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BELIffIS 1 WITCn
Superstition Very Prevalent in
Pioneer Days of Buck
eye State.
VIRTUES OF THE SILVER BULLET
Killed the Horse, But Suspected Mis
chief-Worker Succumbs —Death
Probaly Due to Old Age.
MYBTERIOUS MALADY ALSO ENDS
[Copyright IMS by American Press Association.]
One does not always have togo to
Africa, nor to Uncle Remus and Daddy
Jack for a good tale of witchcraft.
Right in this very Bection of twentieth
esntury civilization there are to be
found even now uome people who be
lieve in wizards and witches, and a
great many who have their doubts on
the subject. In the pioneer days there
was a more or less belief in the un
oanny and the mysterious, and witches
were often told of as being present
and doing their mischievous works In
the very community itself.
Almost a century ago there lived in
Hamilton county, Ohio, along the Mill
creek valley, a wealthy farmer whose
acres were broad and fertile, and
whose herds and flocks were many.
He gave particular attention to the
raising of a specially fine breed of
horses, of which he had reared a mag
nificent herd. Just as he was con
gratulating himself on his success In
this venture a strange and baffling
sickness broke out among these fine
animals, numbers of which succumbed
to the malady and died. Not only
could they not be cured by any avail
able skill or medicine, but also the
nature of the disease remained a mys
tery.
At length someone whispered a sus
picion that the victims had been be
witched. This idea too* firm root in
the superstitious and worried mind of
the owner of the horses, and he at
once set about to discover the witch.
He consulted with some wiseacres,
who told him how to put on a certain
mixed-up mess of herbs to brew In an
iron pot, and that this brew would
tell him by some mysterious means
who was the witch. He gathered the
Ingredients and set the pot to boiling.
It happened that while he was at this
work he went to his cabin door to get.
a breath of fresh air. While there he
saw his son's wife leave her cabin
some 200 feet distant and goto the
spring for a bucket of water. To the
frightened fancy of the witch seeker
this movement appeared ominous. He
did not think she was the guilty party,
but he thought so njuch on the matte- -
that he ordered his son to take his
family and move away to another lo
cality. The son, fearing his father's
frenzy, obeyed.
It 1« not told whether the pot re
vealed tho witch's Identity or nor,
but anyhow, soon afterward, the ex
cited man got the notion that a cer
tain aged and respectable woman
named Garrison, who lived some eight
or 10 miles distant, was the cause of
all hln troubles. He did not hesitate
to let his suspicions be known, with
the result that the old lady heard of
his accusations and was greatly dis
tressed thereat. But the witch mania
had taken so deep a hold on the farm
er that he could not by any moans be
turned from his course.
At last he detemlned to try a meth
od which was told to him for killing
the witch. Accordingly he made a
silver bullet which ho loaded Into a
musket and fired at one of his sick
horses. According to the formula this
should have cured the animal and
killed the witch, no matter at how
great a distance she may have been.
The silver bullet did, however, kill
tho horse. Nothing daunted the
witch-finder awaited further develop
ments.
It so happened that not long after
this experiment, Mrs. Garrison, from
age and distress, did actually die, and
the owner of the horses believed firm
ly to the day of his death that his sil
ver bullet had killed her, the wicked
witch who had done him so much In
jury. About this time the disease
which had wrought, such havoc among
his horses had reached Its climax and
the trouble was over.
The coincidences In the case were
odd and fully convinced the farmer
as to the exact nature of his calamity
and that he had found and worked an
effective cure. No amount of argu
ment ever, even after years, was able
to shake his blind and superstitious
faith In his belief. It was always his
opinion that while for some unex
plained reason the silver bullet had
not cured the horse, it had rid the
countryside of a malignant witch and
that the loss of the horse wes not to
be compared with the gain resulting
from her death.
C. L. SMITH.
THE OLD QUAKER ASSEMBLY.
Frontier Settlers Appealed in Vain for
Protection Against the Indians.
(Copyright 1903 by American Press Association.]
In the settlement of the colony of
Pennsylvania two elements were
prominent. One was the Quakers,
men of peculiar religious beliefs and
fully opposed to war. The other was
the Germans, classes of this sturdy
people who were imbued with singu
lar communistic notions. These latter
were a peaceful agricultural people,
who were so deeply absorbed In their
own simple pursuits that tliey could
with difficulty be persuaded to take
any large interest in the affairs o£ peo
ple at a distance. These two classes
constituted the people, anil made lip
the colonial assembly. They were
early set hard in their opposition to
the proprietary governors of tho col
ony, and the existence of this long
continued quarrel was a matter of
great sorrow and suffering among the
settlements to the west of the moun
tains.
As theso settlements were pushed
farther and farther to the west, the
opposition of the Indians took on a
more and more bloody form. In their
distress the pioneers called often and
loud for the protection which they ha 1
a right to expect from the colonial au
thorities. The proprietaries were al
ways ready to do what they could, but
money and men were Imperatively
needed to protect the frontier, neithe
of which were easy to get from the as
sembly.
The Quakers were not in favor of
warlike movements, especially when
their own scalps were not In any dan
ger of being lifted, while the German
farmers In the eastern counties were
so much taken up with their crops and
stock that they cared but little to
spend their money to save the live 1 ?
of people who had been so foolish as
to venture away from a good cleared
country out into the wilderness. And
besides, both Quakers and Germans
were opposed to doing anything the
proprietaries wished them to do. As
a result of this sad state of affairs we
fdequently find the appeals of the suf
fering settlers unheeded, while the
governor and the assembly fought
over theoretical questions of rights.
In her beginnings Pennsylvania was
"•.bio to make but a miserable showing
in a military way, leaving her exposed
outposts to suffer full often unpro
tected, but in later generations she has
redeemed her reputation in this line.
C. L. SMITH.
MASSIE'S SETTLEMENT.
Prosperous Village Founded Through
Liberal Inducements to Immigrants.
[Copyright 1903 by American Preee Association.]
In Adams county, Ohio, is the town
of Manchester, lying close to the Ohio
river. Here was made the first settle
ment in the old Virginia military tract
in 1790. It was the only white settle
ment which was ventured in all the
country lying between the Scioto and
Little Miami rivers before the year of
the treaty of Greenville, in 1795. Col
onel Nathaniel Massie was the pro
jector and chief spirit of the enter
prise.
Massie was engaged In surveying
that portion of the valley, and during
the winter of 1790 planned to make
a settlement there, in order that bet
ter protection might be afforded while
the country was being laid out. To
advertise his plan he caused it to be
noised abroad through the adjoining
sections of Kentucky and a general
invitation sent out for Immigrants.
By way of a material inducement he
offered an outlet and inlet and 100
acres of land to each family which
would come and settle In the new town
which he was to found. These terms
were fully attractive enough even at
that day of cheap land values, even if
they were limited to the first 25 fami
lies who should take up the offer. More
than 30 families were soon obtained
for the new community, and after sev
eral consultations and much examina
tion the fertile bottom land just by
the lower one of the Three Islands
was determined upon as the best plac?
for the settlement. The surveys were
soon completed, the promised allot
ments of land made and the town of
Manchester was founded.
Colonel Massie was an active work
er and a fine leader of men, so that
under his guidance the town was soon
well under way. It is related that by
March, 1791, all tho cabins were erect
ed and a strong palisaded fortification
was finished about the whole place,
with blockhouses at each bastion.
This was the fourth settlement
within the present bounds of the state
of Ohio, and was a very highly fav
ored community. Its early years were
those of th<- deadliest Indian warfare
on the border, yet so watchful and so
fortunate were the Manchester pio
neers that they were scarcely ever
even interrupted in their pursuits by
the great struggles so near at hand.
C. L. SMITH.
A WASTED EFFORT.
Indian's Idea Regarding Eatirii of the
Apple bn Garden of Eden.
fCopyright 1003 by American Press Association.]
When the Indian frontiers had be
come less dangerous by the passage
of time missionaries came out to
preach the Christian faith to the red
tribes. An amusing story is told of
the time one of these worthy men
had In trying to make himself under
stood.
He prepared and preached a sermon
on the fall of man, telling the Indians
in very minute and careful fashion how
our first parents got into trouble by
eating an apple, and of all the sad
consequences of their act, and of the
coming of Christ to repair the damage
done by sin.
All this was listened to with be
coming gravity by the assembled
tribesmen, and when the missionary
had finished one of the chiefs rose an 1
sain:
"What you have told us is all very
good. I-t is indeed bad to eat apples.
It is better to make them all into
cider. We are much obliged by your
kindness in coming so far to tell 11s
those things, which you have hear!
from your mothers."
The remarks of the missionary In
reply are not on record.
C. L. SMITH.
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