Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-02-17


the course nor'west. And, Mr.. Bruce. -
he added, as the mate arose to 60. ''have
looking aloft, and let it be hand you
can depend on"
A DISCOVERY.
At about 3 o'clock the lookout reported
IN iceberg nearly ahead, and shortly AZ
terward what we thought was 4 vessel
to it. As they approached, the Captain
glass disclosed the fact that it was q dis.
manlted ship, apparently frozen to the
ice, and with many human beings on it.
Shortly aiterward they hove to. and sent
out the boats to the relief of the sufferers.
1t proved to be vessel from Quebec,
bound to Liverpool with passengers.
As one Of the men who had been
brought away in the third boat that had
reached the wreck was ascending the
ships side, the mate, catching glympse
of his face, started back in CONSERVATION.
It was the very face that he saw three OF
four hours before, looking up at him from
the Captains desk.
The exhausted crew and famished pas.
sengers having been cared for, the mate
called the Captain aside. ut seems that
was not ghost saw to-day, the man s
alive?'
"What do you mean! Who's alive!"
"Why, sir, one of the passengers We
have just saved is the same man I saw
writing Oh your slate at noon. would
swear to it IN court Of JUSTICE
"UPon my word, Mr.. Bruce" replied
the Captain, "this gets more and moro
singular. Let US 80 and see this man."
They found him in conversation with
the Captain Of the rescued ship. They
both stepped forward, and expressed in
the warmest terms their gratitude for de-
liverence from a horrible fate-slow death
by exposure and starvation. The Cap.
tain replied that he had only done what
he was certain they would have done for
him under the same circumstances, and
asked them both to step down into the
cabin. Then turning to the passenger he
said: Il hope, sir, you will not think l
am trifling with you; but I would be
much obliged ifyou would write few
words on this slate, with that side up
on which the mysterious writing was not.
II will do anything you ask" replied the
passenger. "but what shall I write p
Suppose you write Steer to nor
west.''
The passenger cheerfully complied.
The Captain took up the slate and ex-
mined it closely then, stepping aside so
as to conceal the slate from the passen-
ger. he turned it over and gave it to him
again with the other eide up.
''You say that is your handwriting p
said he.
II need not say so," rejoined the other,
looking att, "for you saw me write it. -
"And this :" said the Captain turning
the slate over.
The man looked first at one side Of the
slate, then at the other, puzzled. At
last, "Nhat is the meaning of this p
said he. II wrote only one Of these.
Who wrote the other p
"lhat is more than can tell you, sir.
My mate here says you wrote it, sitting
at this desk at noon to-day
DREAM.
The captain of the wreck and the pas.
senger looked at each other, exchanging
glances of intelligence and surprise; and
former asked the latter; "Did you dream
that you wrote on slate?''
mo, sir, not that remember"
"You speak Of dreaming" said the cap.
tain Of the bark. What was this gentle.
man about at noon to-day!"
"Captain," rejoined tho other, 1.-THE
whole thing is most mysterious, and
had intended to speak to you about it as
soon as We got little quiet. This gen.
tleman pointing to the passenger) being
much exhausted, fell into heavy sleep
or what seemed sleep, some time before
noon. After on hour or more he awoke
and said to me; Captain. we shall be re-
lieved this very day. When 1 asked
what reason he had for saying 50, he re
piled that he had dreamed that he was
on board . bark, and that she was coming
to our rescue. He described her appear
ance and rig, and, to our utter astonish
ment, when your vessel hove in sight sht
corresponded exactly to his description
Of her. We had not thought much o
what he said, yet still we hoped ther'
might be something in it, for drowning
men, you know, will catch at straws. Al
it has turned out, cannot doubt that j
was all arranged, in some incomprehensi
BILE way, by IN overruling Providence s.
that We might be saved"
II got tho impression that the bark :
saw in my dream was going TO rescu
u.s." said the passenger ''but how tina
impression came cannot tell. Every
thing here on board seems to me quit
familiar yet l am very sure that VI
never in your vessel before. It. is all
puzzle to me- as~sas :
MESSAGE FROM 4 WIFE,
Jung Shilling, in his ''Theorie de
Geisterkunde," tells Of remarkable stt
~ that WAS told by German who ha
migrated to the United States, and hi
been for many years manager Of som
!. mills on the Delaware. The events Il
, said TO have occurred between 1850 an
, 1760. There lived IT that time nea
Philadelphia. lonely and retired, b,
nevolent and pious man, who was suspe
| ted Of having some occulent power /
> disclosing hidden events. A sea captai
5 had heen long absent, and no letter Id
been received from him. Having hear
her story, he babe her wait little an
he would bring her an answer Their
upon he went into another room, shuttir
I the door; and there stayed so long thu
r moved by curiosity, she looked throua
/. On aperture in the door to ascertain VII
he was about. Seeing him lying motiel
I less on = sofa, she quickly returnl
< to her place. Soon he came o,
and toll the wom,n that b.
}. husband was At that time in London, in
:, certain coffee house. which he name
and that he would soon return. He o.
n stated the reasons Why his return h,
}. been delayed, and Why be had not VII
ten to her: and shs went home somewh
y treasured. When her husband did 1
turn, they found, on comparing note
d that everything she had been told Y
I strictly true. But the strangest part
1 the story remains. When she took b
husband to see the seer, he started b.
n in surprise, and afterward told his 81
It that on certain day (ths same on viii
Z the had consulted the seer) he Was in
j. coffee house.in London (the same Il
had been named to her), and that 4
d livery man had accosted him. and b