The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-12
SHE SEES THE UNSEEN.
THE UfDOW WIDE or Castillo AM
HER PECULIJK POWLR.
said to Have second sight-Residents q
Her Town Tell of fhe Cases in Which
She Has Demonstrated Her Ability.

On most places when persons lose
things they try to get them back. either
| by looking for them or by advertising.
In the town OF CASTLE, New York. it is
different. There. If anything OF value is
lost the loser consults the Widow Wade
The local stories OF the Widow Wades
achievements in finding lost articles would
ba incredible If there were not many
trustworthy witnesses TO youch for
every one Of them.
CASTLE is a small town in a fine farm
| Ing country. and one would think that
the residents Of the place would look
upon the Widow Waco as the one hon
I Oh the neighDOrnOOd but they done \
/ stranger visiting the village is taken
/ nIst OF all 10 see the water cure, as the
/ Blk sanitarium which stands on hill
/ near Dy Is cal ed. and then 10 look over
/ the trivial features OF town architecture
and landsc- -. lie would not be 1 likely
to hear % rhe widow at all unless he
| were 10 INQUIRE for ner. She has lived
/ in CASTLE 20 hey lie and has been seeing
/ things, hidden from others, Tor so many
/ years, that the natives nave come TO re-
/ CARA her extraordinary powers as
matter of course. The sun reporter ask
cd Il man who sat ia front oil the post
/ Office smoking.
is IL true that there IS woman here
who can lind things without knowing
when or where they were lost?'
huh:' said the man, looking up in
/ surprise. you mean the Widow Wade.
/ or course she does. Ana ne put his
pipe back into his Cuth with a chucSie
al the IDEA that anybody should question
/ the widow powers. so II is all through
! tho town, and the surrounding towns
I too. There are many highly educated
/ persons in CASTLE. some OF them are
quite ready to ayow their faith in the
Widow Wades gift OF second sight
| Others do not wish TO be quoted on the
subject, but all have given evidence of
I their belief in her power. She makes no
| boast of her ability, and exercises II only
when requested TO 90 50. Another pc
/ Culldr Characteristic, which distinguishes
her from the professional quack, IS that
Sic Will not accept money for her SER
| VICES, though often urged 10 do 50.
since the Lord has sent this sift,'
She said 10 the reporter, lie certainly
intends me TO use IL for the benefit OF my
| tclIOW-cIeatures." The Widow Wade is
sincerely piOus woman and this Is her
way of looking at the matter,
Airs. Wade is past sixty and for forty
years she has been nnding things Tor
her wyoming county nelghbOrs. Their
feelings toward her were well expressed
hv au old farmer named WIlletts on the
outskirts OF CASTLE A lot OF his grain
had been sOlon. he said and when he APP
pealod 10 the Widow Wade she told him
where 10 had been concealed. lie went TO
the spot. and. sure enough. he found the
BAGS OF grain. bearing his name.
But do you really believe IL possible
that this woman can possess such pow
cry' he was asked.
Il domino" said tho old man. scratch
ing his head ina perpleNity IL don't UNI
derstand how 10 is, but she found my
oats"
The Widow Wade owns a little house
and a small patch OF ground in the VII
iare but having no family ties she
passes much Of her time In visiting
round among her relatives In CASTLE
and Pike. She is a pleasant-iaced old
lady. and is always willing 10 receive
visitors and TO talk % them. but she Is
not fond of speaking about her power or
c'airvoyancc. She IS cheerful. sometimes
even Jolly. Her way OF finding lost ar
ucles is very simple. Take. for instance.
the case OF Farmer Willetts and his
stolen grain. When he had told his story
10 Mrs Wade she took out q small glass
which looks Ike any ordinary glass: II
is her only medium. She gaZed hNedly
into IL for some time Then she said;
"I see two men carrying bags or grain
from your barn to n wagon which stands
lv tho road Now they drive 10 the west.
Then she described their trip along the
road which ran past the farmers house
and ON for three or four miles. iere
thcv turned 10 the right and went up
HIM." she said. and 30 on. She went
carefully over the route. which after
ward was found 10 be the one the thieves
had taken. and ended her statement by
TELLING the farmer that I'm the haymow or
q certain barn several miles away ne
would find his grain. and he did.
Two years ago the glass that the WI
dow had long used was dropped accl-
dcntallv over the high banks OF the Ge-
ncssoe river and was not recovered. Now
She has n glass like the former one. but
She complains that she cannot she 50
clnoriv in IL as Bon the Old one.
Within the borders of Wyoming country
Il would be possible 10 yet reCor1s or
20 hundred authentic Instances an when
the Widow Wade has exercised her
50 nnce ability .n unr7vo'iIs my StcfN-
Some years ago there lived near her
woll-to-do farmer uamed ir)vcr. lie
owned a farm n several hrnCr,i acres.
founded on two sIicf by o7-a ~ ro1ds.
about n mile and n half apart. BECOMING
too old 20 manage the farm alone. Mt.
Grover divided ~ into two parts. the
one on which his house stood he gave
TO his son. and he built another house
for his married daughter on the other
road. The two houses were therefore
az opposite ends 81 the original farm.
nearly two miles apart. Old Mr.. Gro
yer used to divide his time between TIE
two. going back and forth across lots.
one winter afternoon he set out from
his sons house fer his daughters. going
through n strip of woods that stood IN
the middle Of the farm. a few days
later his son-in-law happened 10 drive
over 10 the Grover house and casually
inquired after the old farmer.
Father" said the Younger Grover, us
at your house. isn't he2'
NO" said the other we haven't seen
him"
IL was AZ once surmised that the Old
man had been injured or perhaps killed
bv a falling limb I'm the woods. a
search was begun. but a snow-storm had
covered up the old mans footprints ana
II was impossible TO follow his course.
The search was kept mp fer two or three
davs. and every corner Of the two farms
was visited but no trace Of the missing
man was found. Then the services or
the Widow Wade were called in.
with glass in hand. the Old woman
razed long and carefully. Then she told
how tho old man took the path from ms
eon's house 20 the woods how he picked
his way carefully among the trees TO
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