JAM.

Temuka Leader, Issue 380, 28 April 1881, Page 2

JAM.

A romance of a peculiarly sweet nature, is reported to us from Croajingolong. It appears that some time since Mr Jenkins., senior, a humble follower, at a considerable distance, of the magnetic school, deceased, leaving the whole of his property, to Mrs Watkins Smithers, an almost utterstranger, but, as it afterwards transpir?c\ a powerful medium, to whom he had beea. introduced during a hurried visit to -Mel-, bourne, and who, since the sajjd continued to keep up her influence at intervals by means of magnetised letters. On the day before his death, deceased peared to be much troubled in his mind, frequently made allusions to the want of a lawyer in the neighborhood, and gave, broad hints that he wished to alter his., will. But his family, not in any way sus-_ pecting that the money had been left to a stranger, and hardly fancying that them sire was as ill 'is he felt, since he was able, to walk about, paid little heed to his muttered self-reproaches. In the afternoon he was seized with a fit, and only spoke, once more, the sole, word he uttered being the monosyllable " jam !" Fancying that he might have some magnetic revelation that this condiment would act as a restorate,. his weeping children forced large quantities of home-made raspberry, and assorted preserves generally down the parental gullet. All to no purpose. Next day ho was a corpse and a week later Mrs arrived at Croajjingolong aud took possession. The family reluctantly cleared out, hoping against hope to be able, by em-., ploying Mr David Gaunson, to upset the will, when lo ! Providence interposed and did away with all need of forensic, aid. In moving into their new abode the eldest girl was about to open a fresh jar, of jam for the evening meal, when scrawled upon the parchment covering of the jar, she found a full and complete, codicil, dated the day before her father's, death, revoking the former will, and duly, witnessed by two respectable spirits, whose signatures, the magnetic school, were forced to acknowledge. A simple, story, and tiue, it is "needless to say, in, all its particulars.