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"Strange Phenomenon
Verified by One of the Best Old Ladies in Denton County:
Mrs. L. N. MUSE, an old lady sixty-six years of age, a member of the Methodist
church of 40 years standing, living on the Shahan prairie, twelve miles east of
Denton, and two miles west of Little Elm, in this county, was the beholder of
one of the most singular phenomena we have ever been called upon to record.
On the 7th of last May her grandaughter, Miss Ella GILBERT, about 15 years of
age, was lying at the point of death. Mrs. MUSE lay upon a bed in an adjoining
room at the residence of Mr. S. A. GERALD, feeling a little unwell. As she lay
upon the bed, four little boys came and sat on the side of the bed, and a man
stood at the head. Two of the boys were her own children, who had died when
quite young, and two were her grandsons
Jimmie SLADE and Ezekial GILBERT, who
also died young. The old lady did not see the face of the gentleman at the
head of the bed, but thinks it was Mr. Henry GILBERT who died about ten years
ago. She says they sat upon the bed and conversed until Mrs. O. C. TUNNICLIFF,
a near neighbor, entered the room, when they disappeared. When the lady left
the room they reappeared and conversed with each other until Miss Mollie HOLMES
entered the room, when they again disappeared, but returned when the young lady
went out. They remained about half an hour. As Miss GILBERT breathed her last
breath, the oldest of these boys said: 'It is now time we were going', and
immediately disappeared, and she has not seen them since. Miss GILBERT wore a
most happy expression as she died..."
Letter from E. B. HACKER of Rock Hill, in reply to an article in the Enquirer:
Mr. Toliver CLINE, Rock Hill section, states that he started six years ago
with one heifer, now has eighty head plus twenty head which he inherited from
his father's estate some 6 or 8 months ago; he has acquired the eighty head by
raising steer calves, selling them, and investing in more heifers.
Nine years ago Mr. P. O. SHEPARD settled on 80 acre school claim, four miles
west of RHEA's Mill, under a hay shelter, with one cow and calf, not a single
farming implement (not even a chopping ax), and 25 in his pocket. The 25C
was spent with Capt. RHEA for a butter bowl. By daily labor he bought a cow
and calf which he traded for a set of house logs 8 x 12 feet. He gave two days
work for the use of a team to break his first acre of ground and two days for a
load of slats and poles to fence the first five acres. He could not afford nails,
but constructed the fence by boring holes in slats and pinning them to posts.
Today he has eighty acres fenced in a good state of cultivation, a good house
and granary, plenty of stock and tools. All accomplished under Free Grass rule.
At Fayburg in this county, nine men were together
one for MUSE and eight for
MACK. The MUSE man proposed to decide the way they should vote by a game of
seven-up. One of the MACK men played him and lost. The MUSE man then proposed
to let the MACK man vote for his candidate if he would "set up" the cider. The
MACK man paid for the cider and the "reaction" stopped short./ Speaking at
Illinois School House; MUSE supporters from Farmersville sent a drunken delegation
to disturb the meeting./ B. F. TUCKER, formerly citizen of Collin County, is
here on a visit, gives his opinions about lease laws./.Letter from W. M. BAGLEY,
County Treasurer, mentions his opponent Col. ALLISON, Mr. Turner EMERSON, Mr.
CAMERON, Mr. Thomas EMERSON./ Letter from John JOHNSON; mentions "Rutabaga
JOHNSON", Col. FITZHUGH, Mr. PIGG who moved to Oregon, Mr. McKINNEY, Maj. BROWN,
Bud FRANKLIN, Harvy STIFF./ Bill MERRITT, in speech at Stony Point, "indulged
in unmeasured abuse of the whole MACK family".
RHEA's Mill Heard From: We understand that there is some mistake about that
RHEA's Mill business. That the toll is the fourth and fifth and allow the
customers the sack string, but not the sack. Sorry for our mistake and hope this
correction will prove satisfactory./ Mr. WHEELER of Denton is visiting friends
and relatives in this city./ Millard WOLCOTT left on Monday last for business
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Collin County Genealogical Society. Collin Chronicles, Volume 6, Number 3, March 1985, periodical, 1985; Plano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth10816/m1/17/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.