The Osceola times., 1879-01-04
A MINING SORCERESS.
Mrs- Bowers. the Wnshee Ss.eress vislous
OF the Com tOek clad In Ore.
Virginia City Enterprlsc.

Mrs. Bowers, the famous Washoe
seeress, has been having visions, of late
in regard to the north end of the Com.
stock which are almost akin TO those OF
the fery-souled Ezekiel, ia which he
saw "a wheel within wheel, the spokes
full of eyes, and they turned not when
they went"
She WIS in Wsshoe Valley recently,
and was caught up a. though bodily and
taken to Virginia. The heavens were
full of portents, and biszing stars with
tinkling bells attached were making
melody after the manner OF Oriental
Pagodas. Two Of these were much
larger and brighter than the rest, one
ringing merry peal over Sierra Neva-
da and the other well east. and, as she
thinks, over the North Bonanza. Her
Interpretation was that the larger stars
marked ore bodies Of great size and the
lesser ones those of inferior dimensions.
The bells were TO call the people to the
feast of good things in store foi them at
the various locations. This was repeated
TO her again by the temperance of the
same vision soon after.
But even the foregoing was not con-
sidered sufficient. After her return to
Virginia she was one night called up rs
in dreams, taken to the back porch OF
the house where she roomed, and told to
look. She saw mighty procession com>
ing from the north, and composed OF men
women and children, walking four
abreast. In the centr, was a female
figure, proud, naughty, and clad in robes
OF silver white. In her hand she bore a
banner, upon which was inscribed,
"Sierra Nevada" and "Ophir," aud this
she waved to the multitude, but without
change in her majestic bearing or un-
Welding look. Mrs. Bowers was told
that this was the Comstock. As the
procession, with its immense host, passed,
she was told to look again, and this time
the back OF the woman was visible, and
seemed a sort of skeleton of veins and
arteries. great and small. These she was
told were the undiscovered veins of sill.
yer yet hidden from view; aud the
number was great and some Of enormous
size.
And yet once more was she taken In
like manner from sleep and led to that
porch. and this time the northern heavens
were full of crescent moons. Two among
them all were, however, at the full, and
one of these stood, like the tintinnabu-
lating star, over Sierra Nevada, and the
other over the region Of the Savage. Nc
Interpretation was given, but voice
warned her not TO let those moons &c
down on her. This was Before she wai
sold out in stocks, but she needed moi
the warning.
And yet once again was she warned
Again was she taken to that porch, and
saw coming from the north terrible
portent, and one so fearful that sht
shrank from it and would have returned
to her room, but was prevented. On
ward it came, like vast tidal wave
overwhelming every thing in its path. II
struck her, threw her down upon hel
knees, and passed on. Although it com
pletely pros,rated her she did not heet
the warning. The crash came, and sh'
was completely overwhelmed in the
common destruction.
She has, however, great faith in thu
north end, and is confident that mor'
large bodies OF ore will be discovered
| there soon