The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-24


toward her were well expressed by an old
farmer named Willetts on the outskirts of
Castillo A lot of his grain had been stolen,
he said, and when he appealed to the
Widow Wade she told him where it had
been concealed He went to the spot, and,
sure enough, he found the bags of grain,
bearing his name.
But do you really believe it possible
that this woman can possess such power?'
he was asked.
II DOMINO" said the old man, scratch
ing his head in perplexity. 81 don't I'M
derstand how it is, but she found my oats. "
The Widow Wade owns little house and
a small patch of ground in the village;
but having no family ties, she passes
much of her time in Visiting round''
among her relatives in CASTLE and Pike
She is pleasant faced old lady and is al
ways willing to receive visitors and to talk
to them, but she is not fond of speaking
about her power of clairvoyance She is
cheerful sometimes even jolly. Her way
OF finding lost articles is very simple.
Take, for instance, the case of Farmer
W1letts and his stolen grain. When he
had told his story to Mrs. Wade, she took
out small glass which looks like any
ordinary glass. 1t is her only medium. -
She gazed fxedly into it for some time
Then she said:
/ see two men carrying bags of grain
from your barn to wagon which stands
by the road, Now they drive to the west. "
Then she described their trip along the
road which ran past the farmers house
and on for tbpoo O1,f O111. i1oC EGIIoro
turned to the right and went up hill, -
she said, and so on. She went carefully
over the route, which afterward was found
10 be the one the thieves had taken, and
ended her statement by telling the farmer
mat IN the haymow of certain barn sew
eral miles away he would find his grain,
and he did
Within the borders of Wyoming county
II would be possible to get records of
nunured authentic instances in which the
WIDOW Wade has exercised her strange
"oulIy III unraveling mystery. Some years
ago There lived near her a we'll to do farm
0r named Grover. He owned farm of
several hundred acres, bounded on two
sues by parallel roads about mile and
mali apart Becoming too old to manage
N@SAAN, AhA' SIONCE OlN1OCu ~ lIlUO
S"o parts. The one on which his house
SVUou ne gave to his son, and he built an
tSlef house for his married daughter on
tIe other road. The two houses were
tueielore at opposite ends of the original
c nnl' nearly two miles apart. Old Mr..
Iio'er used to divide his time between
V"o' gong back and forth across lots.
say IG winter afternoon he set out from his
I pDu mouse for his daughters, going
~, ouSh strip of woods that stood in the
-ll!ucle OF the farm. A few DAYS later his
C c1L-ln law happened to drive over to the
Ever hoSI mousse, and casually INQUIRED after
the old farmer $1,000
I ather, y said the younger Grover. sis
FL your house. isn't beg,,
him. =" WIZ oVler' We haven't seen
~ h,'s aC once surmised that the old man
Ti "een injured or perbars 1-iIlod INV q
nS nmb in the woods A enaIob yyos
sun out snowstorm bod Geo. va , 90
- oiu mans footprints an9 ooYolou up
Was ken+ ~ ~, 1oeio" his course. The search
ery corp po -" p LOT TWO or three days and ev-
bnt M + ,oi VI the two farms was visited.
8Tben ~ W St9ce OF the missing man was found
With r,Ta "aue was called in.
slono anS sass IN hand the old woman oazed
BID s ,, ana carefully. Then She told how tba
hons l tl +, oook the path from his son q
caraf T w. Une woods, how he picled bie vvav
5aoT,a14y among the trees tn avoid tho
Il MI ~ SHOW, how he came to tbe rail fence
alonr. .! SEPARATED the two farms and wal cd
convenient to l,, some distance, looking for q
Gu TI'onU spot to climb over
Bald, S,fo n,u Isl nave been very tired. she
3 Ione III me ne waited here at the fence for
some do Inc IT,. On the other side of it are
O00p uritts of snow, and there Won
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