Juliet signal., 1861-07-02
The " arning.

tirely disappeared, was once 80 prer4<<nt
that it was rare thing for death toltke
place in a family without some menl1ff 81
il having been warned of the coUing
event. in sumo supernatural way- Ny
revered grandmother was no exception 20
this ancient belief; on the contrary, she
could relate numerous instances of un1at-
tural visions, and strange appearances,
which had appeared in ber own faml{H-
But her particular forte lay in warp1 ,:
None of her kith or kin were ever c&[3<d
through the dark valley of shadows u5[If
out her receiving some supernatural i1<i~
nation, or as she called it, sbeing warnedp
Of their decease.
will here state that my grandmother
had been widow for many years, and
resided with my mother, as did her tXo
youngest children, Ralph and Alice.--
Ralph, q spirited lad Of seventeen, assisted
my father in his business, and Alice. dear
Aunt Alice's time, was mostly eprr ssed
by Gus children"
For several months she had been tro ub,
led with hacking cough. which was in
itself warning enough that the time was
soon coming when we should be obliged
to part with our kind and careful nurse.
A!tei awhile she become unable to sit up
all day, and then my mother moved Aunt
Alice's bed from her chamber into the par
lor, as she was no longer able to 60 up and
down the stairs, and it was more conveu-
lent TO take care of her there. My grand
mother slept in a chamber directly over
this, the stove pipe from the parlor passing
up through the floor into the chimney, thus
making her room warm and comfortable.
The night after Aunt Alice was removed
into the parlor, grandmother received a
very decided warning of death. She said
that, after she had been in bed short
time, she was aroused by a light shining
upon her face, and, opening her eyes, she
behe!c the f)rln of a new moon arise from
one corner, slowly sail across the room,
and finally disappear behind her bed. She
was so sure that che had seen this, and
became so nervous and excited about it,
my mother thought best to have some one
sleep with her the following night; SO rny
sister Mary, girl Of fourteen, shared my
grandmother's bed. But, strange to say,
they had hardly retired to rest before we
we were startled by loud scream from
Mary. She, too, had seen the mysterious
appearance, just as it came the evening
before,-a half moon rising in one corner,
passing diagonalIy across the room, and
disappearing behind the bed. The room
ives left vacant, everybody in the house
believing it to be haunted
When this came TO the ears Of my Uncle
Ralph he expressed his decided contempt
for the whole affair. 1t was second nature
for grandmother, he said, to see sights, and
Mary had, no doubt, been so scared at the
thought of passing the night in room
where grandmother had seen something,
that she fancied she saw it too. He would
sleep in the room himself, and was not at
all afraid Of being troubled with new moons
or old Cnes either, so he took up his quar-
ters in the haunted chamber. He made
no alarm during the night; bur at the
breakfast table he declined answering any
questions. The truth was, he had seen
exactly the same thing that had so alarmed
his grandmother and Mary, but he was a
bold. determined fellow, and had made up
his mind to find out the cause of this sing.
ular appearance /; and, besides, he di2 not
not like to confess that he han witnessed
the same thing that he had scUffed at as a
deusicn in others.
Six nights in succession did he sleep in
the haunted room, and every night the
same thing occurred. On the seventh
he was lying awake, about midnight,
thinking of the strange circumstances, and
trying in vain to arrive at solution of the
MYSTERY, when he heard Alice begin to
cough in the room below. Immediately,
he heard my mothers footsteps coming
into Ahcs's room, as was her custom
whenever she had paroxysm Of coughing.
AT the same time, the supernatural light
appeared 10 the corner, f1oated slowly
across the room, ard went down behind his
bed. A thought struck him.
Sarah," he called, "have you got O
light"
Yes" she answered.
" Are you standing by Alice's bed7"
Yes" again.
"Well," he said, "walk from her bed
to the door with your light in your hand ,
At once, the half moon arose from be.
hind his bed, and moved steadily across
| toward the opposite corner.
Now come back again." be said.
She did so, and, as if following the
sound of her footsteps, back sailed tn,
mysterious light.
He sprang out of bed with hearty
laugh. The mystery was solved. Tht
earthern pot through which the stove-pip,
passed from the lower into the upper room
was too large for the pipe; and a ligh
passing from the door to the bed in the
lower room, cast its reflection through thi
ape rture, and, as it showed on the wal
above, was exactly the shape of a new
moon. My mothers repeated visits from
her room to Aunt Alice's bedside, with .
light in her hand, bad been the cause O
my grandmother's supernatural warning
and, but for the boldness and perseverance
OF her son, would, no doubt, have beef
handed down to successive generations o
grandchildren as O solemn warning o
Aunt Alice's death, which took place som
weeks after. Prabably all supernatural
appearances might be explained as tn
effect of some natural cause, if people war
not too supersticious to risk the trial.
THE LOWER CLASSES. Who are thew p
The toiling millions, the laboring man an,
woman, the farmer. the mechanic, the art
isan, the inventor, the producer? Fa
from it. These are natures nobility. N
matter whether they are high or low il
station, rich or poor in pelf conspicuous o
humble in position, they are surely th
upper circles in the order of Nature.
whatever the fcticious distinctions of so
ciety, fashionable or Questionable. decree
1t is not l0,c, it is the highest duty privil
ege and pleasure, for the great man and th
whole sOuled woman to earn what they nos
sess, to work their own way through lif
to be the architects Of their own fortunes
Some may rank the classes we have allud
ed to as only relatively low, and, in facI
tie mIddling classes. We insist they ar
absolutely the very highest. If there be
class of human beings on the earth wh
may be properly dominated low, it is tina
class who spend without earning, who cor
sumo without producing. who dissipate o.
the earnings of their fathers or relative
without being anything of themselves.
1t has been determined to give every ma
OF whatever rank. serving in the army O
navy. diploma on fine parchment paper
signed by President Lincoln and heads c
the departmepts