Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-03-24
SPIRITUAL WONDERS!
Remarkable Angelic Visitation i'm Hancock
County, Ohio.
TRULY MARVELLOUS STORY,


TRULY MARVELLOUS STORY,
From the Kenton (Ohio) Republican. March - ,
According to the most accurate and reliable
information we can get. Orange Township, in
tne southwestern corner of Hancock COUNTY
joining Hardin on the northwest some five
miles from Johnston, in this county. has re-
Gently been the favored locality of one of those
remarkable visitstiOns which the people have
learned to regard as very few and far be-
tween; an Angel visit. Inasmuch as mum.
berlesS versions of the story have gone abroad,
and a considerable amount of interest and Gu
riosity Is manifested hereabouts and elsewhere
to " know all about it, we briefly give the par
tlculars, as we received them, from a source
that all will concede is entirely reliable, and
entitled to confidence Some time in August
last, bright intelligent little girl, aged five
years, and daughter of Mr.. Charles, who resides
IN the locality described, while near the well in
the yard, about noon of the day seemed to dis
Germ something high up in the air, and descend
ing toward her.
The attention of the child was so much drawn
to the object that her gaze became riveted upon
1T, and as 1t drew nesrer, she was observed to
make frequent attempts to reach it with her
hands, and form closer acquaintance with the
strange visitant. When the mother Of the child
was called To the scene, the little girl Informed
her that she was in the presence Of an Angel
that she had talked with it; that it had made
communications to her; and furthermore gave
a description OF 1T, according in every particu.
lar with the generally received impression of
the appearance Of those messengers from above.
To satisfy herself that there could be no dclu-
sion In the matter, the mother entered into
conversation with the stranger, and after being
satisfied with the reality Of the efntorview-after
having Seen and faikcd rrith the Anqd f1cr 10
face-and after receiving information from it Of
the precise time when her own death would oc-
cur-she retired from the spot, taking her little
girl with her, and the Angel, waving it's bright
wings, returned Heavenward.
when the mother and child were alone, they
talked freely Of what they had seen and heard,
and the mothers sadness was made deeper BY
the artless story of the child, who said that the
Angel told her she would die Just two months
from the time when she first saw it, at precisely
twelve o'clock and twenty-five minutes; that
she would be three days in dying; that her
death would be unlike that of others; that her
friends would suppose her to be in a trance;
that her eyes would not be closed that her
funeral would be preached in three weeks after
In the new school house of the neigh borhood
oy man, whom, together with his horse and
buggy, she described, and that her friends
would have difficulty in procuring the house
tor the occasion. J he mother kept the sad Sc
eret to herself, and waited for the appointed
time, hoping that all might yet 60 well with her
ohu hSIes huu 10 DC TeCkODGQ as ono
who would attempt to revive the defunct doc.
tr,ne OF Spiritualism. But with the time came
the terrible blow
Three days before the time predicted for her
death, the little girl fell upon the floor from
whence she was taken TO bed, and at the hour
and minute foretOld, on the third day, breathed
ner last Her eyes remained open after death
and could not be closed. Friends, supposng
her to be entranced, made many and vain ef,
forts to restore her to life A few days after
her burial, as Rev. I'll. p. Darst was passing
that way, friend of Mrs. Charles called to
him, and requested him to tarry awhile and
preach the little girls funeral sermon. The
reverend gentleman excused himself on the
ground OF having prior engagements, but prom
lSed TO do so IN short time. His person and
equipments cOrrespOnded in the most minute
particulars with the prophetic description, and
when he did return to redeem his promises the
WOrkmen who had built the new school house
having lien upon it, refused TO let it be opened
Tor the funeral service but subsequently they
gave up the key, and the sermon was preached
at the exact time and place predicted
1he bereaved mother intended that the
knowledge of these prophecies and their fulfil
ments should 60 out of tine with her, but re-
Gently, the secresy bearing more crusbingly
upon her. she determined to reveal the whole
matter, and in accordance with this determine
tion, one day last week, she sent for John Lati-
more, Esq, and Samuel Wood, one of our
County Commissioners, and to them gave the
particulars, the most prominent of which we
have given. The gentlemen named are among
the Oldest, most respectable, and influential
citizens OF our county, and their known char
acter for integrity is sufficient guaranty that
they would not favor a wrong action or in any
way assist in giving publicity to a story, as to
the truth of which they had "a reasonable doubt
These gentlemen, we understand, have taken
down the facts, as Mrs. Charles related them
Tor the purpose OF giving them to the public in
pamphlet form. They both bear testimony to
the good character and standing Of the lady
who makes the revelation, and would regard
anything coming from her as entitled to credit
In due time we will probably have more to say
on the subject, but at present, noshing