Litchfield enquirer., 1880-05-27


 evidently in great hastessopoIl 5sss,ss7 sstli a "z2ec. Ms. Baker :sssa1oa .ls,sla.I .z@sE alt Y ''MY DRAR SIR, II must beg sEop to perform painful duty. Poor Frederick was lost over board in gale on the 10th. You must tel his father. lean not. '1ifassi fff@isT2 ass Q, ''l never had nything occur that has giver me so much pain. He was everything that could desire; ana can truly say that I nevel had occasion to reprove him, and that hls uni form good conduct won the esteem and love of us all. There was this satisfaction-that ni one of us was 50 well prepared fo: death.
 ''I will detail the circumstances at more leisure; but enough to say now, he was lost from the foretopsal yard in gale of wind, and human exertion could not save him. You can best administer consolation to his distress ed parents. Show them the sermon preached on the Sabbath following his death, which ac companies this, and assure them of my heart felt sympathy, .*.i
 ''Yours truly, J. GOODMAN.
 '.March 25, 1S46" s.as
 While my eyes glanced over the lines, familiar as if psnned by myself, MT. Baker was making hurried preparations to go to MT. Stetsons. s ssf ,Ez5
 Young Hall brought it out. ? he explained. Captain Codlnsi wished me to have the let. ter at once, lest he parents should hear the sorrowful tidingsin an abrupt manner"
 The sad scenes which followed are too sa- cred to be even tpuched upon here MT. Ba- ker did not return home for hours, having offered to go to Cambridge, and. cnnvey the sad intelligence to Merriam Stetson. the sec ond son, who was member of Harvard Col iege; a . Goldman in the morning." he sad. '''Mr. Stetson is anxious to see him, and I shall ask him to return with me-" easi.e.s. t.' 'f.sss f
 l recalled the last sceae on board the Sophia WGster, and said T thought he himself went in. It is the first thing not exactly in accord ance with my vision
 Iscalled it Uisiaas for was not asleep, and therefore it could not be 8 dream.
 The next morning, when Mr. Baker called at MT. Stetson's house to take any additional messages, he learned that, impatient and rest less, the sorrowirg father had found it impos- sible to wait andhad taken the earliest con- veyance into RostDn, where scene occurred like what had witnessed.
 There was no longer need of secrecy in re. gard to my prescience or foresight, if so it may be called. and it speedily came to the parents ears Persons of intelligence of both sexes speculated and puzzled over these re- markabie mental phenomena, unlike most re- corded by philosophers in the fact, already stated, of the mind not only recognizing what was passing at the moment at distance of hundreds of miles, but going forward in ad- Wance of events, and foretelling them with minute accuracy.
 make ne effort to explain my mental state. which 1 am entirely unable to do; but may be pardoned for quoting from philosopher of af and dreams, remarks: "It is in vain to at- tempt an explanation of them. They scarcely appear referable to any principle with which we are at present acquainted.
 Priestly, another metaphyscian, adds; ''If the nerves and brain be vibrating substance, all sensations and ideas are vibrations ID that and all that is properly unknown in the business is the power of the mind to perceive or be affected by these vibrations"
 The following case, somewhat analogous to the one narrated above, is from A6ercr0na6je on tue Intellectual Poaoers, which says, II re- late this without any attempt at explanation, and without any other comment than that it's may be relied in all it's particu- lars:" "a Nstt # .T - T wo ladies, sisuere, had been torNseveral days in attendance upon their brother, who was ill of a common sore throat, severe and ,, but not considered as attended with danger. At the same time one of them had borrowed a watch from friend in cense- quence ot her own being under repairs. This watch was one to which particular value was attached, on account of some family associa- tions, and anxiety expressed that it might not meet with any injury. The sisters were sleeping together in room communicating with that of their brother, when the elder of them awoke in a state of great agitation, and having reused the other, told her that she had had frghtful dream.
 q l dreamed she said, that Mary's watch stopped and that when told you of the cir you replied, "Much worse than that has happened, for brot ther's breath has stopped also."'- la ,. .:-.~a...5 ..s. ...- 3 ".To quiet her agitation, the younger sister got up, and found the brother sleeping quietly, and the watch, which had b cen carefully put in drawer, going correct ly. 9 ''The succeeding night the very same dream followed by a similar agitation, which was again composed in the same man. ner, the brother being again found in quiet sleep, and the watch going we'll. On the fol- lowing morning, soon after the family had one of the sisters was sitting by her brother, while the other was writing a note in the adjoining room. When her note was ready for being sealed, she was proceed ing to take cut for this purpose the watch al luded to, which had been put by in her writ ing desk: she was astonished to find it had stopped. At the same moment she heard a scream of intense distress from her sister in the other room. Their brother, who had still been considered as going on favorably, had been seized with a sudden fit of suffocation, and had inst breathed his last :"
 But to resume my narrative. find it im- possible at this distance of time to recolect all the persons to whom these operations of my Captain Goldman gave reality to my vision. Among the m were Dr. Swan and two female friends, who have since passed beyond the scenes of earth. During his life my kind physician frequently urged me to publish an account of these remarkable facts. My req sons for not doing so are suggested in a letter to Rev. MT. Stetson, which, together with the reply aud the testimony of other eye and ear witnesses, subjoin for the satisfaction of those who may deslre additional proof of the strict accuracy of this narrative:
 .tIaev. Ca1e5 Stetsen: a5S < DEAR SIR, ,-H any apology is necessary for my addressing you this note, trust it may be found in the friendly relations which have long subsisted between your family and ours, and in our personal relations to the subject oi this letter. l i.,s s.,s a2ssa .Lsa I. ss You will no doubt recollect the singular metal phenomenalw which occurred during my severe illness some weeks before your son Frederick's death, and which at the time caused considerable discussion in literary and scientific circles. By some conversant with the facts have been urged to write an ac- count of them for philosophical inquiry, they being considered in many respects more re. inarkable instance of precedence or foresight than any on record but the fear of being class. ed with visionaries and spiritualstsllias hereto. fore prevented me. a5<u sss
 '.Now, however, on "a fresh application to state the particulars in detail, have consent. ed to do so, and would consider it great per- sonal favor if you will carefully examine the accompanying statement, and so far as memo " will enable you, add in note to me, which may be at liberty to publish, your eorrobora. tive testimony resDecting it. & s.Mr. Baker unit with me in very kind re. gards to yourself and family. asss a3t#.
 8 ssWith great esteem and respect ll-