The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-08-22
Mysterious Influences.
Ne,o York Sun.

'1'm going to tell you something
that's true," said Brooklyn man the
other day. "You can believe it or not,
but its true. I have a cousin who went
to Europe 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 knitting in the sitting
room at home, laid her knitting work
in her lap and looked with a sort OF
stunned expression. 'Why! Alice is
dead i she said. Next day we got a
dispatch by cable saying she was dead. "
"There was," said another member
of the party, ga curious illustration of
mind-reading, or spiritual telegraphy,
or whatever you might like to call it.,
during the war. You remember that
the battle of Gettysburg was settled on
the 3rd of July, though Lee lay on his
arms expecting another attack on the
4th, and began his retreat that night.
The surrender of Vicksburg occurred
on the 4th. Gettysburg and Vicksburg
are eight hundred miles apart, or per-
haps more, and no telegraph message
had been received at Gettysburg an
nouncing the surrender of Vicksburg-
at least, if there had been, it could hard
ly reach headquarters before sundown
on the 4th. The Twelfth corps had
been drawn up in line on the after
noon of the 4th with view to changing
position, and was standing at place
rest, when one of the soldiers exclaim-
ed, 'Vicksburg's takenP The word
passed down the line, and cheer broke
from the troops. That news and the
certainty that Lee had sustained 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 the soldier had
spoken the truth"
eyes, these things are unaccounta-
ble," said third speaker. The intui-
tions, or whatever they are, needn't be
so important either. l remember that
my father was sitting in his library one
afternoon, when he took out his watch,
looked at it, and said: E will be
here in ten minutes E. was his
brother-in-l who lived in a neigh
boring town, and, though he called
over frequently, he was not expected
that day. After he had spoken, my
father had seemed surprised at himself,
and laughed little awkwardly. My
mother asked how he knew that E
would be there, and he said he didn't
know; he had spoken on the impulse
of the moment. Sure enough, in ten
minutes the bell rang. E-was at the
door. He had only come to dinner,
and his visit was not important, but he
had, somehow, projected his personality
ahead of him."
Said a fourth: "There really is such
thing as seeing beyond the limit of
human vision. I'll tell you little cir
cumstance that / can swear to, and then
let's talk about something else. When
wac rG ycaro old I had no more idea
of going to London than l had of going
to Nova Zembla. I knew practically
nothing about the city. One night I
dreamed that l was there in park ia
cling some public buildings, and over the
trees and roofs at the right were the
towers of Westminster abbey and par
Lament buildings. That night an i'm
portant letter was on its way summon
ing me to London. l arrived there as
the man who had written the letter was
leaving his house for walk. saw my
trunk safely slowed and went along
with him. We strolled out to St. James
park to hear band play. At one point
in the park / looked behind me, and
there was the picture l had seen in my
dream-trees, towers, public buildings
and all. Before l went there l hadn't
the slightest idea how the city was built.
For aught 1 knew St. Paul's, Westmin-
lister abbey, Temple bar and the British
museum stood in row on one street.
How did 1 manage in dream to see
those buildings east of St. James park
just in the positions and size, shape,
and color that they really were7"