Milford chronicle., 1902-04-04
DO GHOSTS EXIST
Rev. DR.. Minot }. Savage lis Certain
That They Do.

That They Do.
''The history of the world is full Of
reported apparitions or ghosts" says
DR.. Minot J. Savage in Ainslee's. do /
such things as ghosts exist? am
perfectly certain that they do. This
does not mean that I feel that I am
ready to explain their origin or nature.
1 simply recognize the fact. Whether
they are purely subjective or whether
they represent some objective reality
this is a question to be settled in each
particular case. have many in
stances in my notes. but they must be
omitted for the present
eaThere is one case, however, which is
Of a very extraordinary kind. 1t oc-
/ Cured about a couple Of years ago
here in the immediate vicinity Of New
York. There was a certain young man
who had been studying abroad. He
had been at Heidelberg university. He
was of anything but an imaginative
temperament Tall and stalwart in
build. he had a reputation as an ath-
llete. His favorite studies were mathe-
NAUTICAL, physical and electrical. He
had returned home from abroad and
so far as anybody knew was in perfect
health. He was at the summer home
of his mother. 1t was his habit after
dinner to 80 out on the piazza and
walk Up and down while smoking his
pipe. One evening he came quietly in
land without talking with anybody
went up to bed. The next morning he
went into his mothers room before she
was up and laid his hand on her cheek
in order to awaken her quietly. Then
he said. Mother, have something
very sad to tell you You must brace
yourself and be strong to bear it. OF
/ course she was startled and asked him
: what he was talking about He said
? Mother, / mean Just what / am say
I ing. | am going TO die, and very soon.
+ "When his mother. startled and trou
bled. pressed him for an explanation. Il,
1 said: Last night when | was walkin;
e NJ and down the piazza smoking
y spirit appeared and walked up ant
n down by my side. 1 have received M
2 call and am going to die The mOthe
n Of course was seriously troubled an
It wondered whether anything might b
d the matter with him. She therefor
e sent for the doctor and told him til
d story. The doctor made careful el
t animation said there was nothing tn
IS matter treated the whole thing as
1t bad dream or an hallucination. tol
e. them to pay no attention to it and sal
IS that within few days they would /
1t laughing at themselves for letting sue
q a thing worry them. The next morl
u ing the young man did not seem quit
lg as well as usual. and the doctor WI
sr sent for second time Again be sai
$, there was nothing the matter an
ne tried to laugh them out of their fears.
IN ~-rhe third morning the young ma
d. appeared in still poorer condition. al
ed the third time the physician was SUI
sh mOned. He now discovered a case
appendicitis. The young man WI
he operated on and died in couple
lie DAYS. From the time Of the visi,
nd until his death not more than Il
as days had gone by. Some time aft
m this experience the mother visited
- psychic mere III New YORK. she ma
mt no previous appointment. but went
ar 4 perfect stranger and waited her tu
ur- The son claimed at once to be prese
ne and told his mother whole series
nd very remarkable things which by
IS possibility could the psychic ever la
Oh known Then in answer to the qu
er' ton. Who was it that you saw IL
ne nighty the question being purpos'
no so framed rs not to seem to refer
-ed anybody out Of the body. lie at OF
ird replied. 1t was my father I
Sc father Ind been dead for some ven
am and the mother had been marr1
md again"