River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-04-23

bGlOIG Tie dlA pul4CO OuI 1IOli
Boston I had enteerd the fated sleep
er with the intention of securing
berths for a lady friend and myself.
We had barely taken our seats when
[ heard-or thought heard-these
words: "a wreck, a wreck; get out of
this car, get out of this car"
recognized 1t as the still small
voice that came to warn us of ap-
preaching danger. 1t was Fremont
ton received through impression The
impression came as words; yet I can
not say that l actually heard them
(clairvoyantly) and | am sure that
my friend did not hear them. Suffice
it to say l needed them. We left the
train, but not until l resorted to 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, / imme-
diately telegraphed him of our delay;
and then, after the train had pulled
out, took back the little white lie /
had told for the purpose of saving her
life-and mine
She did not believe my premonition
not then; not until we had passed
safely over that great gully at Ashta-
bula, and she, with a shudder, looked
down into that yawning chasm and
partially retlized what might have
been" had it not been for my "eccen-
tricities"
AS is we'll known, not passenger
escaped from that sleeper; hence the
| question naturally arises, "Why
should you be the only one to receive
the warning message?"
am not sure that l was, but / am
sure that l was the only one who
needed
l am often asked why dsd not
warn the others. Because the warn
ing would not have been accepted and
| would have been looked upon as
| 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 Cooked me up
and then locked me up for disturb
| ing the peace.
During the civil war I was, for
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
l 10 hXyo
| known power (Which neither of us
| then UNDERSTOOD and would not 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 a terrible crash tree fell
across my tent, deeply burying into
the ground the blanket upon which !
had just been lying
Telepathy? | 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
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 a 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 a fine ex-
| ample of premonition; it's origin, its
accuracy; it's benefits, when needed;
it's inevitable results when unheeded.
In conclusion I 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.
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,
It's To-day and Today tomorrow
comes paver
| 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 well, heed well, and all will
be we'll
Copyright 1907 by Joseph b Bowles)