The Osceola times., 1883-01-06
CURED BY A MIRACLE.
How Blind Girl Of Peterboro, Ont, was
Restored to light.
Montr, al Cor. Philadelphia Times.

Restored to light.
Montr, al Cor Philadelphia Times
| A very strange case of fhallucination, or
what is termed gift of sight, has hap
hened at Peterboro, Ont. which is excit-
| ing a great deal of interest throughout
the Dominion. 1t is vouched for by re-
spectacle residents.
A young lady named Winnie Tracy,
who came from Barrie to fill situation
in the Oriental hotel on the sth ult.,
shortly after was attacked by commissions
! and lockjaw, which medical aid could do
little for. In a few days after the first
attack she became blind and her hearing
was partially affected. A fy-blister was
put on the back Of her neck, which not
only stopped the convulsions, but relaxed
the muscles of her mouth and she was
able to speak The blindness, however,
remained.
/ Now comes the strange gift Of sight, as
related by DIR. O'shea, the medical prac-
! titioner, and it is corroborated by others,
which the patient received. While con-
yersing with Miss Tracy she remarked
| that it was ten minutes to o'clock, and
the doctor, on looking at the clock, found
that she had told the exact time. A few
minutes afterwards she said, as before,
that it was six minutes to /, and the doc
tor, finding that she had again told the
time correctly, thought it suange she
shonld do so when there was no time
piece that she could see even if she were
not blind. He questioned her shortly
afterward as to the time and was answer
| ed correctly.
The next day she was further tried.
Her eyes were examined by the doctor
and found to be Of their natural appear
ance, but no movement in front had any
effect upon them. However, to make de-
! ception impossible she allwed herself to
be blindtolded and tests of phenomena
were made. The third gentleman who
was present reached his hand to her, and
having felt it she said; 81 have not felt
this hand before. This gentleman is a
stranger to me, but he is staying in the
| house" A glove was then handed TO her
and she said; This is glove, a kid one,
and brown and dark IN color," which was
an accurate description of the glove. 1t
! did not seem strange that she could tell
! that the article was kid glove, but that
| she could tell the color of it was certain
| " remarkable. 4 piece of colored paper,
! red on one side and white on the other,
was handed to her. and without making
| the least mistake she said This is paper
| This side is white, and" turning it over,
"this side is red" Other pieces of color
ed paper were placed in her hands and
she told the color of them correctly. The
girl had several other trials which she
came through with eq lal success with
| the above.
Now comes the climax. In a day or two
after, she recovered her eyesight, and she
tells the following story regarding its re-
turn:
II was lying in the bed" she said,
when an angel which had been with me
all the time touched me on the hand and
called me three times. we are going to
leave you, Winnie said the angel, and
you will not see us again till you are with
us in heaven. You must now get up and
kneel down by the side of the bed on
which YOU have suffered SO much and say
five Our Fathers" and five Ave Marias,"
and you will then be able to see
II sent for Mr.. and Mrs. Mclntvre, and
with them on each side of me, and my
mother, sister and the nurse, knelt down
aid repeated the prayers. When had
repeated them the fourth time could see
little, and on repeating them the fifth
time | could see plainly, and recognized
those beside me and shook hands with
them"
Mr.. and Mrs. Mcintyre confirmed this
statement so far as their names were used
| in it.
"Was it this angel that told you the
coloIs, the time, and other things you told
us yesterday" she was asked.
"Yes, it was the same angel" she re-
piled. "When | touched color it would
tell me what 1t was, and it told me the
time. When DIR. O'Shea brought in his
cousin ! could not see him, and never
knew him, but the angel told me who he
was"
Again was her statement confirmed by
Mrs. Mcintyre and the roctor, SO far as
! they said Dr. OShea's cousin did call to
see her. Although his name was not
mentioned, she told at once that he was
cousin of the doctor.
On Monday evening she said in answer
to question:
81 could not see any one, and it was
then that the angels first came to me and
they stayed with me until could see last
evening, and then they said Good bye
three times and have not returned"
DR.. O'Shea says the girl told him ex-
actly what passed between him and Dr.
McCrea, DR. Sullivan and others, and that
she had also told him exactly what he
thought of her case while he was in his
office alone.
Mrs. Mcintyre states that the girls
mother tainted on Friday, and moment
after the girl said that one of her family
was sick and also that on Friday gen.
tleman and lady who were total strangers
to all in the house came up to the girls
room, and having felt their hpnds, she
told them that they were man and wife,
which they indeed were, though none of