The weekly union record., 1864-04-30

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in his mind. In dreams, men are not sarp,ised
ct such ,ppari,ions Mr.. R. though, he in
formed bis father Of the cause of his distress
adding ths, the payment Of 8 considerable sum
OF money was the more unpleasant TO him
because be had strong Consciousness that it
was not due, though be was unable to acquire
auy evidence IL support Of his belief. You
are right, ny sol" said the paternal shade; Il
did acquire right 10 these ilends for payment
o. which yo1 are now prosecuted. The papers
relsting to the transaction sre 10 the hands Of
Mr.. -, writer who Is now retired from
professional business, and resides at 1nvereSk
near Edinburgh. He IVES 8 per.on shom
employed on ihst occasion for 8 particular
reason, but who never on any other occasion
transacted business on my account 1t Is very
possible that Mr.. may have forgotten
matter of very old date. but you may call !: to
bis recollection by this token-that Shel |
came to pay his account, tbere was difficulty 10
getting change fer Portugal piece Of sold
and that We were forced to drink out TIE bal
ance at a tavern" Mr.. r. awote ID the
morning with sll the words of the vision in
printed on his niad, and thought it worth his
while TO ride across the country to IDyeresk,
instead Of going straight to Edinburgh. When
he came there, be waited on the gentleman
mentioned 10 the dream and, without saying
a word of the vision, be inquired whether he
remembered the circumstance, which. after
some consideration, he did, and produced the
papers. There Is every probability, in this
case, that Mr.. r. had been told this by his
father when ne was Very yolng, snd, from not
understanding the Importance Of the informa-
tion, had paid so little attention TO it tha! be
bad quite forgotten it. That incidents OF old
date, totally forgotten in our waking moments,
frequently recur to the memory during sleep,
6e have most Of us experienced.
The belief that dreams reveal events that
, have happened, or which are about to happen,
! bad doubtless been much weakened of late
years by reading; but it may be questioned
whether 4 is not now as strong as ever it was
! owing to the publication in the London Times
and other papers, OF the case of : nGn who
dreamed more than once that he had seen the
! body of man hanging il barn, which dream
: impressed itself SO strongly upon his mird tia:
in the morning he wen. 10 the barn that Be had
seen in his dream, and there fouDG ,laa hang
ing. There was another instance, published iu
the same journal subsequently, of q man who
. dreamed that the body of one who had been
, missing for some time lay under water on GER
tain part of the coast, where indeed it was found
A very circumstsntiGl account is given Of
} two friends, who entered town together, but,
: being unable to get Accommodations in the
t same inn, separated. In the middle of the
! night one CT them heard bis friend calling to
him for help. He awoke from bis sleep, but,
, finding it only dream, he Immediately went 20
, sleep again but awoke, directly after be had
fallen asleep, by hearing, as it appeared to him.
his friends cries for help Again be fell asleep
: and dreamed that bis friend stood all bloody
beside his bed, and said to him Though you
. would not come to help me, at least avenge my
death. The landlord OF the inn where you left
, me intends 10 carry my body out of the town
concealed in load of straw" The young man
! was so impressed by this dream that he dressed
} himself and went TO the city gates, where he
: remained until they were opened. Shortly
afterward he saw cart load Of straw approach
ing, and iu the driver he recognized the landlord
of the inn where had left his friend. He
appealed to the guard at the gates, told them
Of his suspicious, and without much trouble
induced them to search the straw and there
: they found the dead body Of his friend, whom
t the landlord confessed he had murdered.
3 The last dream of this kind we shall quote is
related, we think, in History of the County
: of Chester" We are forced to give it from
(; memory, as we cannot refer to the volume at
: this moment We omit the names, for the
sufficient reason that we cannot remember them,
though they are given in the history referred to
' above The narrative is somewhat long, but it
is to this effect. a man had living with him a
5 young woman who acted as his housekeeper.
: On the understanding that she was to be his
wife, an evil intimacy sprang up between them,
and certain consequences arose which made her
. very earnest in her persuasions that he should
! ful6ll his promise. Upon some pretence or
2 other he sent her to place at some distance,
r With one Mark Sharp, who killed her as they
, were crossing moor. and threw her body down
the shaft of disused mine A little after this,
! a miller saw, or imagined he saw the apparition
] of the young woman standing before him. her
e hair hanging about her shoulders and dreadfully
] gashed in the head. She told him that she had
4 been murdered by Mark Sharp at the instance
of her master. He did not do anything in
e consequence of this apparition on the first
occasion; but, when it appeared to him again,
J, and threatened him if be did not go to the
!. magistrate and inform him CT what be had seen,
t he went to the justice and related the whole
q affair. The man was apprehended and exam
5 ined, and while under examination it was
]. noticed that the Justice became deadly pale, the
f; cause of which was stated Extraordinarily
that be himself saw, standing in the court. the
e apparition exactly as it appeared to the miller.
r The dreams related above are there is no
, denying, very wonderful, and they are only q
e few of very large number that might be given,
t if it were worth while, or space would allow Of
E their publication. But when We reflect on the
D small number OF these in proportion to the
D myriads which are experienced nightly, the
r wonder is rather that so few Of them have any
thing like a fufment. That mysterious part
] of our being which communicates activity TO
the brain never sleeps, and gives rise to inces-
e SAINT dreaming SO that no man passes night
e without awaking to consciousness that bis
0 brain has been busy with events which he can
: seldom recall in waking hours. The most
, curious part of the phenomenon is that the
: man who never thinks-that is to say, the man
: who never carries out train of thought on any
r subject-has usually short and broken dreams.
which change rapidly from one subject to az
t other; whereas, the man who is il the habit
- of reasoning with himself at any length, or