The western sentinel., 1894-01-25
THE GREAT BEYOND.
QUEER HAPPENINGS TINGING OF
THE SUPERNATURAL.
Is There Such Thing as Transmission
of Thought Between Persons at
a Great Distance?

a Great Distance?
From the greensboro Record
That occurrence related by Mr.. C..
ID. Benbow and published in the
Record of Tuesday, brings to mind
other similar things.
Mr.. Benbow, our readers will re-
member, was positive that he heard
Greensboro's fire alarm IN Mt. Airy
on Friday morning last at O'Clock,
when the alarm wasactually sounded
here at that time. Of course it was
impossible for him to hear it, but
that he vas in some way made aware
that it was sounding is indisputable.
How it was done is the point.
Such things are not of every day
occurrence, though we occasionally
hear OF them and often, as in the
above, the evidence is positive that
there is such thing as transmission
of thought, not only between in
dividuals, but things are received by
one person which happened In far
away places.
Here is an instance which happen
ed in Greensboro in 1853 or 1853:
The first wife of Mr.. Jas. w. AL
bright was a Miss Crowson. Just
before the war her brother, whose
name was Robert, lett for Missouri
to reside.
One day perhaps in 1859, after this
brother, had been In Missouri for
some time, servant came to MIR.
Albright's place of business and told
him his wife was in great grief and
asked him to go to the house.
He did SO and found her convulsed
with grief and unable, for some mo.
ments to tell him troubles. Finally
between sobs she said that while sit
ting in her room sewing she suddenly
saw her brother and another man
engaged in a fight. Other parties
separated them before any damage
was done-that they then apparent
ly became reconciled, her brother re-
marking to the other party-''if you
are satisfied l am, and we'll let 1t
go'-that he then turned to leave,
but as he did so the other man sud
denly drew pistol and fired, hitting
CrowsOn in the back and inhicting a
mortal wound Mrs Albright con-
tinued and said that physician
w ob CoiICo Wuo koNC ~ Clo MIS- vi
that he could not live more than two
days.
Of course Mr.. Albright ridiculed
the idea of there being any truth in
her vision, or whatever she chose to
call it, but it was indellibly impressed
on her mind and she continued to
speak o: it, anxiously waiting for a
letter, which Mr.. Albright and others
declared would never come-at least
if it did it would contain no such
tidings.
Every effort to divest her mind of
the affair was fruitless, though she
became quiet and composed, or as
Others now say, resigned, for all her
actions showed that she was positive
that her vision WAS correct.
1t required some time for a letter
to travel from Missouri to Green's
boro in that day, but in due course
Of time one came. Tue writing on
the envelope was not in the hand of
Mr.. Crowson, though it bore the post
mark of the place where he was liv-
ing.
We do not now remember the par
ticulars, whether Mr.. Albright opened
the letter or gave it to his wife, nut it
was from a friend of Crowson's and
went on to state that on certain
day Crowson had been shot in the
hack as he turned to leave, that he
lived two days and died.
AS far as possible it was ascertained
that the hour when it occurred was
about the same time as Mrs Albright's .
vision while the day was the same
beyond dispute.
Here is another of later date:
All our people remember Mr. Thomas
Owens-"Tom," as everybody called
him-who was in the collectors office
here for several years.
He lett here perhaps in 1878 for the
South, where he intended to look
around with a view OF settling. He
was there during the prevalence OF
yellow fever.
One morning the writer came to his
place of business and asked Others in
the office it they had heard that
"Tom" Owens was dead. They had
not and made inquiries. The writer
was poitive some one had told him,
but was unable to locate the party.
SOOu H1rS OW0ub, VINO IL Sc0LIH, udO
not heard from her husband in some
time, came to see the writer and
made inquiries, but he was unable
and is to this day unable to account
for how he obtained the information.
1t may have been a dream but il so il
was totally unlike any he has ever
had before or since.
The substance of his information
was that Mr. Owens had heard of 6
friend in Mississippi who was ill with
yellow fever and had gone to him
finding him .dead-that he remained
against the advice of others, anC
assisted in burying him, afterwards
taking the fever himself and dying
with it.
Much investigation was made ant
finally Mr. Owens friends here becam
convinced that the writer was lyins
and SO paid but little more attention
| co it.
In few weeks, however, Mrs Owen
received a letter bearing tidings o
her husbands death, and the partic
ulars were Identical with those re
| lated by the writer.
These stories are absolutely true
there is no flake" about them.
Explain it.
Business ImprovfnE'tn tho South.