The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-04-24
SAVED eY pResenTIMrMTs.
Strange and Mysterious warnings Hs
in Time To Escnpe Desth.


II want to tell you q story sci
DIR. Moliere. weIl-known physician
to reporter of the San francis6
Chronicle. I'm not a superstition
man. nor do l believe in dreams, ba.
for the third or fourth time In my iih
i was saved by premonition. l go
aboard car No. 81 on the Sutter stfsef
line at the ferry yesterday, to ride y
TO my Office. AS usual. / waIEed
the forward end Of the car. took sen
in the corner with my back to th
driver, and. pulling paper from n-
pocket, was soon deeply engrossed
the news. Suddenly something said Il
me, Go 10 the other end OF the car.
Acting on impulse, 1 changed my seat,
and SO rapid were my movements that
the other passengers in the car noticed
them. Remember, was sitting in the
first place with my back to the driver.
was paying no attention to anything
but my newspaper. and the premonf-
tion, il / may so call it. could not have
come from any outside influence. such
as seeing approaching danger. but.
sir, | had not been in my new seat
more than five seconds when To
tongue of n heavily loaded wagoI
crushed through the side OF ths-cai
just where had been first seated. and
had | not changed my seat my back
would have been broken by the wagon
tongue.
..As 1 said" continued the doctor,
81 am not superstitious, but the iuci-
dent have just related, taken in con-
nection with other incidents OF a SIM
liar nature occurring in my life, make
me believe in spite of myself that there
is a divinity that shapes our ends.
rough-hew them how we will.''
similar warning or premonition of
danger lie had ever received, Or.
Moliere said: well. one time / was
riding on the Michigan Central rail-
road. II was bitter cold night. and
when ! entered the car my feet seemed
frozen. / walked forward and took q
seat next to the stove IN the forward
part OF the car, putting my feet on the
fender. In a short time a gentleman
changed his seat and came aud sat be-
side me. The train was running at q
high rate of speed, and the draught
soon made the beater in the car red
hot. Suddenly there came to me q
premonition of danger, and. turning to
my companion. l said: III we should
meet with an accident. collision. for
instance. you and / would be in q bad
place. We would certainly be hurled
ON red hot stove At the same in
slant. and before my seat mate could
reply. the impulse 20 grasp the end of
the seat came upon me so strong 1
could not resist it aud hardly had my
fingers closed upon the rail of the seat
when there came a crash and the car
we were in was thrown violently from
the track. l ciung to the seat, and
my companion, when thrown forward.
narrowly missed the stove. My posi-
tion in the seat was such that had /
been pitched headlong as he was l
could not have missed the heater. A
broken rail caused the accident, but
what caused me to grasp the seat as
did would like to know"
Speaking of DIR. Moliere's story to q
sporting man. the latter said: We'll.
I've had the same sort of experiences
once or twice in my life. I'm super
stitious. / admit it. OF course fes-
lows laugh at me, but for all that I be-
lieve I've got some sort of a guardian
angel that whispers to me when I'm
in danger. Maybe it's one of the
wrong sort, for they do say the devil
takes care of his own; but wrong or
right as to kind. know one thing eer-
tain. that my life has been saved more
than once. One time was at a race
course and was up in the grand stand.
/ was broke and wanted TO keep away
from the boys. There were not many
people on the stand; it wasn't half
filled. but suddenly felt an impulse
which fairly drove me out of the place.
/ had not got clear down the stairs
when the whole stand went down with
crash. and the fellow who was sitting
right next to me was crushed out of
all semblance to humanity by a great
big beam that smashed the whole row
of seats we were in. That is not the
only time that / have been warned,
and if the what-is-it would only whis-
per to me when / go to put my money
on the wrong horse I'd be q million
aire in a month";