The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-07
FOREWARNED.
Chapter. About Presentiments Of Fatal
Occurrences and Strange Incidents.

! occurrences ana Strange Incidents.
! Brooklyn Eagle.
| ''The world is full Of superstitious people,
/ said a writer recently and from the nurse who
! hears the death watch to the soldier who loses
/ his spirits as the hour of action arrives. the idea
! that fatal warnings are received and frequently
| disregarded is well-nigh universal
| Superstition takes different forms in different
| countries, and in each the death Omens are
! faithfully believed in by old women and nurses
! Among the country people of England there Is q
/ firm belief in the omnous harsh, ticking death
| watch; in ireland, the death fetch; in Wales,
/ The canny blycyrph or corpse candle, and in
this country it is the sound of the cricket in the
! fireplace. Many also turn pale at the mournful
! bowling Of the dog at night, believing that it
| only occurs at the near approach Of death Some
! also regard the buzzing of fly in sick chamber
as a bad sign, while down South the negro
thinks it indicates coming death if q whippoor-
will GENES into the house. But this belief in the
supernatural Is not confined to the ignorant and
literate. for it is matter of history that it has
mad Its effect upon the minds Of some of the
greatest
The assassinated Duke of Buckingham saw his
fathers ghost previous to the event that ended
his existence. The historian Clarendon states
that one Mr. TOure. officer of the kings ward
robe, was lying in bed at Windsor when an old
man of imposing appearance pulled aside the
bed curtains. and fixing his eyes on him asked if
he knew who he was. Toure was almost scared
out of his wits, but nevertheless replied that he
thought his mysterious visitor was Sir George
The ghost said he right. and
then told him to go to the Duke and tell
him that if he did not make friends of the
people he would not live long Toure tried the
next day to make himself belieye that he had
been dreaming, but Sir George paid him two
more visits at night, and he concluded to inform
the Duke Buckingham swore that no one could
have come to this knowledge but the devil, and
paid no heed to the warning. His mother to
whom he related the occurrence, was impressed
by it, and when she heard of his DEATH received
the intelligence foreseen
The wife of William the Silent, of Holland,
had presentiment of his death. As soon as she
saw the assassin Gerard she anxiousy asked VINO
he was saying she had never seen so viliainous
a countenance. The king laughed at her, but
less than two hours later he had fallen by this
mans hands. While Lord Bacon was in London
his father was dying in Paris The former, Just
before the decease of his sire, dreamed that his
house plastered all over with black NOR
tar. On the night previous to the at
tack of the French General MasseDa on Lord
Wellingtons position on the Sierra de Baracotte
the troops of the latter had lain down to sleep.
The Colonel who commanded the Connaught
Rangers had not slept long before he started up
in great alarm. and to an officer near him, said;
Don have had a most extraordinary dream,
such as had once before the night previous to
an unexpected battle. Depend upon it
shall be attacked, and that very SOON The
officer spoken to made a hasty tour, and report
ed all quiet and the Colonel went to sleep again.
In less than an hour he was up again, and gave
the alarm just as the French columns were
climbing the hills in front of their position.
a story is related of old laweP in London
who was well off and had place in the country.
where he lived during the holidays with only his
two servants, old married COUPLE who had
been twenty-seven years in his service The
old gentleman was about to eat his dinner at
his home on one occasion, he states, when it
suddenly flashed across his mind: Here [ am,
a lonely old man; nobody cares for me; there is
nobody near to help me if anything should hap
IL
wife have been cheating and robbing me all the
timel What if they want to get rid of
me, and have poisoned this glass of winel" The
consequence was that he did not drink the wine,
but called the butler and complained of being i'll.
When he rang for his servants in the morning
they had both disappeared. An examination re-
vealed the fact that $4,000 worth of wine had
disappeared from the cellar, and the glass which
he had not drank was poisoned.
1t is stated of Sir William Wilberforce that
on one occasion, while sitting on a camp-stool
close TO a river, engaged in reading, something
told him that he might become drowsy and fall
into the water. He accordingly moved back
from the water and some few minutes later did
become sleepy that he fell off the stool fiat
the ground as though dead
Professor Proctor, of astronomical, fame re-
lates how the martyred President Lincoln, at
the last Cabinet meeting which he held, said to
those around him with very solemn face:
Gentlemen, something very extraordinary
is going to happen and that very soon" The
Attorney general observed something good,
sir hope" when the President answered: II
don't know, don't know; but it will happen and
shortly, too" The Attorney general asked:
"Have you received any information sir,
not yet disclosed to usl' No"
answered the President, but I have had
a dream, and l have now had the same dream
three tlmes-once the night preceding Bull
Run, once on the evening before another battle,
and this last night" might one ask the nature
of this dream, sir2" said the Attorney-general,
Mr. Lincoln, who sat with his chin his breast,
replied We'll am on a great, broad, rolling
river and I am in boat, and drift and l
drift-but this is not business, gentlemen las
Secretary Stanton enteredl; let us proceed to
business" President Lincoln was shot down
by Booth the same night