Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-06-19
A eEMAlE sooIHsAYER.
Some of Her Marvellous Feats Related by
 Cou0resSman BrOOlgshire.


 Congressman BrOOkshire. Representative k. V. Brookshire, ! who represents the Terre Haute district of Indiana and is one of the
 brightest and keenest young mem
 berS of the house gave an account
 of the performance of a woman who
 lives in his own town of Crawfords-
 vile. This story was regarded by those who heard it at the time as en- titled to the medal It was hardly thought that Representative Brook shire was serious.
 'I was never moro in earnest in my life, said Mir Brookshire, than when I related what this woman has done and can do. Whatever I said does not lack support, for it is known of every one within 20 or 30 miles of Charlottesville, where she lives. l do not profess to explain or even to try to explain how or why she does these things, but the fact remains that she has repeatedly made as- founding revelations. Why. she finds all the lost horses and cattle in that part of Indiana, and within the last half dozen years she has recov- cred 300 or 400 head of horses and cattle. Her methods? Why, she drinks three or four big cups of strong coffee, shuts her eyes, deals a we'll worn pack of cards and pro- ceeds to business. Among my own relatives I know of one remarkable case of her strange power.
 An uncle of mine who was comfortable man of means lost some money through the failure of bank and afterward stubbornly refrained from putting his money in one of those institutions. It was his habit for many years to secret his money about the house in one place or an- other He died suddenly without leaving any statement of where his money was to be found, and his wid- ow, knowing well that he must have left more currency than she could find in the familiar places, made thorough search of all the buildings on the farm, but found no trace of it. Finally she was induced to visit the old lady whom I mentioned. After the usual consumption of oof- fee and distribution of her ancient pack of cards she said he had money buried in the garden. 1t was buried at such and such a time, in just such a place, and my aunt returned home and found it in exactly the place in- dicated, amounting to about $500.
 But this is only one of many cases. One of the most prominent men in our city lost a valuable colt which he believed had strayed in a southerly direction from town. He all that part of the country without getting any sign of his lost property. Then he, too, went to our familiar witch. There was the same process, after which she said: You have been looking for this colt; you have been looking south of the city; you should look north. Now, you get into your buggy and drive north | of the town to a certain fork of the | road (which she named), turn to the | right, and as you ascend the second bill you will meet a man driving to- ward the town with a load of wood. | He knows where your colt is and | will tell you. He did as directed, | met the man exactly as she had pre- icted and recovered the colt.
 "Now, this is but a sample illus ration of about 2OOor 300 cases that Ire familiarly known to the people )f my county.
 How does she do it? I do not now. And although Ivouch for the of these occurrences I give hem up. They are beyond explana- ion. Detroit Free Press.