Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-10-29

In the year 1868 my father, Matthew
Talbot, of Castle Talbot, county Wexford
was much surprised at the recurrence Of a
| dream three several times during the same
night, which caused him to repeat the whole
circumstance tn his wife the next morning.
He dreamed that he had arisen as usua'
and descended to his library, the morning
being hazy. He then seated himself at his
secretoire to write, when, happening to look
up long avenue Of trees opposite the win
dows, he perceived man in blue Jacket,
mounted on white hcrse, coming toward
the house. Ny father arose and opened
the windows; the man advanced, presented
him with roll Of papers, aud told him
they were invoices Of vessel which had
been wrecked and had drifted in during the
night on his son in-law's lord Mount
Morris estate close by, and signed Bell
/ Il Stephenson. Ny father attention was
only called to the dream from its frequent
occurrence; bat when he found himself
seated at bis desk on the misty morning,
and beheld the identical person whom be
had seen in his Dreams in the blue coat,
riding on gray horse, be felt surprised,
aud opening the window, waited the man $
approach. He Immediately rode up, and
drawing from his pocket packet Of papers,
gave them to my father, stating they were
invoices belonging to an American vessel
which had been wrecked, and drifted in
upon bis lordship estate, and there was no
person on board to lay claim to the wreck.
but that the invoices were signed "Ben &
Stephenson, assure you, my dear sir,
that the above is most faithfully given, and
actually occurred; but it il not more ex-
uaordinary than ether examples of the pro-
phetic powers of the mind or soul in sleep
which | have frequently heard related. ;"
Here is another singular instance related
by DR.. Blanchard Fosgate, Of Auburn
Many years ago" lie says, when our
family resided on the banks of the Mohawk,
long before the thunder Of the steam water
paddle echoed along the shores of the Hud
son, or the shrill whistle Of the locomotive
startled the silence of the glen and noun
tain when the river in the summer was
crossed by ford OF ferry, and in winter upon
the often treacberous ice; early in the
spring, before the river had broken up, my
father on the eve of departure for New
York, dreamed that he was 10 an ice house.
striving to get out by climbing up its slip
pery contents. The dream was barely re-
lated and forgotten. The succeeding day,
on horseback, he commenced his journey.
aud was Obliged to cross the river. The ice,
By evaporation, having lost much of It's
strength, he was preeipitated into the
stream below. Timely assistance, however,
rescued him from the impending danger,
but the accident and the dream we're ever
after coupled in his memory. This dream
rrae the result of mental association during
sleep. and was perfectly natural under The
circumstances, but nevertheless premoni-
ton of danger. Had 1t aroused the refee
tive powers when awake as strongly as it did
during sleep, the accident would probably
have been avoided Ii is curious to observe
also how thoughts of the waking hours may
be prolonged and modified in sleep. DR..
Fo-gate says, in work on sleep: Not
ong since | was examining the Croton water
works in New York city, including some
pits which we're open in the streets where
the great iron tubes were exposed. On fall
ing asleep, I dreamed that in passing one
OF the pits | jumped down upon a tube
about three inches 10 diameter, for the pur-
pose of inspecting the work more minutely;
but when in this position, on casting my
eyes below an awful chasm presented itself,
crossed in various directions by huge iron
water tubes but the bottom was invisible
However, the depth was seventy feet In
what way this information was impaired is
ndistinct, but such appeared the awful
depth under my slippery footing l could
fairly reach the surface above, but could las
hold OF nothing, and therefore attempted to
leap to the top. / failed, aud in falling
lodged upon the place just left This fall
viii never be forgotten, so long as excess in
fright commingled with horror, can leave
an impression on my mind. | then
thought to cry for help, but dared not
lest my feet should slip and preeipitate me
down the dark chasm beneath After re
fecting long upon my perious situation, l
commenced feeling around the platform
surrounding the top, and finally succeeded
in fastening my fingers in crevice between
the planks, by which means drew myself
up. The dream ordinarily would have
ended here, but my mind now turned upon
the subject which had occupied my attention
the preceding evening until late hour l
thought in my dreams that what had just
lranspirsd was prophetic dream, and to
what it might point my reflections were d.
rected, as to what would be the best course
to elude the impending danger. During
these reflections [ awoke excessively ex-
hausted. In this instance, in dream, /
dreamed that was dreaming. 1t was
singular mental phenomenon, and Of rare
occurrence, but not alone on record.
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CHARGING THE JURY.-A Dutch judge
in the Western country presided at a trial
for murder, aud on rising to deliver the
charge, observed that the prisoner was
playing chequers with his custodian, while
the foreman of the jury was fast asleep. Re
plenishing the ample judicial chair with his
broadcast person, he thus addressed the
jury: Mister voreman and t oder jurymans,
der prisoner, Hans Vickter, is finished bis
rame nit der Sheriff. and has neat him,