Mower County transcript., 1871-08-10
Miscellany.
MY WlFE'S PRESENTIMENT.

l HAD completed my preparations for
one Of my periodical trips l." The West,
and was standing, va|i,c i'll hand, in the
porch OF my house, ~Aitl,g for the COLI
veyanre that was to take me to- the ferry
"What is it, my ,'.;ar. Ynl, seem tn
have tho blues tins morning. | shall be
back in a week, ."n kn Nv.
noticed that my wiic, after bidding NC
"gOod bye" more tn;tn once, seemed still
unwilling to have ''e 60 ana vas !i'clincd
to adopt any little device to dctain me Il
few moments longer. farming rather un
expcctedly, observed her brushing a tear
from her eyes Her conduct WAS unusual
for she had been ,,<':u>totncd to- my absence
gu tours much longer than the pr, sent
was intend, i to Dc.
"Oh, no:i,i,g ut all, SUPPOSE" she
said, endcavoring IL smile Il know you
must think it FOOLISH, 1n,A do dread this
prese Mt Journey Ot yours, and for no good
reason Ina, can think Of. | think must
be little nervous, tnat s all. [ don't be-
Ii. We in prc-ent;mruts. DO you?
CnuuAvorrl 10 7roSsurr her. but WINS
only partially aurccsslul. | had no time
TO ask the n;.tur. of the Troublesome pre-
n.nti,u, Mt ts.turv tue vehicle arrived,
which | fur,I. *lh cllirrctl As it turned
a carncr saw my wife still gazing intent
ly alter it.
| crossed the ferry at Chambers street,
AMI took u a.Hn, on the Eric train, which,
emerging fr.m the darkness Of tho Bersun
Tunnel, was soon shooting across the
Hackens,ck meadows and through the
hills beyond The: morning was foggy
and dsagreeablr. I myself felt gloomy
and depressed, BECAUSE my wife, usually
50 cheerful, had seemed low. w.spirit: d. 1t
was remarkable that she should speak of
presentimen1s, for she bad always bfcn
accustomed tu ridicuic :ucil notions. The
car which h,d entered WAS filled with
passengers. A stranger occupied q seat by
my side who had such remarkably red
hair as to attract my notice. tic was
reading one OF the New York dailies. Al
ter ride of al honr or two in silence, he
offered me The paper and made a remark
with reference to the state Of the weather.
] was so irritable that answered cur,]y,
and l Fl ar ruhciy. Seated by the open
window, with n.y ears filled with the
never ceaSing clatter Of the engine, +
mechanically fixed my eyes upon paint
ing on one Of the panels at tho front end
Of the Car. Suddenly there WAS II jar, {.
grating, crashing sound the panel on
which my gaze had been directed was
gone, and in its place huge timbcrs of u
shattered car came: driving through and in
the mi'ist ui the human fn;nls in front of
me. Sralt, hr"hs, cushions, gl$s |r,,,;
and arms seemed COLLECTED in an avalanche.
and descending upon the particular seat
which aAd my rcd i'a ed fiien.l hail Sc
lcctcd.
When consciousness returned | found
myself lying ON my back on u hard, I'm.
Carpeted floor cndt avGrcl to move, but
not q muscle could be brought into action.
Gulliver, when he awOkc in the morning
on the island Of LilNput bound hand and
FOOT, was not more thoroughly hclpl ss
than l. My vision was so indistinct that
l could only discern the gIi,nmrr of light !;
gradually, however, objects began to as
sumo shape before my eyes. My hearing,
disturbed at FIRST by "a clatt n as of a
thousand engines rushing around al iron
track spiked to the inside of my Uranium,
was restored by degrees to its normal CON
ditirn, and at last became painfully
acute.
Limited "a was my range of vision,
it Comprrhendrd IL portion Of the walls
Of room covered with time, tables, and
lined with the inevitable row Of seats,
wMch told ME that was in the waiting
room OF one of the Eric Itailroad stations.
.'h tn: rl;.i'rm without heard the hasty
',, ll'%' "' ed, and often excited voices and
"'ur, ",,:': ":ec.','nndly gather such words as
c,''lsloh, 'n's ,,latad SWITCH" killed
and wn'1ndcd.' and the like. Rv q side.
long gla' &C perceived ON ,hc il1or ohnst.
~ objects, winch ! soon cnnclud., 1.,.r,,
dead bodies horribly muti4,cu. w.. ";r',
near me was b'uy, winch y s,c,',S
glance convinced me was tina, Of thu, r, :,
haired comla,'nn who had shared the sc,',
IN the car with me. lIIs face wills b,a;;rh
cd, but not disl1gurcu, and nc was evid, n,
ly dead
was now satisfied that was il, th,
room alon" with the brt,,rs of those vii,
had been killed by he railroad accident
and that had been brought there while
insensible, under the supposition that
was dead. My first impulse was to cali t.,
those without, and make known the fac
that l was alive, but my tongue refused tt
move.
l had now an abundance of time 70,
meditation, and think two or three hours
passed while was so occupied Iarrived
at the conclusion that had met with such
conclusion Of the brain that l was fo]
the time paral yzed that my condition
now, whether from the shock or othe,
causes, was at least similar to that OF