Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1892 — Strange Coincidences. [ARTICLE]

Strange Coincidences.

Whenever coincidences are undei discussion Captain A. E. Anderson, of the Hudson River steamer Mary Powell, tells of two odd cases which he “ran up against” one day during the summer of 1889. His steamer was lying at the foot of Vestry street, Poughkeepsie, when a man boarded her and said to the Captain: “I have lost my trunk, and cannot tell if it was taken off the boat or not.” Captain Anderson quite naturally asked: “What is your name?” “A. E. Anderson,” was the reply. “My initials and surname exactly," returned the Captain. “My full name is Ambrose Eltinge Anderson,” was the stranger’s next retort. Almost dumfounded, he found that the Captain’s name was the same, letter for letter. The same afternoon an elderly lady boarded the Mary Powell at Newberg, remarking to the Captain, as she handed in her ticket, that her name was Mary Powell also. Upon carefully inspecting .the ticket with the Captain’s name upon it, she continued: “1 see your name is A. E. Anderson. My maiden name was Anderson, and my father’s full name was Ambrose Eltinge Anderson.” The Mary Powell's captain fled in terror, declaring that his-boat was bewitched.—St. Louis Republic.