The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-05
Presentlnlents.

ut 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, ''and 1t may have been longer, when
DR.. Linn was the colleague Of Colonel
Benton In the United States Senate. |
was reminded by chance Circumstance
only few days ago of All incident in
which he and Mrs. Linn played a part.
She, like her husband, was q great ia
vorite In Washington society, and de.
servedly so--not more on account of her
personal attractions than her Intellectual
qualities. On the occasion when the in.
ctdent to which have referred occurred
senator and Mrs. Linn were to he the
guests at q formal dinner by the Presi-
dent at the White House. Early in tho
evening DR.. Linn, feeling somewhat i'll.
concluded TO remain in hls lodgings. blr.
Webster calling at the moment, he was re-
| quested to escort Mrs. Linn and convey to
the President his regrets at not being ablo
10 he one OF his guests. At the proper.
hour Mrs. Linn, escorted by Mr.. Webste,g2
was conveyed In her carriage to the
been Tong so%eSey taS'e whea nag MSst not
Linn remarked 70 Mr: TsSSss W W whose
side she was seated, that shpe feared
she had not done right III leEhvlng the
Doctor, and that she felt an III (olinatlon,
If she could do SO without niParring the
occasion, to return to her lotel MI.
Webster made some observatio& designed
to dlssuade her from departing &shen, cay
ing that If she felt 80 disposed she could
leave at an earlier hour than tAe rest Of
the company. So strongly did the an
pulse TO 60 grow on her that sd2pn after
she made 1t known to Mr.. WcbstST. and
80 urgent was she that he did as sNSs re-
quested, and made known to the PfeASsl
dent her wishes. Mr.. Webster accom- is'N'
panied her to the carriage, and at her
request returned to the table, Her in
struction to the driver was to proceed
rapidly to her home, and twice on the
way she cnJoined HIM to drive faster.
Arriving at the spot. without waiting
for the groom to open the carriage door,
sue III the quickest manner opened 1t
herself and hurried To tho room whero
She had left her husband. AS she CD
tered she beheld her husband on the bed
and the clothing in flames. A moment
more would have been too late. DR.. Linn
was III stupor, aud in some manner
which was never perfectly explained, tho
bed clothes had taken fire. He was ill
Tor number OF days. His life was saved
apparently through hls wife's presentl-
ment, which think was as remarkable
as any on record. Mrs. Linn related the
facts to Mr. Webster IN my presence, on
his calling the next morning."
IL am reminded by this," said another
OF the company, ''ot what the Hon. N. Z.
laimadge, many years Senator from
tke COLLEAGUE of q Senator Wright, tod ne
several years after he had retired from
public life. Lilo had moved to Fond du
Lac, Wis, where he became Spirituallst,
OF the school of Robert Dale Owen. 'One
morning. said the ex-senator, my daugh-
ter. with much agitation, informed me
that she had, during the night, seen In her
sleep a steamer on Lake Michigan 90 to
pieces In gale; when 9 large number Of
persons were drowned, and among them
her sister, whose return home from New
York was expected about that time. All
the particulars were vivldly impressed on
her mind, and were narrated with tho
greatest mlnuteness. 1t was the season
OF gales. late IN the fall. was and am
now believer IN presentlments. Taking
hasty breakfast, my daughther and
myself started In carriage for bheboy-
gan, the port near which tho vision To-
Gated the disaster. 1t was g drive Of
Peveral hours. On reaching the place we
found the entire community out on the
lake ahore, drawn th!ther By a wreck.
The propeller Pioneer had been wrecked
the night before IN fearful gallo. Be-
tween so and 100 lives were lost. Among
the lost was my daughter. Tho partiou-
lars were IN nearly every respect as they
had been previously related. The facts
were substantially In agreement with tho
vision or presentlmcnt.' Dir. Talmadge
was all the more firm in his belief in
experimentation after that, and with Mr..
Owen pursued his Investigations into Its
mysteries, which the latter related subse-
quently In his book entitled 'Footfals on
the Boundary Of Another World.'"
Tho Pic md tho Dor.