The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-04-03
SENATOR LINN.

Saved From Death by His Wife,
Presentiment.
Philadelphia Times.
at may not have been fifty years
ago" said gentleman whose years did
not seem to warrant the belief that he
was in active life much longer than fifty
years ago, land it may have been
longer, when DE-. Linn was the col
league of Col Benton in the United
States Senate. was reminded by a
chance circumstance only a few days
ago of All incident in which he and
Mrs. Linn played part. She, like
her husband, was great favorite for
MANY years ia Washington society,
and deservedly so-not more OIL &C
count of her personal attractions than
her intellectual qualities. On the &C.
casion when the incident to which l
have reference occurred, Senator and
Mrs. Linn were to be the guests at a
formal dinner by the president at the
White House Early in the evening
DIR. Linn, feeling somewhat i'll. con-
Guided to remain in his lodgings. Mr..
Webster calling at the moment, he
was requested to escort Mrs. Linn and
convey to the president his regrets at
not being able to be one of his guests.
At the proper hour Mrs. Linn. escort
ed by Mr.. Webster, was conveyed in
her carriage to the White House.
The company bad not long been seat,
ed at the table when Mrs Linn re-
marked to Mr.. Webster, by whose side
she was seated, that she feared she had
not done right in leaving the Doctor,
and that she felt an inclination. if she
could do so without marring the Occa-
sion, to return to her hotel. MIR.
Webster made some observation de-
signed to dissuade her from departing
then, saying that If she felt so disposed
she could leave at an earlier hour than
the rest of the company.
so strongly did the impulse grow
on her that soon after she made it
known to Mr.. Webster, and SO urgent
was she that he did as she requested
and quietly made known to the presi-
dent her wishes. Mr.. Webster &C.
companied her to the carriage and at
her request returned to the table.
Her instruction to the driver was to
proceed rapidly to her home and twice
on the way she enjoined him to drive
faster. Arriving at the spot, without
waiting for the groom to open the
carriage door she in the quickest man.
ner opened it herself and sprang to
the room where she had left her bus-
band. AS she entered she beheld her
husband on the bed and the clothing
In flames! A moment more would
have been too late. Mr.. Linn was in
a stupor aud in some manner. which
was never fully explained, the bed
clothes had taken fire. He was i'll for
q number of days. His life was saved
apparently through his wifes PRESENT.
ment, which think was as remarka-
BILE as any on record. Mrs. Linn re-
lated the facts to Mr.. Webster, in my
presence, on his calling the next morn
ing. His observations after Mrs. Linn
had finished the narration of her first
impulse to leave the presidents table.
her struggle to repress it, the growth
of the presentiment till it overmastered
her, the ride homeward, her anxiety
for greater haste, her bursting into the
room, her husbands's danger aad res
cue-to which Mr.. Webster listened
with absorbing attention-were char
acteristic of the man-solemn and i'm
pressive beyond my ability to repeat
He Thought He Had the Best Of
the Dog.
An Irisbman, passing a butchers
shop, observed some liver for sale.
Not knowing what it was. he inquired
of the butcher, and said that he would
like 10 buy some. but his old woman
knew only how to boil "praties,"
whereupon the butcher good-naturedl,
offered to write him a recipe for pre-
pairing the savory dish. With this
and his purchase dangling conspicuous
ly in lis hand. Pat sailed forth in
his triumph. He had not proceeded
far, however, before a lean and hun
CRY dog which bad been prowling
around seized the tasty morsel with
his jaws. and made of as fast as his
legs could C rry him Pat. in no wise
disconnected, turned round with