Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-06-21
A Strange Story.

fmOnlV. called the hell Cttlt3saSe ffHS1fipS then
lniehtly or weekly meetings. thew. held ont
Grand annual xsat,,rnalia. IN which each
Tired to- excel fbeeother. in drun kenness and
and ON these occasitons there
twas no star amonnst them whose lur;;d Gobf
WAS more g = thanssfhat af vonro
llHr. Archibald b, who endowed with brill
liant tsI Ierlts. and a. handsonael perssn. had
out great .pr ronli ise boy hood
3ssi5 n lsleh hal been comp letely
frnstra ted ~ his Ihsequent reckless dissi-
|pations. So 8 -.
One morning, after ming from his an
Ennal festiyal, MI. Archibald B.. having re-
tired to bed, dreamed the following singu-
Elar dream: -. = S ~. "a Sc
He fancied that he himself was mounted
on his fayorite black horse. that he always
rode, and that he was proceeding towards
his own house--then country seat embow-
cred by trees, and situated upon a hull now
lentirel " built over. and forming mart of the
city, when stranger, whom the darkness
of nigbt prevented his distinctly discernino
suddenly seized his horses rein. saving.
sYou must go with me- -
sAnd who are YOU % exclaimed the vounp
man with yollev of oatbs. whilst he
STRUGGLED to free himself.
a.fbat Won will see bv and bv y ret,,rn-
ed the other in tone that excited unac.
connta ble terror in fbe voutb. who nI,,no 70,
his snurs info his horse. attemnfed 70 Az
but in vain However fast the animal few
the stra was. still beside him fin at
Elenetb. in his desnerate effort to eseane the
rider was thrown. bpt instead Of hei
|das she'd TO the earth. as he exnected he
fonnd himself falinp-fa ll;no-fa llino still
as.if sinking into the bowels If tba Earth
At lenotb. neriod being mt to this mvs.
terious descent. he fonnd breath to. ino,;;r.
| of DISCRIMINATION. who was still beside hin,
whittier thew were ooino. @Wbere am r.
Whera are Won tafino ne,n he syahey, mi :,
I aycla;med. x 4 =.
| aTo bellr, renl;ed the stranoar.-and
I;nr,n,ed;a tel,, ;ntar,,;nohla acboos rs.+aJ
the fearful sound -aTo belllwto bel1iW
I to bellIo sssezyss.= s .s-zZ1 :.
At .Ienptha LIGHT anneared.s which soon
increased toa blaze: but. instead of theories
and eroans. and lamentinps. the terrified
ira weller expected, nothing met his ear but
the sound of music, mirth and jollity; and
he found himself at the entrance of superb
building, far exceeding any he had seen con-
sstructed by human hands. Within, too,
what scene? No amusement, employ
ment, or pursuit of man on earth, but was
here being carried on with vehemenre that
excited his unutterable amazement There
the young and lovely still swan through
the mazes of the giddy dance! There the
painting steed still bore his brutal rider
through the exeitements of the goaded race!
There over the midnight bowl, the intem-
perate still drawled out the wanton song or
maudlin sblasphemy! The gambler piled
forever his endless game, and the slaves of
Mammon toiled through eternity their end
Hess task; whilst all the magnifcence of
earth pa1ed before that which now met his
view. w.esz e5a zsass
He soon perceived that he was amongst
Iold acquaintances, whom he knew to be
dead, and each, he. observed, was pursuing
the object, whatever twas, that had form
erly engrossed him when, finding himself
relieved of the presence of his unwelcome
conductor, he ventured to address his form
er friend, Mrs. D., whom he saw sitting, as
had been her wont on earth, absorbed at loo
requesting her to rest from the game and
introduce him to the pleasures of the place,
which appeared to him to be very unlike
what he had expected, and indeed an ex.
tremely agreeable one. But with a cry Of
agony she answered, that there was no res
IN hell; that they must ever toll ON at those
/ very pleasures; and innumerable voices
echoed through the lntermlnable vaults
There Is no rest IN IN hell while ! throwing
] open their vests, each disclosed IN bis bo
som an ever burning fame! These, they.
] said,a were the pleasures of hell THEN
choice on earth was their inevitable. doom
In the midst OF. the horror this scene inspir
] ed his conductor returned, and at his earn
/ est entreaty, restored him again to earth
/ but, as he Quilted him, he said:
/ a9Remember! in a year and day wy
meet again sses.
At this crisis of his dream, the sleeper
! awoke, feverish and i'll !; and, whether from
j the effect of the dream or of his preceding
i orgies hezwas so sunwell as to be obliged t,
] keep his bed for several days, during which