The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-01-25
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A Wonderful Dream.

Everybody has heard wonderful
stories OF dreams that came true,
resulting in marvellous discoveries
OF wealth, revu ations ofcrime, aud
mysterious information OF various
sorts. Skcptical people are ut lib
crty to believe, of course, what
they please, but the following sto
~ comes to US well authenticated,
and the finale is, we think, quite
original. The dreamer was II zen.
tlcmnn residing in n row Of hcuscs
II II street in II neighboring civ.
To mention names might bc nm
pheasant He dreamed one nigh,
that he had discovered at his house
a hidden closet, whiri was 8 orcd
with silver and thcr valuable ar.
ticles, sufficient to SIT him up in
tho world aS man of wealth. In
the morning he told his wife, who.
IKE sensible woman, asked him
what ho had eaten he'oro he wen
I" he'd, and warned him of the III
effect OF late suppers.
! Tue nvXt night ho went to he'd
MS usual, VIXEN 10 the same dream
was repeated. TO loubt any Ion
Ger WAS to fly in the face Of for.
'un', that was opening the portals
OF wealth TO the happy dreamer 80
Tie resolved uron cxpl ration
Nolcr built houses, put up in n
row Tor speculation, t. sell or rant.
do not present any architrctn al in.
tricacies where clos, t might bc
slowed away .npcrccived. The
lines are rectangular, aud every
inch of space saved Tho hidden
clos t must be somewhere in the
walls. With II hammer the dreamer
went about the house, soun In the
VA Is, Tor Indications of the c n.
ccalcL receptacle. At last his
search was rewarded. A blow
struck on the wal, brought forth II
m Ia ic jingle in response, He
struck again AMI the inc musical
echo came iurih. Brwildvrins
visions OF wealth aross b for the
irlghtcd $ archer. he called his
wife 10 witness the realization OF
his DIR, am. ...... ...
Two or three vigorous blows
brought down thr plaster from the
wall, broke through the lathe. an
revealed an aperture, thrugl which
MIR. -- thrust his hanl, ana
brought forth Il handful of spoons
AMI forks Mrs - now sur.
gasted that they had better pro
coed cautiously, and keep their
god fortune quiet. The hole in
in the wall was covered up, end the
happy couple retired to discuss
their good fortune. In u lew
minutes they were startled by a
violent ring at the front door he'll.
Mr.. --- responded to tho sum,
mons, and found up tho sfoP mis-
next door osiShoor, in a state of
'futcnse cXcitcmvnt. nd. .g..i. f.
p" Are you the proprietor ofthis
l"use?" asked the visitor.
/" ! ann" said Mr.. -.
Then sir, allow me to tell yon
that there is n robbrr in your house
who has been committing burglary
on my premises. by breaking
through your wall into u closet
and stea ing my silverwarc.
MIR --'s countcnancc under
went nm extraordinary change of
expr ssion, as Tho truth flashed
upon him. llerushed up stairs to
take closer Inspection Of his SC.
cret closet. when the true state OF
the case was disclosed. The hon.
ses were separated by partition
wall, and Mr.. - had released |
MS dream by breaking into his
ntlShbor's promises, and "struck
silver ) in the store room next
.lo9r. A full explanation had to
bc made to satisfy tho injured
neiShlor. The spoons wera re-
stored, the wall rcpaird, and the
'tTicttst secrecy enioined and pr
missed, hut the 'ke was ton good To
keep, an we publish as Il cauiion
10 people al lirted 10 dreaming.