Litchfield enquirer., 1838-01-18
From tAs AdUocass efMOrul Rstorm.
A WELL AUTHENTICATED FACT.

OSIeF, WHO were IOSt 1n 1ue fGOInSdy OaS" tie Steamer in 1881, were acquainted with three sisters residing in London, two of whom were very serious, retiring women, and the third just as gay and volatile.- They were all elderly, which rendered the 1 gaiety of the third less becoming, and also inclined her the more easily to take offence at any remarks made upon it: she hated the piety of her sisters, and opposed it in many petty, spiteful ways, though they en- deavored seduIously to accommodate them selves to her wishes, and to render the diff ference oftheir opinions as little disagreea- ble as possible. EI
 One night, towards the close of the year 1914, she had been out at an assembly very late, and the next morning at breakfast was so remarkably different from her usual manner, that her sisters feared that she was either unwell, or had met with some mis- fortune that had afflicted her deeply: in- stead of her usual incessant chatter about every person she had met, every thing they wore and had said and done, she sat silent, sullen and absorbed :; the gloom m upon her brow was mixture of temper and distress, which seemed to indicate fixed resolution formed upon circumstances disagreeable to her, as if she was determined to pursue her own will, though it should lead her into trouble, rather than pursue the course she knew 10 be right, but which would reduce her to submit to the control of another.- As she ate nothing, the sisters asked her if she was unwell. 'No.' What was the matter? 'Nothing.' Had nothing distress sed her? She had no idea of people pry- ing into what did not concern them.' The whole of the morning she spent in her own room, and at dinner the same scene as in the morning occurred she ate little, never spoke but to answer uncivily, and then with an appearance of depression and mel ancholy that spread their influence very powerfully over the cheerfulness of her companions. She retired to rest late, and with the spirit of one that expects from sleep neither allevialion nor rcfrcskment.
 The next morning she again scarcely tasted breakfast, and seemed in the same distressed, uncomfortable state as on the preceding day her sisters again renewed :heir inquiries. She said, I am we'll, and nothing pains me- 'Then you have some- thing on your mind; why will you not tell us? do we not love you, have we not the same earthly interest as you, and can we seek any good but yours in our anxious wish to share your sorrows7' 'Oh, you have su- pers,itions enough of your own, without mine being added I shall not tell you what ails me so you have no occasion to rack your curiosity; dare say you would think it some spiritual triumph, but I laugh at such things; am not quite old enough yet to be the victim of dreams and visions. We do not believe in dreams and visions, Anne,' was replied she answered harshly, No, and do not intend you shall The sisters looked at each other and remnincd silent. The second day passed as the first; Anne was gloomy and moody, and her sis- ters, both from pity and anxiety, were un- happy. The third morning she again en- tered on the day as one who loathes the light, who has no object in living, and to whom the lapse of time in the prospect of futurity brings neither comfort nor hope. As her sisters looked on her, one of them suddenly said, And what was your dream2' Ha what was it, you would give the world to know, but shall not tell you; I thought you did not believe in dreams ?'-. Neither do we in general; we know them to be the offspring of disordered stomach, confused images, and fancies, when reason is dormant, and the memory of them usual ly passes away as soon as we are engaged in our ordinary avocations yet there is no doubt some dreams are no more sent in vain than any other affliction or warning. There is verse in scripture, which mentions God as speaking In the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon man. She laughed again. You have verse in the Bible for every thing that suits you. but ] do not choose to be warned in such man. ner. and there is no doubt shall get it out of my head in day or iwo.' Anne, we do beseech you to tell US; if you really have had a dream from heaven, you surely would not wish to forget it; and if not, we will help you to laugh it off,
 She answered, We'll, if must tell you, I must l; no doubt it was very extraordinary and very frightfui should have thought it the effects of the bail, but that never saw any thing any where in the least like it.
 ! thought was walking in the wide street of great city; many people were walking there beside myself, but there was something in their air which immediately struck me; they seemed thoughtful and cheerful, neither occupied with business or with pleasure, but having about them such dignity of repose, such high and settled purpose, such grace and such purity, as never were stamped on mortal brow the light of the city was also strange; it was not the sun, for there was nothing to dag gle; it was not the moon, for all was clear as day it seemed an atmosphere of light