The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-08-26
MRS. LINCOLN

HER SPIRIT MEDIUMS FRIEND,-s SUPPOSED
RECOVERY or THE PRESIDENTS WIDOW.
a correspondent writes to ths PosE and
Mall, O. Chicago, further then was tele-
Graphed on Saturday: ! am soouDing for a,
oay or Two in this pretty, sleepy little city ON
tne FOX T1ver, but which has long since SUBJ
sioeo into state Of Rip Van yyinkle tram
quAity, with a wholesome reverence for the
dust OF ages. L had breaehed this hushed
anu penslNo air Just long enouet. to make
suicide pleasant contemplation when /
rememoered that hereaSouts dwelt a
remarkable spirit 1aediurR. and
feeling in y ghoszy moCa i searted off
across the river to see her. easily found
tne place-a very pleasant homestead. near
the public sCAool-snd on ringing the bell
tne door was opened by thss lady herself q
End;a Pnsln: mlodie-aged woman, With apeculisr
lndlan type OF features. Hrs. Howard
claims-no Indian blood, however, but is con-
trolled so she says, by an InGlian doctor de-
ceased come hIsndreds,of years. This woman.
possessed by a familiar spirit, and professed
fortune Seller, was the friend and confiden-
S.ai ADVISER OF Mrs. Abraham kiocoln, when
ene res-ued year or two aro Cor a few
months IN st. Charles She asoayed me that
she did not know of M q. LincolnIs presencs
here, Wien sheyisited her underaD assumed
name ana had her enterthe clairyeyant state,
The lady visitor was annoureed as Mrs.
May, bus when the medium became en-
trsnced she at once exclaimed in the broken
Indian tongue shs uses at such times This .
Is Abraham Ianc3ln's sg1sw." This was
re yelstlon to all present, and SffA Lincoln
did not deny it. She said to the medium
tnoe she used another name TO escape the
blame and notice OF the people. "They CEN
sure me fo' every hing" said tSs. poor, un-
happy lady, with tears in her eyes. why,
when L sold my wardrobe, which had
perfect right to do, as hated .he sight of
CAV ciOth6S .DaaCfa thu eor,lo ho~,
would not tell OF it, bat see what they did"
She assureCNfrs. Toward that she was never
aloIRss.
Angels sURzoUNoED HEzS5BD
at night, and wherever she went hosts Of
spirits accompanied her. "Yet, said Mrs
Howard, ''she did not believe in spirisualism
nor do think the communications she re
ceived through meeVer salts ed her. She
seemed to have established sort of spirit
ual religion for herself, which oomforted her
the most" IA soon as Mrs. Lincoln become
known she left Sc. Charles, but the spirit
uallsSs- regard her very kindly ft would
seem. O. strange thing that she
could have found peace Cd mind
in the incoherent messages OF a dead
Indian. but she visited the medium
once or twice every day, remaining hours at
a time. The parloris the usael comfortable
apartment Of well-to-do pseple. but it is !.
huhS hibH cplAQba d0u
CAV w-eathes and bo4uets OF painted flow
ers, representing the spirits Of children. The
family is much,respected by neighbors and
citizens, and visitors come all the way from,
Boston. and from Omaha. to have their p
fortunes told by bIrs. Howard You will
be glad to leara-snd this s the first
public imitation. of it-Jhat Mrs. Lin
coin is pronounced well enougts TO leave the
asylum and visit her sister MIS-. Edwards,
OF Springfield. It is not likely she Will re-
turn to Bellevue Place, as there is
feeling evinced' in the matter of her incsr--
ceratiOn, by friends who refuse TO believe
her insane. Aleading ledy lawyer of Chi
cago has been with her much of lsse, and,
with the assistance of her lsgsl husband,
will assist Mrs. Lincoln's restoration to the
world. She is decided better, sleeps and
eats well, and shows no, tendencyto any
mania, but whether tie cure is permanent
or not, the test of active Ifs and time will
prove.