Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-05
Recovery of a large sam Of Money
Through q Dream.

From the Detroit Free Press, Dec. 10
The Lansing Democrat mentions
some circumstances of a most remarka-
bic nature In respect to the recovery
of large sum of money which had
been lost five years. The strange and
almost Incredible story is told as fol-
lows by the lucky finder, who passed
through this city for Montreal last
week, for the purpose of having the
bills redeemed at the bank:
On the 9th december, 1861, Mr.. g.,
who then lived on the Grand River
road. near this city, came to market
with load of wheat, accompanied by
his SOP, the narrator of these circum-
stances. The load of wheat, with a
span of horses, was sold for the sum of
S57S.50, and the man returned home,
where, soon after their arrival, the
father was taken with the cholera NOR
bus and died Just at daylight next
morning. After his funeral, search was
made for the money-which until then
the family had been too sorely afflicted
to think of-bnt to their establishment
only the S78 90 could be found. What
had become of the balance was a ques-
ton which could not be satisfactorily
solved. The whole house was thor
oughly searched, and at length it was
concluded that the money must have
been lost on the way home; yet after
advertising extensively through the
columns OF the Free Press, and offer
ing a reward Of $50 to the finder for
the recovery of the money, no trace
of il could be discovered, and the event
gradually passed out of mind. Bus
now comes the sequel, unlocked for
and singular, in which the money it
recovered through a dream. The
young man. who, with the family now
resides in Ingham county, has been
recently suffering with a painful felon,
which ltured him so with loss OF
sleep that, on Thursday night of the
week before last, he took dose of
opium, under the influence of which,
after retiring to bed, he fell into q pro-
fond slumber. In the midst of this
sleep he dreamed over the trip made to
this city with his father, every circum-
stance of which was repeated
infinitely, with the incidents of
time and place of sale both of the
wheat and the horses, the counting of
of the money, etc, in addition to which
he saw, in his dream, that the two men
were closely watching his father while
receiving the money; that they after
ward went away, when his father took
off his hat and placed nearly all the
money inside the Inning of oil-skin; this
dream, several times repeated, finally
awoke Mr. s., who related it to his
wife, who had not yet retired. when she
went to an old chest, long unused, and
brought out the hat which the old man
had last worn. 1t was old and moth
eaten, seemingly anything but a money
bag, yet, on turning back the lining,
$500 in Canada bank bills were found in
a tolerable good state of preservation.
This strange but "ower true tale" as
well as the responsibility and trustwor-
thiness of the relator, are vouched for
by responsible parties, besides the
pile" the most tangible and satisfac-
tory results of the vagaries of the ex-
hausted mind, working upon the ''un-
real stuff that dreams are made Of" re-
mains TO testify to the truth of the
unusual occurrence.