The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-21

architecture and landscape. He would not DO
likely to hear OF the widow at all unless he were
to inquire for her She has lived In CASTLE all
her life and has been seeing things. hidden
from others, for so many years that the natives
have come to regard her extraordinary power as
q matter Of course. THE SUN reporter asked q
man who sat in front of tho Post ONCE smoking:
rs II true that there is q woman hero who
can find things without knowing when or whore
they were lost ~
Huh 2" said the man looking up in surprise:
you mean the Widow Wade. or course she
does" and he put his pipe back into his mouth
with achucklc At the idea that any body should
question the widows powers. So II is all through
the town. and the surrounding towns too. There
are many highly educated persons In CASTLE.
Some OF them arc quite ready to avow their
faith in the Widow wade's gift OF second
sight" Others do not wish to be quoted on the
subject. but all have given evidence OF their
belief in her power. She makes no boast of her
ability. and exercises It only when requested 20
do so. Another peculiar characteristic. which
distinguishes her from the professional quack.
10 that she will not accept money for her SER
vices. though often urged to do so.
"Since the Lord has sen. this gift' she said
TO tho reporter. " He certainly intends mo to use
IL for the benefit OF my fellow creatures" The
Widow Wade Ia u sincerely pious woman, and
this is her way Of looking at the matter.
Mrs. Wade 10 past go. and for forty years
she has been finding things for her wyom-
ing county neiRhbors. Their feelings toward
her were we'll expressed by an old farmer
named willetts on the outskirts of CASTLE. A
lot OF his grain had been stolen, he said. and
when he appealed to the Widow Wade she told
him where ~ had been concealed. lc went TO
the spot. and sure enough. he found the bags OF
but do you really believe 1t possible that this
woman can possess such powery' he was
II domino, said the, old man. scratching hts
head 10 perplextty, II don't understand how
The Widow Wade owns a little house and
small patch OF ground in the village. but, hav-
Inv nv yisitina round" among her re- relatives sim In
CASTLE ana Pike She Is n pleasant-faced old
of s'' and nd to Talk to them, but She i,
no, fond OF .psakins about her power OF
oy sr wa. sAs Of hSar
Es1msr w Ms,t: and HI; stolen grain When
glass; II ls her only medium" She enzed
- zee two men carrying bags OF grain from
your BORN TO wagon which stands by the
dssciibsd their ttip aion. the road which ran
past the farmers house and on for three or four
miles H Lei they Turned t. the rlfn, and
carefully over the route. which afterward was
found to be the one the thieves had taken. and
ended her statement by telling the farmer that
in the haymow Of a certain barn several miles
away he would IND his grain; and he did.
long used WAS dropped accidentally over the
high banks OF tho Geaessee River. and was not
recovered; Now she has a glass like the former
one. but she complains that she cannot see so
Within tho borders OF Wyoming county II
would b. possible TO get records of n hundred
authentic Instances In which the Widow Wade
has exercised her strange alb lity In unravelling
q well. to-do farmer named Grover. He owned a
farm OF several hundred acres. bounded on
SS Sa to Sns
the farm alone, Mr.. Grover divided II into two
parts. The ono on which his house stood he
gave to his son. and he built another house
for hls married daughter on the other road.
The two houses were therefore at opposite
apart. Old Mr. Grover used to divide his time
between the two. going back and forth across
sons house for his daughter. going through a
strip OF woods that stood in tho middle OF the
farm, A few days later nj. son.in.law hap;
pened to drive over to the Grover house, and
casually Inquired after the old farmer.
"Fnthsr." saa the younger Grover. us at
mo" said tho other. I'VE haven't seen him."
II was at onco sur,nlsed that tho old man had
In the woods. A search was begun but :" snow
storm had covered UP the old mans footprints.
aud Il WAS impossible to follow his course. Tho
search was kept UP for two or three days and
every corner OF the two farms was visited; but
no trace OF the missing man WAS found. Then
with glass In hand, tho old woman gaZrd long
and carefully. Then she told how tho old man
how no picked his way carefully among tho
trees TO avoid the deepest snow, how he came to
The rail- fence which separated the two farm.
and walked along IL for some distance looking
for = convenient spot 10 climb over;
He must have been very tired" sho said,
for he waited here NJ the fence for "a long time
On Tho other side oft are some deep drifts of
snow and there you VII ilnd him, r,.,-
Ana there they found HIM, otter following The
course which the woman had described his
| budy covered By the snow.
Another case IN which tho Widow Wade.s
ter Is vouched FOR by H. j. Frank, a farmer lv-
ine near Castle. Nr; Frank says that one day
said they had heard that he had a sugar evHp-
orator 10 sell. Mr.. Frank told them his price
Tor the evaporation, and. giving them The key 10
| his sugar house. cent them down to the maple
grove TO look ~ IT, Presently they cnino back.
can't pay What YOU ASK. for two pans aro gonc'"
| The farmer felt certain that there were no
parts missing, for he had locked the sugar
| house; but when ho came 10 look, sure enough,
two Of the pans were missing. He told the men
TO come back in n fey days, and meanwhile ho
men had taken tho pans ana hidden them nm
der n certain brush heap In n neigh boring
woods. a quarter OF mile away There the
both these and many other cases are attested
not only by the per4onS directly Interested. but
away children. the Widow Wade Is called upon
| TO - see" them In her glass.
Mrs Wade says she learned OF her power by
accident long before she became n widow. ON
the farm where she lived when ~ young woman
| n tool had been lost Sho found II by looking IN
IA glass. Later she found other things In the
same way, until IL came Ia he accented by her
! family that her vision WAS not bounded by ordi-
nary physical barriers. Many year. ago muir
der was committed in Wyoming county. After
| an unsuccessful hunt for the murderer the AL,
thorities went to the Widow Wade She look ed
In her glass and then descr!bcd one OF the mer
who had been active in tbs search fol
| the murder ms the one who had done
the killing. The mnn was accused, and he pon'
fcshed. The widow does not pretend to be In
fallible; At least, she cannot always see the
object sought distinctly enough to locate IL eX
aotly. Last sprlne John 7. Myers OF the Buffalo