Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-01-27
TALES ABOUT GHOSTS.
CLEANED FROM SEVERAL Az
THENTlC SOURCES.
An ApparitiOn That ForetOld Death -
Experience y New England Cler-
gyman - Incidents That
Seem Supernatural.

Rev. Minot Savage in the Arena
gives we'll authenticated cases illus.
trating the mysterious powers OF
psychometrists clairvoyauts me-
diums and other gifted persons. Most
OF his anecdotes are taken from his
seances with Mrs. liper. lady who,
to put it roughly knocked the bottom
out of the skepticisms OF the Psychic
al Research Society. When Mr.. Saw
age first saw her she Immediately de-
scribed the spirit of his father and
said that his father told her that they
called MIR. Savage 'Judson. which
was a habit his father had during his
sons youth, which he. however dis.
continued fifteen years before his
death
She also said that he had a peculiar
bare spot on his head on the right
hand side. The bald spot was the
result OF burn which had occurred
before MinOt Savage was born. He
gives several other cases like that
Mr.. Savage then tells a somewhat ex-
traordinary story OF little girl OF IL.
the spirit OF whose grandfather
watched over her saving her from
all fear OF being in the dark. On
another occasion she saw and minute
ly described to her father a young
lady with whom he had been in love
before he fell in love with her mother
and gave information which was cer-
tainly not known to her.
Mr.. Savage brings his paper to a
close by telling an interesting story
of the way in which a clergyman in
one OF the New England states sud.
| denly experienced a very strange and
| powerful nervous shock as il an cleo
trical current had been applied to the
base of his brain and passed down his
whole body to his feet Immediately
he saw tho face and form of a gentle
man who was a stranger to him. but
who bore some sort of a semblance
to his friend who eat near He also
saw his name and then he heard al.
though not by his ears. the following
message:
Tell my brother that a piece OF
property which l once owned, and
which by death fell to heirs and is
now owned by my brother is In dan
ger OF being lost to him. He must
look after it at once or it will pass
| out OF his hands.
Mr. b. at once replied. however:
1T is not possible that this can be
true. have all my tax-bills on the
various properties which l own in
Nebraska. II is a mistake. ~
A few days later Mr.. l.. the
psychic sailed for vacation trip TO
Europe. He was absent several
months.
On his return he met Mr. b. one
day. and he said: oh. about that
matter in Nebraska. l looked over
my papers soon after you went away
and found that one of my tax bills on
a certain piece Of property was miss
ing. felt sure that had received
it. But l found that ! had been mis-
taken. l at once wrote to my agen,
in Nebraska and requested him tc
send the tax bill to me. The agen,
wrote that through his own over
sight the lessee had been allowed Il
pay the tax on the property and hac
taken as security what is called n Ia
lien. The payment OF these taxes
and the taking OF such liens for ;
certain length of time will in the enc
entitle the lessee TO a warrantee dec
! OF the property.
Mr. Savage concludes by saying:
The story is authenticated in suct
. a way as would make it good evi
! dence in the hands OF any Judge OF
before any jury in christendom.
! The Victorian Quarterly. publishes
in Jamaica contains an article by
: N. Mclaughlin on Second Sight,
. which tells the story OF an apparitiol
at the moment OF death. The writer
! when 8 or 3 years Of age about Ia,
in the afternoon. was playing will
his brother when
!. Suddenly lifting my head sa,
approaching from the west along tn
: private path. an old man. who's
!. countenance naturally forid wa
now evidently paler than was i,
: won't He wore light whiskers an
! beard. the LITTER shorn away from til
chin bur leaving a deep fringe unde
the throat and his face was otheI
=. wise clean shaven
Z HE was dressed in white duo
trousers and q shirt made from cal
)" co printed with alternate plain an
Il figured stripes once OF violet hue. br
now pale from washing; both article
~ of dress evidently just put on. ri
d absence OF other garments was not a
uncommon circumstance in a seas iG
Z village such as ours was. but cal
not now distinctly remember wheth,
he wore boots or hat or both. /
was a perfect stranger to me- ar
walked leisu:ely BY. with nothing u
natural about him. except that h
gaze was fixed intently before a,
that he took no notice whatever
me or my companions though
was only II few yards away
al His playmate saw nothing. a,
when he told his father he said:
am sure that Mr. ". must be dead
US mentioning The name Of an elder