Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-04-25
HEAR MESSAGES FROM THE DEAD
THROUGH SIMPLE MINDED WOMAN

T. therefore,. took the horn and said.
'''hupa DAILY. how did you know my
name was George" Up TO this time I had
peen introduced to the medium also IN her
physician. DR.. c.. as Mr.. Wilson. and was
cNeh 'hen stopping at DIR. G.'s house and
'a''is az MS FAMILY table under the as
sumed name OF Wilson. He came ri1ht
back at me in a very distinct tone. WHY.
! know who you are. You are George
Clawson.' This is the first time thai INV
correct nam had been made known to
those present. outside OF Mr.. Abbott and
Professor Hyslop. MIR. Abbott's mother.
the daughter OF Grandpa Daily. was al
ways known 10 me as Aunt Fannie and
lnreferring to this daughter in this conver-
sation with me ne called her Sarah. l had
never known her by that name. found
upon inquiry that her real name was
Sarah Frances. and when 1 said to him.
Hra;idpa. l do not know your daughter
Sarah. he said. Yes. you do, George; you
always called her Aunt Fannie
Then to test the accuracy of the intel
h4ence communicating. be 1t the medium
or the spirit Of Grandpa Daily. and in or.
der to mislead him. ! asked him n Aunt
Fannie was not a very slender and delicate
woman. He gave a slight chuckle as II
ne enjoyed the joke. and said. George.
you know that she Ia a great big woma
and weighs over 100 pounds
Another instance where Grandma Alb
bolt. who was also the grandmother of
both my cousin MIR. Abbott present and
myself. was supposed to be c~ommunicat.
ing. she referred Tn her conversation IL
"A time when she took sick when visiting his
mouse In Nebraska and referred to some
thing that she ate at dinner as the cause
or the Sickness. i was assured by Mr.. Alb.
bott that the circumstances were correctly
related. The dear old Urn pdrnnt hov t, the
kindness of her heart irsisted on sending
a message to MIR. Abbott's father. who
had been for many years a noted material.
LIST. She said. David. tell him to no long
er be a Doubling Thomas but to pray.
The Spirit Of His Daughter.
About four years ago. after a lingering
sickness. my daughter Georgia passed
away. l was living at that time In st.
Louis. and we had just before my daugh-
ters death been preparing for her wed.
ding to a schoolmate friend of hers. She
appeared ta-Hse +t,- each strtfng had with
Mrs. Blake, and we carried on as rational
u conversation as ii She had been present
in the flesh. When living she had always
called me daddy and she had always call
ed nor mother 'muz.' AT the first meeting
she said Daddy, i am here and want to
talk with you. I am so glad you came
to visit with rue. Why didn't you bring
muz?'
Il had recently. prior to his time,
moved back from ST. Louis to Kansas
city, and in order to test the accuracy of
the information which l was receiving,
and If possible to mislead the medium, If
1t were she that was communicating, |
said Georgia. do You know we have
moved back to st. Joe.' we having al
one time resided in that city.
She came right back at me with the re.
mark Daddy. you know you can't fool me,
you are living In Kansas City again. AS
a test. l ske her several questions as to
where she had gone to school, who were
some or her schoolmate friends
and companions. to all of which questions
she accurately replied.
~ asked her II she knew whore Ark
was. that being the name of the young
man to whom she was engaged. She re-
piled. Yes. OF course i do | asked her
to give me his name in full. and she pro.
nounced the very difficult name of 'Archi.
medes.'
1T was at the last meeting just prior
TO my departure and at the same meeting
that | referred to before in the conversa-
ton between the governor and the Judge,
that the medium kept saying mat there
was the spirit of a young boy who wished
TO talk with his papa. and he became sc
insistent breaking in on the conversations
that [ asked MIR. Abbot, to find out what
he wanted. lie said, 4 want to talk to my
papa. You are not my papa
Many years ago / had buried an only
son who had lived but a few hours, anc
as soon as | took the horn he said: You
are my papa: you are the one l want tc
talk TO. Sister told the to break RICH
into til conversation He said, 4 have
been getting along fine since she came
over here. ! said. Son, what is youi
name He said. Papa. you never gave
me amy name which is true.
My daughter said to me- just before
left. Daddy. will you do ne a favor?
she said. Ark is going to get married tc
a llack-eyed. black-haired girl She said
i want YOU TO tell him that it is all RICH,
with me: that ! do not feel bad about II
like YOU think | would. Conditions here
are so different
II did not know at that time of Mr.
AS intended marriage. but about a week
after | returned to Kansas City from
Huntington | received n letter from Mr.
A. who was then in New York, saying
Daddy. ] wrote you about a month ago,
which would mean at least two weeks be.
fore the conversation with my daughter
referred to above, telling you OF my ap-
preaching marriage to a little dark-eyed
dark haired girl. ard was wondering VIII,
you did not answer my letter when today
in looking thraugh a suit Of clothes Which
! was giving away, l found in the poke,
the letter. which | had forgotten to mail
giving you that Information"
Mr.. Clawson said in conclusion: 81 can.
not explain this mystery and leave tn.
theory as to the cause of the phenomena
TO the reader to supply as may best sui
his Judgment OF tbs subject"