Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-12-20
A PREMONITION.
A Young Man Predicts the Time of
His Death.

BALTIMORE, Dec. ia remarka.
ble case of premonition of death was
brought to light to-day at the funeral
of Christopher G. Brooks, aged II
years. grandson of Prof. Brooks of the
Baltimore Female College. During
the funeral discourse Rev. DR.. FELTON,,
pastor of Mt. Vernon Church, said it
was one of the exceptional phenome-
nal cases that point to a new and high
er philosophy. The following is an
account of the premonition referred to:
Mrs. Brooks was travelling In Europe,
and had writton her son, who was en-
ployed in New York, and lived in
Brooklyn, to join her. He responded,
naming the time of his starting. In
the interim he was taken ill, and on
the day Mrs, Brooks received his letter
she received cablegram summoning
her home on account of his illness.
On her arrival she found him up, able
to 60 about, and his physician had no
fears as to his perfect recovery. The
youth stated, however, that former
teacher and friend of his, Mr.. Hall,
who died about FIVE months ago, had
appeared to him in vision, and told
him he would die of heart trouble on
Wednesday, Dec. 5, at o'clock p. m.
Young Brooks had never had any
trouble with his heart, and his friends
to whom he made the statement were
in no way concerned about it. DR..
Nav, his physician, laughed at it, and
said he was certain, on the contrary,
that he would get WELL The young
man was, however, thoroughly i'm
pressed with the belief that he would
die at the time indicated. A few days
before that time he sent flowers to
some friends with note saying: 81
shall never again be able to express
my appreciation of your kindness. y
He accompanied lady friend to an
entertainment the afternoon of Dec. 4,
spent the evening In her company,
and received promise that if he wrote
for her the next afternoon, she would
come to say good bye. His physician
told the brother and mother of the
youth he would divert his mind from
the subject by physical means, and on
Tuesday night put a fly blister on his
neck. Wednesday morning young
Brooks rose as usual, ate an unusually
hearty breakfast. and to all appear.
ances was good for a long life. The
physician left him without trace of
uneaslness as to his condition. The
young man insisted that his mother
should not stay with him, telling her:
at would kill her to see me die
That he might not take the matter too
much to heart, she did not oppose him
but consented to leave him, intending
to return to him in the latter part of
the afternoon. While taking lunch
with the family as usual at O'Clock,
he complained Of feeling faint, and
asked to be assisted TO his room. AT.
ter resting in bed few moments he
wrote to the young lady, and in about
twenty minutes she arrived. He died
in the presence Of the family at 3:lO
O'Clock. His physician and his mother
arrived out two or three moments lat
er, and were shocked to find his pre-.
dlction fulfilled. His father had re-
turned to Baltimore from visiting him
some weeks ago. On Wednesday at
brea kfast his father remarked that 1t
was the day his son had appointed to
die, but with no thought that the
prophecy would be fulfilled, and was
astounded whom the tidings OF the
death arrived. He was young man
of strong character, exceptionally good
mind, and splendid, bold physique.
If life becomes q burden and you feel