The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-09-01

her husbands brothers, likewise in hidinC
Wnom she had never seen before, but the tone
Of MS voice, and even the devotional exnres
sloIs that ne used, were so like her husband
that she took them Cor his
All was now grief and CONSERVATION for lob,
Weir had not been seen or heard If thor,
| since wednesday evening, when he had oon,
TO warn his friends of some impending dancer
out they all tried to comfort each other as wei
DIS they could and in particular by saving the,
were all IN the Lords hands, and it beloved
MN to do with them as seemed him good. with
many other expressions of pietv and submis
0!on' but the next morning, when the two
oI'eiS were about TO part, the one says to the
st So, Jane | cannot help telling you a
81 1.talgG, confused dream that mad Just before
ye waKed me. Ye ken / pit nae faith in
dreams, and dinna want you to regard if bnt
~, Is as good for friends TO tell them to one an.
Nher' and then, if aught turn out like it in the
course providence, it may bring it to bath
their minds that their spirits had been CONVEX.
sing with Cod
Ma, ma, Aggie, want name of your con-
FUSED dreams. hae other dreams to .hink o.
ana money s the time an oft We hae deayed me
WIN theln, an sometimes made me anprv''
=, never bade ye believe them, Jeanne, but |
liAl ay 10 tell them to you, and this dare
say; rase out o our conversation yestreen. But
u"oyJ JC ste, Qlnnd ken
wnere was; but was fear'd and confused.
thinking had lost my way And then came
10 an aud man, an he says to me, I" is it the
roaa to heaven, that We are seeking, Aggie ?
An, said, Aye for didna like to deny't.
hen III tell ye where We maun gang.
SAD he, We maun gang up by the head of Won
udrk' messy cleuch, an you will find ane there
that VIII show you the road to heaven : and ]
said' Aye, for ddna like to refuse, although
IL was an uncouth-looking road, and ane that
l dlona ike to gang. But when gangs TO the
cleuch head, whose does | see Sitting there
out your ain goodman, John Weir, and |
tnought never see him look so weel and
Wheh 1 gaed close up to him, there 1 sees an
olheE 1onn Weir, lying strippit to the sark, an
oeddlt IN blood. He was cauld dead. and his
mead turned to the ne side ; and when saw Sic
can sight was terrified, and held wide off
nm But gangs up to the living John Weir,
ana says to him, Gudeman, hows this'
DInna ye see how it is, sister Argie = saws
lying here"
Then think yen hae a gair post, ( John
says l, for he disna look as if he wad rim far
away. 1t was very unreverend speak O. me,
sister, but these were the words that thought
SAID an as it is but dream, We ken We need
ma heed it.
Alas, poor Aggie !" says he, "you are still
IN the gall o bitterness yet. Look DER your
[ignt shoulder, an you will see what hae to
40; AN sac looks DER my right shoulder,
an there sees hail drove o. foxes and wul-
:faNsea na Hidrnahia Jdr Ane' n0tas1s, slsnnn
round WI glarin cen, eager to be at the corpse
. the dead John Weir, an then was terribly
lstondit, an l says to him, Goodman how's
this =
g. am commissioned TO keep these ava says
he. Z" Do ye think these cen that are vet TO
open in the light of heaven, and that tongue
that he has to syllable the praises Of a Redeem
er far within yon sky, should be left to become
the prey o sccan vermin as these =
" WIN 1t make so muckle difference, John
Weir, says |, " whether the carcase is eaten
up by these, or by the worms
All, Aggie, Agge worms are worms but
We little wat what these are SAYS he. But
John Weir has warred with them a his life,
an that to some purpose, and they maunna get
The advantage o him now
But which is the right, John Weir :" said
|, for there is ane lying stiff and lappered in
his blood, and another in strength and sound
mind
" / am the right John Weir" says he " Did
you ever think the goodman O. Garrick could
die Ma ma, Agge; Clavers can only kill the
body, and that's poorest part of tho man: But
where are you gaun this wild gate?"
was directed this way on my road TO
heaven" saysI.
Gay, an We were directed right then" says
he. q For this is the direct path to heaven,
and there is no other"
This is very extraordinary" says I. And
pray what is the name Of this place, that
may direct my sister Jane, your wife, and all
my friends, by the same way ?"
" This is Faiths Hope" says he.
But behold at the mention Of this place, Jane
of Garrick arose slowly up to her
feet and held up both her hands g Hold, hold,
sister Aggie,' cried she, "vou have told enough.
Was it in the head of Faiths Hope that you
saw this vision of my dead husband p
alive
Then fear your dream has double mean
ing, said She " For though it appears like a
religious allegory, you do not know that there
really is such place, and that not very far
from our house. | have often laughed at your
dreams, sister, but this one hurries me from
you to day with heavy and trembling heart"
Jane left Glen-Gorar by the break of day,
and took her way through the wild ranges of
Crawford muir, straight for the head Of Faith
Hope. She had some bread in her lap and a
little bible which she always carried with her,
and without one TO assist or comfort her, she
went in search of her lost husband Before
she reached the head of that wild glen, the day
was far spent, and the sun wearing down. The
valley of the NTH lay spread far below her, in
all its beauty, but around her there was nothing
but darkness, dread, and desolaton The mist
lowered on the hills and on the skirts Of the
mist the ravens sailed about in circles croaking
furiously, which had most ominous effect on
the heart of poor Jane. As she advanced far
Their up, she perceived fox and an eagle sit
ting over against each other, watching some
IL. Al.
proach and right between them in little
green hollow, surrounded by black haggs, she
found the corpse of her husband in tho same
manner as described by her sister He was
stripped of his coat and vest, which it was
thought, he had thrown from him when flying
from the soldiers, TO enable him to effect his
escape. Elo was shot through the heart with
two bullets, bu: nothing relative to his death
was ever known, whether he died praying, or
was shot as he fled; but there was he found
lying, bathed in his blood, in the wilderness,
and &c Tho ,,,;lA siu of ba IL