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Observations of a Jurist. 149
Healing," named A. E. Colt. · We have employed her many times
in our family for ma!sage treatment during the past ten or twelve
years, and have come to know her well, and to have great confidence
in her honesty. She professes to be controlled by an Indian
girt named Minnie, and sometimes by another named Nicowassa.
Each of these controls has peculiarities of speech (imperfect and
mispronounced English). But the language of one is at certain
points totally unlike that of the other. I have had many sittings
with her, and have watched carefully this matter of speech, and am
able to state positively that I have never found either trespassing
on the other's preserves of inaccuracies. And, further, I have
never known in a single instance Miss Colt, when not in a trance
and speaking in her own person, falling into the particular inaccuracies
of speech of either, and while she has some inaccuracies of
her own I have never known her to intermingle them with the
words of either control, at least in such a way as to make them
noticeable. Also when speaking under control, she invariably alludes
to herself as a third person, and never says "I" of herself.
In the fall of 1887 (I think Nov.) Rev. Jos. D. Hull, a college
class-mate and life-long friend, was very ill at Boston. He had been
there for five years under medical treatment, growing worse all the
while, and had now reached the point where his physician said his
death was a question of only a few days. He had formerly lived
in Farmington, Conn., and his first wife was buried there, and he
_desired to be buried there. His immediate death was regarded as
so certain that all arrangements were tnade for his burial, and his
brother in Philadelphia, I at Hartford, and other friends in New
York, were hourly expecting despatches informing us of his death.
He had lived awhile in Hartford and Miss Colt had known him.
At this time I had an accidental opportunity for a short sitting with
her. I asked her guide (I forget which-! think, Minnie) if she
remembered Mr. Hull. She said, "Yes." "Well," said I, "What
is his condition now?" She said he was very low. " How long will
he live? " I asked. The answer was, " He will be living nine
months from now" or "will live till nine months from now." It
did not necessarily imply his death then, but I took it to mean that
he would probably die then. I said, " nine months? It is impossible,
you must mean nine days." " No," said she, "nine moons." " Don't
you mean nine weeks!" "No, nine moons." She added, "I see
a moon, and a figure nine over it." This seemed so strange that at
once I made a record of the prediction, but informed no one but my
wife. News soon came that Mr. Hull was more comfortable, but
not otherwise gaining. He lingered on, however, to the astonishment
of everyone, and finally seemed to gain strength a little, but
suffered greatly and was impatient to die. The nine months ran
into August, 1888. During that month I was in England and ex-
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