The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-11-06
MYSTERIOUS INFLUENCES
Dreams and Premonitions Which Do Not
Come to Pass Are Forgotten.

Dreams and Premonitions Which DO Not
Come to Pass Are Forgotten.
"I'm going to tell you something
that's true" said a Brooklyn man the
other day to a New York Sun repor-
ter. aye IAN believe it or not, but
it's true. have a cousin who went.
to Europe for her health last year.
While in France she died. Comparing
time between France and America, it
must have been within an hour of her
death that her mother, who was knit
ting in the sitting-room at home laid
her knitting work in her lap and look
ed up with a. sort of stunned expires.
sion. why! Alice is dead!' she said
Next day we got a. dispatch by cable
saying she was dead"
'"There was," said another member
of the party, "a curious illustration OF
mlnd-reading, or spiritual telegraphy,
Or whatever you like to call it, during.
the war. You remember that the bat
lie of Gettysburg was settled on the
Sd of July, though Lee lay on his arms
expecting another attack on the 4th,
and began his retreat that night. The
surrender of Vicksburs occurred on the
4th. Gettysburg and Vicksburg are
800 miles apart, or perhaps more, and
no telegraph message had been re
ceived at Gettysburg announcing the
surrender of Vicksburg-at least, If
there had been, it could hardly have.
reached headquarters before sundown1
on the 4th The 10Th corps had been
drawn up in line on the afternoon OF
the 4th with a view to changing posi-
ton, and was standing at 'in place,
rest,' when one of the soldiers ex-
claimed: 'Vicksburg's taken!' They
passed down the line, and a cheer broke
from the troops. That news and the
certainty that Lee had sustained a
severe defeat put new life into them
But when an attempt was made to
trace the news to official sources it
couldn't be done. That soldier felt it
in his bones,' and had spoken right,
out. Next day dispatches arrived that
proved that the soldier had spokenth
TRUTH
eyes, those things are unaccounta-
ble," said a third speaker. '"The IN
tuitions, Or whatever they are, neednf
be SO very important, either { re-
member that my father was sitting IN
his library one afternoon, when he
took out his watch looked at 1T, and
said: 'E-will be here IN ten min
utes. E-was his brother-in-law,
who lived in a neighboring town. and,
though he called frequently he was not,
expected that day. After he had,
spoken, my father seemed rather sExr-
prised at himself, and laughed q lit
tie awkwardly. My mother asked
how he knew that would be there,
and he said ne didn't know, he haoi
spoken on the impulse ofthe moment
Sure enough, sin ten minutes the beii
rang. E-was at the door. He bad
only come to dinner, and his visit was
not important; but he had somehow
projected his personality ahead OF
him."
Said fourth: "There really is sucis
a thing as seeing beyond the limit OF,
human vision. I'll tell you a little
circumstance that can swear to, and
then let's talk about something else
When was 16 years old Ihad no zzaesre
idea Of going to London than had OF
going to Nova Zembla. I knew prac-
tically nothing about the city. One
night dreamed that was there ia u
park facing some public buildings,
and over the trees and roofs at
Ine flSnU were Ihe UoWSfS ia
Westminster abbey and parlla-
ment buildings. That night an i'm
portant letter was on it's. way SUM
moning me to London Z went there,
arriving just as the man who had writ
ten the letter was leaving his housefor
awalk. Isaw my trunk safely slowed >
and then went along with him. We
strolled out to St.James' park to fear
a band play. At onepoint in theIsarl>
I looked behind me, and there Was IKE
picture Ihad seen in my draams-trees,
towers, public buildings, and an-
Before Invent there hadn't the slight-
est idea how the city was built, Eor
aught I knew st. Pauls Westminster
abby, Temple Bar, ard the British,
museum stood in q row on one street
How did manage in a dream to see,
those buildings east of St. James pork
just in the position and size, shape,
and color that they really haye2ss'