The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24

occurred what was known, and isls
stfll remembered by many, as "the
Ashtabdla disaster" u ..& -. ssssessts
Before the train pulled out from
Boston had enteerd the fated sleep.
er with the Intention of securing
berths for lady friend and myself.
We had barely taken our seats when
! heard-or thought I heard-these
words: "A wreck, q wreck: get out Of
this car, get out of this car"
Il recognized it as the still small
voice that came to warn US of ap-
preaching danger. It was . Fremont
ton received through impression. The
Impression came as words; yet I can
not say that I actually heard them
(clairvoyantly) and I am sure that
my friend did not hear them. Suhice
it to say needed them. We left the
train, but not until l resorted to a lit
tie ruse to meet the prejudice of my
friend, who had no patience with
what she called my "eccentricities"
lacking better word.
To prevent any anxiety ON the part
of her father, at whose request l was
accompanying the daughter, I imme-
diately telegraphed him of our delay:
and then, after the train had pulled
out, I took back the little white lie I
had told for the purpose of saving her
life-and NINE
She did not believe my premonition
not then; not until we had passed
safely over that great gully at Ashta-
bula, and she, with shudder, looked
down into that yawning chasm and
partially retlized what might have
been" had it not been for my "eccen-
tricities.'
AS is well known, not passenger
escaped from that sleeper; hence the
question naturally arises, why
| should YOU be the only one to receive
| the warning messenger"
l am not sure that l was, but / ana
sure that l was the only one who
! needed.
l am often asked why I did not
| warn the others. Because tho warn.
ing would not have been accepted and
I would have been looked upon as a
| fit subject for the lunatic asylum. Be-
sides, had the passengers really be-
lieved it, there would have been such
| an exodus that the railroad officials
would have probably looked me up"
and then locked me up" for disturb
| ing the peace.
During the civil war I was, for a
short time, quite i'll while in camp.
| A comrade called at my tent and in
sisted on my going with him to his
! tent. l told him that was out of the
question. He was impelled by an un-
known power (Which neither of us
then understood) and would Tot take
no for an answer. He raised me to
my feet and, with the aid Of another
comrade, l was being helped to his
tent, which We had not yet reached
when. with terrible crash, tree fell
across my tent, deeply burying into
the ground the blanket upon which !
had just been lying.
Telepathy?' l think not. Clairvoy-
ance? Without doubt. My own sub.
jective mind undoubtedly perceived
the danger, but for some unaccounta.
BILE reason my objective mind did not
get the impression. My comrade was
impelled to act quickly. The only
telepathy was from my subjective
mind to his, but that was after the
danger had been perceived by my
| subjective mind. 1t was, it Is true. a
roundabout way. but the object was
accomplished. 1t could not have been
| telepathy, as by no possibility could
the knowledge of the accident. to- be
have been in anyone's else mind
The night before Lincoln's assas-
sination he had dream of his ap-
preaching death, and on the evening
of it's fulfillment he was narrating 1t
to Stanton. Booths mind was neces-
| sarily intent on his murderous plan
| for days before the assassination, and
| especially SO during the hours imme-
| diately preceding the moment when
the murderous scheme was to be put
| into operation. Lincoln, you will OBJ
serve, was duly warned, but he heed
| ed it not. His subjective mind per-
ceived it, not necessarily clairvoy.
antly, but possibly GEOGRAPHICALLY, as
| it existed in the mind Of Booth. In
either case it furnishes, us fine ex.
ample of premonition; it's origin, it's
accuracy; it's benefits, when needed:
its inevitable results when unheeded
In conclusion l desire to say that
| the foregoing articles have been writ
ten with the hope of interesting those
who have heretofore given no thought
to the subjects included in Psychic
Phenomena; to clear away the
clouds that have obscured the broader
| view of the seeker after psychological
facts; to encourage everyone to step
over the threshold into that larger
life that awaits them here.
1.-THE Now is eternal and will be for
ever;
There is not future, nor will there
be ever;
We clutch no Tomorrow no matter
how clever,
1t 8 To-day ana To-Day; tomorrow
comes never,
I know it's so here, and it may be for:
ever"
If you wish to come in touch with
your higher self you should learn to
listen to the promptings of that still
small voice-the sleepless sentinel on
the watchtower of the human soul.
Listen we'll, heed we'll, and all will