Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-06-19
A FEMALE sooTHsAYTER.
Some 0f Her Marvellous Feats Related by
 Congressman RrookshIre


 Representative E. 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 tho medal. It was hardly thought that Representative Brook shire was serious.
 II was never more 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. 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 0 comfortable man of means lost some money through the failure of a bank and afterward stubbornly refrained from putting his money in one of those institutions 1t 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 we'll that he must have left more currency than she could find in the familiar places. made a 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 1 mentioned. After the usual consumption of cof- fee and distribution of her ancient pack of cards she said he had money buried in the garden It 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 ono 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 secured 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 hill you will meet a man driving to- ward the town with 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- dicted and recovered the colt
 Now, this is but a sample illus tration of about 2O0or 300 cases that are familiarly known to the people of my county.
 How does she do it? I do not know. And although Ivouch for the accuracy of these occurrences I give them up. They are beyond explana- tion. Detroit Free Press.