The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1886-03-24

| chair over near the window, where ] sat
still reading in the deepening gloom.
| While my eyes were resting on one
page the printed characters seemed to
slowly disappear from upon the page,
and as though from a dim magic lantern
appeared an oval in which, as plainly as
| anything I ever saw in my life, I beheld
my fathers face 7 was startled, and
asked myself if I was awake or dream
ing. looked again, and there I saw my
fathers face. His features were unmis-
tskably to be seen upon the page, though
they looked pale and waxen. While ]
yet looked the miniature faded away,
the oval followed the picture, and The
printed letters of the book slowly float
ed back upon the leaf. I Immediately
called the attention of a Sergeant to the
strange incident and we, together made
a note of the time. In few days ! re-
ceived a letter from my home, far back
in the States, bearing the sad tidings Of
my fathers demise, and when we made
allowance for the difference in longitude
it was found that the death Of my father
had occurred at precisely the same hour
1 had witnessed the appearance Of his
picture upon the page of my book. The
letter further said, that his last wish
was to see me again and his last words
were of me. I attribute the phenomena
to a strong magnetism as yet not under
stood by scientists.
We're I any sort of a scientist would
try to explain my belief in the same
agent. believe the gentleman saw his
fathers picture upon the book and
believe the old gentleman died at the
same hour. am not one who believes
in effects without causes, and so don't
attribute it to the supernatural. 1t was
powerful magnetism; what earthly agent
carried it know not, but 1 believe an
earthly agent did take it with electric
rapidity to the fort upon the frontier,
and that the day is yet to be when a
similar phenomenon that can hardly be
doubted, will be explained. That is
plausible; but it is unreasonable to sup
pose that any of the idiotic black dog
p and cat omens can indicate approaching
misfortune, because no sensible person
can believe that any agent could work
between the unluclzy signs and those
r who are supposed to suffer therefrom.
I also suspect that the noble Scot
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