The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-14
TELEPATHY.
incidents Related rs Indicative OF the
Existence Of Thought Transference.

10 THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: / no,
only admire Mr.. Goodwin Smiths writings. but
revere MIN as gentleman who generally
u right Still. In his last two letters TO Tn
| SUN l. think he Is not happy In his arguments
certainly the experiences OF men OF high
standing like himself. Crookes, James. Wal.
iace. Dale Owen and Others should be placed
against his.
Now. while am not believer in appari.
uohs 'and In TACT have grave doubts about q
life hereafter). yet cannot shut my eyes &c
peiief in telepathy. Let me then give YOU
some experiences of my own and If ] mention
names 1t Is because wish to assure your
readers OF their truth;
!. had an aunt. the wife OF my uncle. the
late Francis Wayland. president of Brown
unlversity. Of whom ! had not thought for
aunt only had not thought Of her: One
tn ofnlng, ~ the summer OF 1871 awoke and
vGld my wife that had had strange dream.
W.. that dreamed that there was a family
ulnner at which my aunt came over from her
seat ana, bending over my chair at the table,
m nosed me- IN going down to my office that hat
death!
=, o DR.; s. W. Abbott. the secretary Of the
Of Secretary Hay and myself had not
thought Of him the entire day, though there
after ! received letter from him about some
question connected with classmate-his
Letter letter &, evidently having been written at the
4, j. ON Friday night last tSept. o, dreamed
that called on my old friend DR., Buffet Of
Jersey City. and on going into hi, room
myself. Il wonder II this will prove true.
the same as in the case Of my aunt's DEATH"
La az t. once got up. and going down stairs took
UP The SUN. my paper, and found among the
obituaries notice Of my friends DEATH -.
Now,, call these instances condolences II
once so ,%e viii III ook nto the life
Of pr, wayland, by his sons, the Rev. Lincoln
and the late Dean wayland Of the Yale law
schools school you will find these two anecdotes
When her son,-the subject Of this memoir
was expected home from New York this
Winter Of sl4s Mrs. 41' %ay.nd his r math sn
who ". was sitting with her husband. suddenly
Wake, Tpaiked the room in great agitation. saying.
urgent was her request that her husband
Joined her in prayer for his deliverance from
~ the expected, time he returned. H!s
j appeared that while coming up the Hudson
the sloop had PASSED ID" over f him. He was an
afioat in he could be rescnsd. Was il the IN
parted vision more than natural?"
The narrative goes on further. thus:
w mother Ainnd circumstance in the life q Mrs.
merit recital. At the time of their removal
TO America IT was the DESIGN OF Mr.. Way
land 1.-THE father Of President Waylandl and
his wife to return in a few years and visit the
relatives whom they. had left behind espe-
purpose they often spoke of to each other.
But one morning she faid to her husband. on
waking. Il do not wisl. to return 70 England.
ton Of her III health had been received Her
husband unknown to her made a minute OF
the time Of her declaration and a subsequent
had occurred at about the time at which her
mind was thus impressed
One word more Mr. Goodwin Smith In his
letter OF to-day comparing telepathy with
wireless telegraphy, remarks that the latter
has medium while the former has none.
Pray, on what grounds does he base this
statement St and make such an assertion with
MOUNT VERNON. Sept. ii.