Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-10-03

] have been for some years the medical
adviser of famiIywhom. for convenience.
/ shall cali the F-s. Ahout two wears
ago this family lost a young baby. bnt
We're shortly consoled los the arrival of
another. This was a beautiful little girl.
who became the pet OF the family but
especially that Of her oldest brother, q
young man just reached his mli0rity. He
was am employe OF one OF our railroad,
and was often from home, but when there.
was the lnseparable companion of the
little Minnie. whose love for him vsls most
devoted. Unable to talk, she would always
give peculiar little cry of welcome whel-
ever She caught sight of HIM. when Be
would return from his trips. 1t was whiia
be was away ON one of these that the falul-
" was aroused one night los the baby 81
ing tins cry of welcome to her brother
Thinking she was dreaming the mother
ran to the cradle and found chat the little
thing mad drawn itself up to IA sitting
position, and. wide awake, was stretching
It's arms toward, the door This door wa,
standing ajar though Mr. F. remeu-
hered locking and boIrIng it himself on re-
firing The family was rendered very un-
easy by these two Circumstance taken toe
gether, and their fears We're confirmed
next morning by the arrival of @ telegram
announcing the accidental death on the
road of the son and brother Sngurai.y
enought, too, his death occusreda the very
hour of the night when the baby had
awakened them
Mittle Minnie since this has often been
heard when alone In her room to laugh
and COO as if iu play with some one and
will occasionally turn to the door with her
old cry OF Joyous greeting stretching her
arms out as ii 10 embrace some one. Sew
eral times ON entering the room where
Minnie has been left alone her mother has
found her cradle being rocked TO and fro.
The little girl will sometimes look upward
and prattle rs children do when they see
another child and try 70 artluIate the
word baby. The mother believe, that
she sees ON these occasions the spirit of
the little child who died before her birth,
but Mr. F. man Of an unusual practical
turn of mind was at first inclined ~ be
skeptial On the subject at the supernatural
visions seen By his child. and asked me TO
ascertain if it, brain were mot affected.
examined it carefully. Watching it closely
for some time and, | can testify that
morg intelligent. brighter, and happier
little creature does not exist During one
Of my visits was sitting with her i'm my
arms when the wind, as supposed, blew
open the door. Little Minnie looked
around careIesslv. bat her face instantly
frightened, and she scrambled down from
my Jap and ran to the door whitman nmis-
taxable expression ON her littie face, hold
ing up her arms as if She expected 70 be
taken The door was quickly closed again,
and the little girl came back to me, her
eyes filled with tears of disappointment. as
she tried toteIl me some one was Gone,
Hitherto have been an unhelieyer In spir-
ituaIism Of any sort. but am convinced
that little Minnie + actually sees and
holds communion with the spirits Of her
departed baby sister and brother There
is absolutely no explanation of the little
thing conduct. for she is nov rs months
old and her brother died last February,
so it is impossible that She could remem-
Der HIM if she has not seen him since.