Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-02
HER GIFT or SECOND SIGHT.
Marvellous Power Accredited to an Ohio
Woman


Some forty years ago in. North eastern
Ohio, before the time of railroads and ho-
tels. SAYS n writer In the Globe Democrat, q
woman and her husband came through
that section, travelling to the West. They
stopped ut my fathers farm and stayed
overnight. and in The course OF the eve
ning's conversation il came out that the
wife. n fresh-faced countrywoman, pos
sessed the gift called by the Scotch second
SIGHT. and which is now generally called
clairvoyance.
She did not 90 into atrance TO see things:
al Just put my hands before my eyes ana
look through my head" said she; cam
not explain il any other way. My eyes are
shut. but they seem TO see right through
nv forehead. / zee them not az see with
nv ewes open. but rs II l looked through q
narrow opening aud could only see one OBJ
ject at time, but that very plainly"
Her Gift was destined 10 be of profit to
nv fathers family, for before the evening
was over my mother begged her to give us
test.
concerns u.s." she said.
The woman covered her eyes, bent her
head forward, and finally said: II see an
old gentleman, very old and very feeble,
dressed in blue broadcloth with orass but
tons and wearing a ruflled shirt. On his
arm is an old lady in yellow chintzgown,
with brown figures in IL. Something ais
her throat il is mufiled up"
And 80 she continued, givIngan accurate
description OF nv grandparents. one or
whom bad died three years before and the
other within few months and describing
the dress they most commonly wore down
10 the mjputest details, which could not
have been given her by the neighbors, for
they had even been forgotten by the fam
lly, and were only remembered when she
mentioned them.
"Can YOU find things that are lost ~
asked nv mother. Maybe you can tell
US who stole Simon's 800"
The woman drew long, quiet breath,
and still. with covered eyes, said: 1t was
not stolen. / think"
right whore put 1t. and when / looked tor
il II was gone"
The woman continued. however, saying ::
"You leave this house by the south door.
You 90 down path more than fifty steps,
then you come TO the barn. No. you do
not stop there. Oh, here IL is, you stop i
think it is chicken-house. Here is nest.
and in the straw lies the money"
Father had been lighting his lantern as
she spoke, and had it ready as she finished,
and hurried down to tho hen-house-we
children racing after him. Sure enough
there in deserted nest, among broken and
added eggs. lay the roll of bills.
II had il in my pocket when l was try
ing 10 set that pcsky yellow hen" said
father, land she struggled and fought SO
that / must have dropped it out IN the
MILE"
When we got back to the house the
woman was chatting pleasantly. with
mother. She would take nothing for her
services, saying that the gilt was from God
and if she were paid for making use OF 1T
il would leave her. However. we prevailed
on her TO spend q week with us. and many
old persons now living who then lived in
that section still remember her and some
of the wonderful tests she gave in finding
lost articles and telling the whereabouts of
those absent