is dropped; another when the broom falls across the door. If a table fork falls to the ;lour in a third house a victor is the inevitable result. in fact, a visitor will never come to q.our house unless something falls, with but one exception ; in that ease, a cock, if he crow three times before the door, will bring one. 13efore dealing. with sueu common, everyday matters as visitors, y uu should know what Bluevale folk lure tells about reliance. -As a kiss is 611e simplest part and is often the beginning of all romance, it should be dealt with tirst. A Bluevale maid, it her nose is itchy, will kiss a fool, or if she rub her Hp, a stranger. • Far more important to one's welfare Is a knowledge of the future, and especially important a kuowledge of one's future husband or wife. At no time of the year are circumstance. snore favorable for looking, into the future than at Hallowe'en. Au aged relative of mine, an Irish woman, now deceased, once told me of having once assisted it companion to find out who her husband would be. It was on a I3all:•we'en in the fifties. The charm consisted m walking baek- wards dowel stairs from attic to cellar, holding lu the hands a candle and a mirror, and repeating as the decent was being made a rhyme said in the name of the devil. (Tho Irby me I have forgotten.) When the bottom is readied, the visage of your husband may be seen in the mirror before you. The charms, so my in- formant told me, was unsuccessful, as she who tried it fainted when near the bottom of the cellar steps. "But what," my aunt concluded, "ever did Buteade that was in the Lame of the devil•" • 11I.. is• WINUJIA Vi "1'14 i X)ECEM .BER 31, i897, .. _ . _. .. Y4wMM Yh+MMww,MM-r rrAM•sM!iY!MI..MMMwMMM..w..M.+w,r.+r clock strikes 12 , a18 must repeat the. following rhyme; My true lave, wber'cr ye bi (be) Come and tura my shirt for mi (use), The true love, if he be true, when the rhyme is over, enters- the rot 1n in hit; supernatural farm, and turns the "•.hit t." The maid whose "shirt" has to els tamed need make no effort to "entail" the young nuni who turned it, torr nerd she endeavor to marry B ou ' t vane else. I he Dom tt a J k is very and alternable in comparison with the fixedness of this law. The :ellen:anion ii coltles to Us from Scot- land and I have given the rhyme in the words of a Snitch woman whom 1 first heard 1 epeat it Another Iia low e'een prank, Kee; fisc('. only by the scowl girls of the village, is to walls around the village quart with the mouth filled^ with Water. The first one who bids you geed evening will be yours in r'ord and deed, Methods that may be resorted to at any tinge of the year, for ascertain' "Criss cross, who your future partner will be, andApple sauce."• , 1 that can be treated as reliable, are accompanying the .words with the ,very tew in reaming. I give below crossing of the heart, which is found, only the very ahoict', I should say, from seeil.g some 'Peke a piece of weaning' cake, en children cress themselves, in most close it in an envelope, enclose with any region of the trunk, it ;lips of paper on .which you. have A seboc•ima,te of mine, whenever wriltten, if a lad, the names of lassies, I told a yarn that seemed to Min itt. and if a bass, the nausea of lade. But eredibl ;, would say, "Do you Wish to stay, three names are the limit, Be- die ?"" It the story wet e true, I sides these slips enciose•onc blank slip. answered 'Yes," not meaning that I Put all under your pillow and when longed for death, but that death to you awake in the inorning open the me lead no additional terrors, as I envelope. draw . a slip • and Vow' had told the truth. destiny is sealed. The slip drawn • bears the name of the one you will marry, but ;alas! if the blank is drawn you will remain single. Ac cording to this, a woman's chances between married and single blessed- ness are no less than three to one in favor of ,the firmer. Practically, however, the percentage is much larger, as the blank slip is usually thrust to the bottom of the envelope, unless the person De°very careless and indifferent regarding such affairs. • Place a four -leafed clover in the heel of your left shoe and the first one you shake hands with you will marry. Walk the rail on a railway track far just nine ties, and your future -husband or wife will be the first 001 volt meet. The - iare im octan t i n and stars 1710 N factors in deciding one's future rela- slE but once, then 0 1Y for a moment, The bridle rushed out of' doors to receive its rays. Since then has been good to her arid, prosperity leers; and all on account of the sun- I beams falling on her bare head ojt, her wedding day. 131nevale brides, again, put faith in the oId rhyme which runs "Something old, something new, Something borrowed, something blue." and are always careful to obey it in choosing their wearing apparel. So inueli fi,r the romance of life, The little boys of my acquaint- ance have different oaths to that of I was once relating the faets of the any tolyl by your correspondents. previous paragraph to a woman A Bluevale hopeful, if he trades a whom I considered a "sip" pool', jackknife or a whistle,alwaysulakes, she laughed at the foolishness of the hargain steadfast by saying; people believing in sueh things, and "Red leather,. in the text breath tti d me that soap Bargain forever." i e,luld not be boiled'suceessfully un- And'with regard to *verifying a state - reproving less when the 'noon was new. Satan merit a small boy or girl must say ; sin. More • or less con - merit is placed in each of the fol- lowing rules:-- Nick a calf's ear if you wish it to prosper.' 'Turn back if you meet a red- haired woman during the first half of a journey. An Irishman well- known here some years ngo and noted for his practical eomiirun sense bas been known to turn back when as far as seven miles from home, on meeting a woman whose. hair possessed a bright and tirey hoe. To my mind any evil that she could b.- duce l.duce would be insignificant when compared to the tiresome trudge over the rough corduroy roads used at the time. ' When your ear burns sotne.Pne is speaking evil of you. Spit on your- fishing bait if you wish to have luck. Walk around your chair if you get bad hands at redro or euchre. I: you heir a hen Browing !till her; or bad luck will befall you. - A gad will turn in your hand if you cross a vein of water, granted of course that you be a waterwitch. Iconclude my 'cues thankfal that I have leo ghost stories to tell you. Bluevale has no ghosts, then no ghost stories. My authority on this is excellent. One day while dis- cussing Mary Hewitt's poem, "The Fairies of Caldon Low,' I asked a little Seotctl lassie it' she believed in fairies, ghosts, hobgoblins or any of those supernatural genii. "Yes," was the prompt reply, ".Piave you seen any ?" T questiut.ed, wishing to find the grounds• for her belief'. "There are nae ghosts here, but me granny seen ane antic in Scotland." Hoping. that my letter may be of some interest- to you, that I have not overburdened it with irrelevant matter and that 1 may be. permitted to write again, I. remain, L. 13. DUFF. right; plenty of main. bl,fl.Ilt3A'I i. stIIVITioES. Its influence on growing; crops is ' K. TII01)IST Ifni,. Dr, Pascoe., rias remarkable. A &rarer who liven toe. Services at 11 a ni awl 7 11 in. about two Hailes from here fell 111. 1 liRIsliWt'l'l4lllAN ]fes, 1). Pride, The hired titan, who seemed to know `altos. Harvluea at 11. it In and 7 p m. In Hermes k. eN t r int l tunes —15 i'UiiL1SIIEn 1ZL, Flt, 1'anI'n Her, Wm. EVEItY FRID.AX MORNING no better., sawed the fall wheat with' Lowe, lector. HermesItt 1 1 til## aall out waiting for the proper phase of; p -•A'r san- „ the 41)0041. I need not fold that Glle i i 13A1'll:, L' ilei,, tills, Mlirn,iltun, pas- TIMES OFFICE, JOSEPHINE rOTHET WINGHA.hi, ONTARIO. crop was a failure. One mast also tot. hm 5le( I.i nt 1l n lu t4ucl .1 p tl, ii killing pigs, be careful to kill then t:ON(11t1'.tlATIONril, 1tev, II. 1'.. Mason, pastas. ih1rviees ut 11 a in nod when trio moon is Dei, Or, if you do' 7 p nt, knot, the fat will all frizzle away in U111b18TI:1N WOitll:l';Ia$ M.ieses the pan, as his pigship is frying I I Ottt1(1111 freer 1:�ac1• in ch nlu,uud, Services �' at 11 [) n, and 8 p tu. do not know why, but yet, as flans SAraW.j'1()NARM ' -Adjutant Miles Christian Anderson repeatedly affirms ani wire in colnlntwd. Services at 11 a, in. 0110 of 118 most impossible stories, in, 3 t) in and 8 p ill, it is quite true. • In each of the above named churches Sa btuith School is held at '2.30 0 rl. DEATH SIGNS. Death comes in for a goodly share of "signs." A man who had lain sick for sometime was expected to recover, until, one night, the dog howled, He died soon after. A Scotchman, who lived next door was taken ill this summer with an attack of jaundice. When he bad been in bed for a few dans the cat was noticed to be searching for t:olne- ttling; she went upstairs, searched the rooms, cane down again and entered the room where the patient lav, She looked on his face and went out again signifying that she found `what she sought. This was taken as a sign of death. Although he arose from his bed of sickness, yet it was only for a few days. A rose ticlnshi Look at the stars,they hush that he had trained in days of must baits line, however, for threhealth grew beneath his chamber nights in succession, and your lover 1 window. It blossomed and faded will appear to you on 'fie third aihd blossoined again. He considered , ni;~latthe second blooming of his favorite Thet.new moon has great power flower a premonition of his death and died soon after. in love affairs, and a maid who Weather signs are numerous, but wishes to be fortunate in love must it is difficult to say just which are say, as she views it, each moiztti, just reliable and which are not. If New- moon, true moon, one were to remark that a small boy Grid bless me, with his shoes on the'w'rong feet was 'fell unto me, a sure sign of an open winter many 'Who my true l3veshall be would be found willing and with The color of his hair, ample evidence to corroborate the The clothes he shall wear, statement. The signs that are And the day really natural phenomena are diffi- That he'll wed me. cult to distinguish trona those that, are not. Ono can easily understand why a dark day is apt to bring rain, but the reasoning must be very pro- found that will induce one to 0e- lieve that a cat by wiping over her ear can bring about the same result. Yet she rein, my mother told me so, and she learned it while a girl from her Irish school books, which said : "Puss an the • hearth, with velvet paw. Sits wiping O'er her whiskered jaw." The poem classifies this action of the cat's with several other!; of the same stripe and pronounces them all as invariable forerunners of rain. MARRIAGE OkiENS. Marriage omens often do not prove true, ac one uiay omit, un- consciously, some minor detail of the spell. One the other hand, they sometimes prove true when it would ' be better if they did not. I know oi' one case in which a young man married a woman as unlike his ideal wife as a woman could he. But then he had a "sign" and what else could he do than marry its the "sign" bade hirn. His married life has been con- siderably thorny. As in the novels, the plot thickens, Our next paragraph. will inform you Dogs ronin;; over many also bring what Blrevale traditions teach con- rain.' The summer of 1895 was ex - roma gthe culminating point of all eeptionally dry in Huron, no rain romance ria wedding' falling for' almost two months. Tile In searching' B11levrrle chronicles . I find that weddings are rarely cele- (logs rolled the same as ever, but boated on any day of the weer: ex- their utmost exertions failed to pro- cep' Wednesday, 'Wednesday has duce more than a slight cloudiness been a a popular wedding day from might e.peet, fallen into disrepute, itl:te first dates of i3luevale's history, but it still has its believers. until to -day, and the cause of this SIGN OF THE MOON, popularity comes from the faith in a The (noon bolds a position as al rhyme handed down from our grand. ' that cannot, ot. unless by! mothers. prognosticator • an unbeliever, be gainsaid, The; "Monday. for health, Tuesday for farmers of this eommunity can tell wealth, • when they see the new moon the Wednesday the best day of all, amount of rain that will fall during Thursday for crosses, Friday for the month it fishers, If it be well on losses, its back much rain may beexpeeted,, Saturday no day all." as its position is conducive to hoiding Bluevttlbs brides consider it a par. water. If the horns are above and ticularly had omen if the sun does below the rainfall will be scarce, as not shin on their, wedding day. the moon hi tnat position can hold up But it might ss well net shine if its no water. This rule is not infallible, rays do not fall on their unbontieted but depends nluollon the locality. A heads. I know of one woman who gentleman fro-m,Lnfidon once told me was married Antler not the tlit►st that the exact o poslte was true in (boils circumstances. The day1ati'3 .tn�eiglalyorb oil ; the �mtr n, On itis OS g ;,`Riffsa'a3(etOfium It rt;id ' Motu and dismal � iiia st�� rift :s ..• . ?.1.,..i IfALLOWE'Ekl' 'NOTIONS, - Another superstition more popular stud more reliable, at Ieast consider- ed en by the fair of this eommunity, le as10 o rr11 w t --She a w n io we i s hes to ,tin - d out who her husband Will be mist at midnight on ITallowe'on drag her chemise in water and hta.tlg the fire rte dry. As thrO of HAIELTO WINGHAM. Capita, t1,25Q,000. • Reit, 5725,000 President -3011 5TUART, Viuo•Presidoltt—A, U. RAMBO'. DITtr.EE).PrOILS JOHN PROOTOR, (iso, ItoAon, WR GIBBON, 1', A. T. WooD, A, 13. Luz (Toronto).. O shior—J. TURNBULL, Saviors Bank --.Veers, lO to S; Saturdays, 10 1. Daposits of 51 and upne ds received and tercet allowed. apnoia,l »aposrts also received at uurrom rates of lar .rest, 13rarto o,. Oreat Britain and tho. United State bought and Hold - Subsariptioalprioe,$1 per year,it# adva1106• ADVERTIBINO RATES Space 11 yr, 1 d trio. 1 3 um. 1 mo k• One Column 800 00 040 00 $20 00$S es thin 40 00 60 12 0O ' 0 00 Quarto " 20 00 12 00 7 003 00 «lu 1 One Inch 6 00 3 00 '+ , ( Legal and other carnal advertisement Se per line - for firs; i isertion,and So per line tareaohsubsequent) iu•ertiurt. Me•.surcd by nonpareil scale, ,.ocal notions leo. per lino for are insertion, eta - 5.,• per line for each subsequent ,usertier . Advertisements edaitcei. 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