Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-10-15
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81 srrivsl h Bostss. rhsa kssiug HE bed %
dress fsr brsakisss - ~ reosetsd 10 a mirror
s g - ~ r. -. SpsIlss.nd be s...d
viii intsnss sseipg 81 trisd p recognise ne fea
surss of the corpse ~ y yainsh se.ld nos even
move Ne sysliasI h feb dsprivstef sss'0"' TOT
q. IVA -. & Last sssrsisa b. Ii. ringing Of the
bah for breakfast. and sprsss 10 The hsd % salts
~ hinself II What b lad sssn rsasct.d IN the
m;rror Va resl or IN illusioa. Ne found the bed
:. hs had len Il. he looked s9aia into ths mirror.
but only saw the bed truly speseeeds During
the day b .Aought nssA spoP tss Ilssi"n, s ss,
sssssosls sxsss 1sscss & "a bsd. IL. po,with-
ss.ndffe thess pfecanaiens the yisiOn was repeat
cd vish this addition. thss hs tboVshtb BE- ssoogni.
sed in the corpse sons rassnblanee % the features
Of his NifS. aaAw
In he coarse of the second day he received a
letter from his wife siaaing that abe was quite
w&ll. tnd hoped be was enjoying himself among
biz h3sndA A hs was devossdiv attached 20 ne,
~ Always anxious COR her safety he Supposed
go - isoebil fears haA coqjared up the VISION
he had sssn vs6ssssd In TIE slsss, and ven. about
n busino.s N cLcesfhfiy ~ usual. On tho
..nr.;nv a the third day, after he had dressed,
- lsnna kImvslf In ta.uxht in bis own house,
iSsnins over he eon Of Sis wife, HE friends we're
assembled. the minister wss psrforming tho iune-
raj services, his childrea wept--he was In tho
housa or death. He falcwed the corpse TO the
crave: he heard the sarth rumble upon the cofhn,
s. saw The grave aIisd, md the green sods cover,
"a oyss IL yet By some strange power, 10 could
90 through the ground The entire form oil his vito
- she hay Ia Der COD
I ia looksd IA the faces Of those around him, but
10 one seemed 70 natice him; he tried ~ weep,but
m tsass refused 70 Aow; bis very heart felt as
Md = = rock, Entaeed at his own want of
febiiuk. he detcrminsd 10 throw himself npan the
rssye ana lie there tll his heart should break,
Whsn 10 was recalled to consciousness BY n
friend, who entered The foom 70 inform him that
6reakfast was ready. IL started as If awoke
from : progouu1 sleep though he was standing be-
forc the mirror with q hair.brush In bis hand.
/ Aftar composing hiuaself he related to his
fr;end vhat he had seen, and both concluded that
! ruod breakfast only was wanting to dissipate his
unnleasant impresiona few days afterwards,
however, he received tho melancholy intelligence
that his wife hsd died suddenly. and the time cor
responded with the day he had been startled by tho
hrss vision IN he mirror When no returned hame
he described infinitely all the details OF the funeral
be had seen In bis vision. and they correspond
with he facts. This il probably ono Of the most
vivid instances Of clairvoyAncc on record Mr..
Mcdonald known nothing Of modern sp'ritu"l'tm
or clairvoylncs ~ most ofhis life has been passed.
upon farm and among forests. 1t may not DO
amiss 10 state that bis father, who Was Scotch
Highlander. had the gin Of ."second sight"
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