The evening times., 1896-03-12
DIRECTED By 1 DREAM
Brother and Sister United After
Years Of Absence.
PRAYED IN THE MOUNTAINS
Jacob StiIlwagner's Desire TO Find
His Long Lost Relatives Grntified.
Remarkable Story of How He
Discovered the whereabouts of One
of Them-HistOry of the Family.

| shamokin, Pa, March 12.-Jacob Still
wagner, an aged resident of Boydtown, a
small village three miles east OF shamokin.
has Just returned from stetsonville, Wis,
and tells Il remarkable story of how he and
one of his iong-lost sisters were reunited
through the medium of his prayers and
dreams.
lie claims that he was born In Iowa sixty
| five years ago, where he lived, together
with his parents, u sister and two brothers.
until he arrived at the age Of seven years,
when both of his parents died suddenly,
| leaving the four small children vii hout any
means OF support. Kind ncighbors provided
vided for the little ones until permanent
homes could be found for them. but within
| Il year of their great bereavement they were
| scattered far apart, and soon lost all trace
of each other.
Mr.. Stilwagner says that his adopted
parents drifiel Eastward. and just as he
| arrived at the age OF manhood he Iocateii
at Boydtown. where he has since resided.
DIRECTED BY PRAYER.
He made frequent attempts to find some
trace of his brother and sisters as the
years passed by. but IL was not until early
last fail int hc met with any success in this
direction.
Then, while walking across the mount
ain from Boydtown to Shamokin. he was
seized with an overwhelming desire to
find his long-iost relatives. and. kneeling
on the fallen autumn leaves, earnestly
prayed God TO direct his steps toward his
brother and sisters and allow hem to be
reunited before being called to their eternal
home. The desire to find his loved ones be-
came the sole object OF Stillwagner's re-
manning da ys, and about three weeks after
his pra yer in the forest lie dreamed That he
was at Stetsonville Wis. where he found
his sister from whom he had heard no
tidings for more than half century.
He distinctly saw the interior OF her
home, and had her features and the eX-
ternal surroundings OF her home irdelibly
stamped upon his brain.
When he related this dream to his friends
they laughed and tried to convince the Old
gentleman that 1t was merely the result OF
his continual thinking and talking on the
subject that was absorbing all OF his time
and attention. He cou.d not be discour-
aged however. and resolved 10 investigate
on the lines laid out in his dream.
HIS SISTER FOUND.
The name OF his sister. the most impor-
tanu clue. had not been revealed TO him
in his midnight vision. but he commuDi-
Gated with the postmaster OF the little Wis
consin village. describing the house and
inmates he had seen. and closed by asking
whether such a habitation and family
really existed there.
Several weeks passed before lie receivd
reply. but the anxiously looked for
letter gave the history OF the woman occu-
pying the home he described. and convinced
Stillwagner that IL really was his sister.
So confident was he on this point that he
left for Wisconsin, and upon his return
East he startled his friends by announcing
that the woman he dreamed OF was none
other than his missing sister. who is now
surrounded by happy family.
Mr.. stillwagner adds that since his re-
turn East he visited Philadelphia, where
he found acquaintance OF the family that
had adopted his sister now residing in
Wisconsin. who verified her story and
completely established her identity.
His remarka bic story is vouched for by
the Methodist minister of whose church he
is member. and the aged dreamer is now
earnestly imporing God TO give him
traces OF his two missing brothers.