The Shasta courier., 1868-03-28
SHASTA COURIER.
Frightful Dreams.

A writer on dreams says: About the age
of fourteen was almost every nj ght unhappy
in my sleep from frightful dreams. Some
times hanging over frightfu precipice. and
Just ready to drop down sometimes pursued
FIR my life. aud stopped by wall, or sud
den loss of all strength !; sometimes ready to
be devoured by wild beast. How long
was plagued with such dreams do not now
receilect. believe it was for year or two
at least; and think they had not quite left
me before | was sixteen. In those DAYS |
was much given to castle building;' and in
my evening solitary walk, which was gener-
ally all the exercise took, my thoughts
would hurry Inc into some active scene.
where | generally acquitted myself much to
my own satisfaction and in these scenes If
lmaginatlan l performed many gallant
exploit. At the same time, in my dreams |
found myself the most arrant coward that
ever was. Not only my courage, but my
siren 9Th failed me in every danger and |
often rose from my bed in the morning in
sachsa panic, that it took some time to get
the better of it. | wished very much to get
rIiof these uneasy dreams. which not only
made me very unhappy in sleep, but often
left diSasreeable inn pressions on nv mind for
some part ofthe following day thought It
was worth trying whether it was possible to
recollect that it was all a dream, and that
was in no real danger. | often went to sleep
with my mind as strongly impressed as |
could with this thought that ] never in my
lifetime was in any real danger. and that
every fright had was dream After
many frnitless endeavors to recollect this
when the danger appeared, effected it at
last, and have often when / was sliding over
Al
was all dream, and boldly jumped down.
The effect of this commonly was, that | i'm
mediately awoke Bat awoke calm and
intrepid, which, thought great acquisition.
Aft9r this. my dreams were never uneasy,
and in short time | dreamed not at ALL
During al this ii le | was in perfect health"
singular Dream Verified.
While the plague was at its hight in Alex
andria, Mohammedan merchant dreamed
that eleven persons would die of the plague
in his house. When he awOke he remember
ed the dream; and there being exactly
eleven persons in the house, himself included,
he became uneasy. His alarm increased
when, on the following day the wife. two
female slaves, and three children, died /; but
he became quite certain that his death was at
band when. on the fourth dav his two re.
manning children, a woman servant and an
old man servant, sunk into the grave. He
accordingly made his preparations to pass
into eternty-reate1 his dream to some of
his friends. and begged them to make inquiry
every morning, and in case hr should be dead
have him buried with the usual solemnities
a cunning thief. who had heard the cir
cumstaace, Fk advantase of the merchants
fright to open his door IN the night. and
when the terrified man called out. Who's
there?'' to answer. Z am the Angel of
DEATH ia order. while the merchant con
cealed himself underneath the bedcloths, and
was quite beside himself T. pack up what
effects he could find in the house and carry
them away. Unluckily for him. he was
seized with the plague and died on the stairs
The merchant however. did not venture for
many hours to put his head from under the
bedcloths, till at length his friends came
heard from him what had happened found
the effects, recognized the thief. discovered
she truth. and confirmed the strange accom-
plshment of the dream.