Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-08-20
The Bride of a Dream.

icIJ II SCCOIu tlllc II Wl'lpWcr with SlN uuGh-
tcrs and son. Having been persuaded to
again enter upon marital life by II minister
ot the circuit in which he resided, Il time was
appointed by the Rev. gentleman to introduce
him to the lady whom he had recommended,
and Mr.. b. accordingly started upon the Jour
ncy. Before the time arrived, however Mr..
B. was ndmunislicd in Il dream that tho wu-
man so iuvOruhly spoken of by the minister
was not tho one he Oh hit to marry. and he
was conducted in visiun to the residence of
the young lady VII" would he u suitable hclp-
mate. and whom Providence designed for HIM
The distance was sixty miles, and he had
only travelled twenty miles in that direction.
Yet the map Of the whole road WAS laid before
his mind aud The way lie should 90 so dis
tinctly marked in his dream, that he seemed
perfectly familiar with all the road. Ilu
dreamed the distance, the name of the young
woman and the name of her stcpfnthcr, Col.
Nlckcrs the appearance oft house in which
he lived, how it WAS painted; that it was sit
uatc', near river, with warehouse near at
hand. He dreamed also that there were fyo
young ladics belonging to the same family.
and had the one selected for him SO accurate
lN described in his dream that lie could ca
silly distinguish her from the other four
In the morning he awukc and thought no.
thing of hiB vision, except as an ordinary
and rather remarkable dream. The noXt
night he had precisely the same vision re-
pcatcd, and the same things presented to his
mind IN q still more vivid manner Mr. B.
then began to think that there might be some
indication OF Providence in his dream and
all that day he made it the sul.icct of sincere
and ardent prayer, that God would direct
hIm in the way he should go in II matter 81
grave, and involving so much interest to him
sclfand his mothcrlcSs children. That night
he had tic vision repeated the third time.
| and hc determined tcn to.iollow the dircc~
/ I.,,.,. Il Lam I A.
cumstances of the dream by II practical cX.
animation, and sec if The results would be
Developed MS he dreamed them. He immc-
dlatcly sent anotc to the preacher, informing
hIm that he had changed his mind, and muse
decline meeting him nj the time appointed
AIR. Is. started in the direction indicated bv
his vision, and after passing the twenty
miles ho.wns acquainted WITH his dream was
his only guide. lie. however, lad no dif;-
cuiiy fr tho map Of the road was so wildly
imprcs cd upon his mind that lie was able to
distinguish h his road from all others Tho
gentleman whose Namc was given him in his
dream he had never seen or heard Of Iu
Knew thc farm rs suon as Inc saw it, Tho
house and everything about it appeared prc-
c.scly us had been presented in his vision
lie alightud from his ShurSe and entered tho
hcautiful house. The personal appearance
| ot the young lady was SO wildly impressed
ON his mind hy the vision thrice repeated ,hay
| he readily recognized her in company of the
four others, whom he EuNnd in the Same
| family. lie soon aSccrtainCd the name Of
the young woman, and iuand ii to be Sarah r.
according to mis- dream. This young lady had
determined, and had often said She wonl,l
never marry widowcr Miss r. said tho
very moment she first saw Mr.. B. she felt II
strange trcmdr pass over her whole system.
SIc had n vivid impression that he was 10
widowcr, and that he had come to see her,
She afterwards confessed that II sudden emo
ton of affection for him arose in her heart as
soon rs She came into his presence
Mr. y. obtained thc pleasure of an inter
view with her thatcyening, and was success
full IN securing her consent to visit her again,
and address her on the subject of marriage,
| lie however, did not tell her his dream till
| she had engaged to become his wife After
/ a courtshp-of few months they were hap
| PLY married ani lived together for more
than fifty Years. Mr.. b. died the 2jih Of
March 1912. and Mrs. b. lived till the 7th
| they were both distinguished and useful
! members Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
a GREAT MILITARY DECgrrroy. Theirs.
in his "Flcnch Revolutions" describes the
surrender of four thousand .inStrinns to one
th' uSand Frchchmcn, under the command of
l'onGrnrtc. mt Tomato, Italy, on the 9TH of
august, li00:
NAPOLEON found himself surrounded by
this Immensely superior force. An Austrian
Tag of truce presented itself, and the French
were summoned to. surrender. Bonapartc
had only thousand men to oppose four times
that number of AustIians, and had no timc
to fight II battle. lie Immediately made all
the officers about him mount their horses, or
dercd the DcnFer of the flag of truce lefnrg
him, and addressed him as follows: TN.
happy man ynu know not that YOU are in
the presence oi the cOmmnndcr-n-chicG and
that hc is here %ith his whole army. Go.
tell those who bave sent yuu that | give them
i've minutes to surrender, or | will put them
| ~ the sword, to puniSh the insult which they
have dared to offer nc" He commanded
his artillery to be drnwn up, and threatened
to. lire upon the advancing columns The
messenger went and carried back his answer.
and the four thousand laid down their arms
before the one uinu and The rage of tho
NustrianS when they disco, cred how tl,ey
h'd beCnd"pc.l, eau easily be imagined,
TEMrEnANcE.--SulIy, the great states.
man of France, always kept mp at table tho
ilugnlity to,wlich he had been accustom-
ed in carly life in ~the army. His meals
consisted of a few dishes, dressed in the
plaincst and most simple manner. Tho
courticr often rcproachcd Inn with the SIM
plicity of his table: and he would reply,
i'll the words of an ancient, If the guests.
arc men OF sense, there is sufficient for
them; if they arc not, can very well dis
pensc with their company"
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