The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-02-25

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noon. After an hour or more he awoke,
and said to me Captain, we shall be
relieved this very day. When asked
him what reason he had for saying so, he
replied that he had dreamed that he was
on board bark, and that she was COM
ing to our rescue. He described her APP
pearance and rig, and to our utter aston
ishment, when your vessel hove in sight
she correspondent exactly to his descrip-
ton of her. We had not thought much
of what he had said, yet still we hoped
there might be something in it, for
drowning men, you know, will catch at
straws. As it has turned out, / cannot
doubt that it was all arranged, in some
incomprehensible way, by an overruhng
Providence, 80 that we might be saved"
81 got the impression that the bark l
saw in my dream was going to rescue
us" said the passenger, "but how that
impression came cannot tell. Every
thing here on board seems to me quite
familiar yet l am very sure that l was
never in your vessel before. 1t is all q
puzzle to me. J."
A MESSAGE FROM A WIFE.
Jung Sitting, in his "Theorie der
Geisterkunde," tells of remarkable
story told by n German who had emf
grated to the United States, and had
been for many years manager of some
mills on the Delaware. The events are
said to have occurred between 1850 and
1850. There lived at that time near
Philadelphia, lonely and retired, be-
nevolent and pious man, who was sus-
pected of having some occult power OF
disclosing hidden events. A sea captain
had been long absent, and no letter had
been received from him. His wife, who
lived near this man, and who had become
alarmed and anxious, was advised to con-
suit him. Having heard her story, he
babe her wait a little and he would bring
her an answer. Thereupon he went
into another room, shutting the door !;
and there he looked through an apper-
ture III the door to ascertain what he was
about. Seeing him lying motionless on
sofa, she quickly returned to her
place. Soon he came out, and told the
woman that her husband was ut that
time in London, in a certain coffee
house, which he named, and that he
would soon return. He also stated the
reason why his return had been delayed,
and why he had not written to her and
she went home somewhat treasured.
! When her husband did return, they
found, on comparing notes, that every
thing she had been told was strictly true.
But the strangest part of the story re-
mains. When she took her husband to
see the seer, he started back in sur
prise, and afterward told his wife that
on certain day (the same on which she
had consulted the seer he was in cof-
fee house in London (the same that had
been named to herr, and that this very
man had there accosted him, and had
/ told him that his wife was in great anx-
tain had replied, informing the stranger
why his return had been delayed and
why he had not written, whereupon the
man turned away, and he lost sight of
him in the crowd.
There are cases on record in which an
alibi, satisfactorily proved, yet conflicting
with seeming unimpeachable evidence,
has puzzled the courts. Catherine
Grove, in might Side of Nature" re-
lates and vouches for the authenticity Of
the following wonderful story:
A MURDER.
In the latter part of the last century,
in the city of Glasgow, Scotland, SER
want girl, known to have been improp.
erly intimate with a certain surgeons
apprentice, suddenly disappeared. There
being no circumstances leading to the
suspicion of foul play, no special inquiry
was made about her. In those days, in
! Scottish towns, no one was allowed to
show himself in either street or public
ground during the hours of church ser
vice and this Introduction was enforced
by the appointment of inspectors, au-
thorized to take down the names of de-
linquents. Two of these, making their
rounds, came to walk, the lower boun-
dairy of "The Green" as the chief public
park of the city is called. There, lying
on the grass, they saw young man,
whom they recognized as the surgeons
assistant They asked him why he was
not at church, and proceeded to register
his name but instead of attempting an
excuse, he merely arose, saying, 81 am
q miserable man look in the water -
Then he crossed stile and struck into a
path leading to the Rutherglen road.
The inspectors, astonished, went to the
river, and there they found the body of
young woman, which they caused to
be conveyed to town. While they were
accompanying it through the streets,
they passed one of the principal churches,
whence, at the moment, the congrega-
ton were issuing, and among them saw
the apprentice. But this did notsurprise
them, thinking he might have had time
to go round and enter the church toward
the close of the service.
The body proved to be that of the
missing servant girl. The apprentice
was arrested, and must, on the testi-
mony of the inspectors, have been found
guilty had he not on his trial established
an incontrovertible alibi. showing be-
yond possible doubt that he had been in
church during the entire service. The
young man was acquitted.
WHAT THEY COULD HARDLY BELIEVE.
Hardly less wonderful is the follow
ing narrative communicated to Robert
Dale Owen, in Washington, in June,
1859, by the persons concerned.
In May, 1910, DR.. D., a noted
physician of Washington, was residing
with his wife and daughter Sarah (now
Mrs. b at their country seat, near