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

t'i@"Sh winch ldttS are presented
and the judgment regulated. The inper
feetion Of memory, also, in sleep, is a prolif
source Of error in regard to what the actua
powers Of the miud are in this condition.
JUDGMENT IN DREAMS.
Bat the power Of Judging is probably q
good as when awake, for It decides only IN
on the premises presented in either case
and daiing sleep and in dreams the premise
are Usually scanty and at fault. When DIR
Johnson, in referring to dream in which
be had contest Of wit with another indi
yidnai said Now one may mark here III,
eiieci Of sleep in Weakening the power of re-
lection for, had not my judgment failec
me, should have seen that the Wit of thi,
supposed antagonist, By whose superiorit,
l eitmyself depressed, was a. much furnish.
ed by me as that which | thought | had
been ottering in MY owD character. Ne
doubt the error Of judgment and weakenine
oi the reflective powers arose from a lack q
ell the Circumstances in the case being pre-
sented to les mind Certainly he has losl
identity, because in his dreams he furnished
argument for another person without com
/ pretending that he was doing so, and there
fore, just conclusion could not be arrived
at But the feeling of chagrin or mortifica
ton which he experienced was legitimate
result Of his judgment founded on the
premises.
ACTION OF THE MIND IN DREAMS.
The action of the mental organs will ae-
count for many of the singular associations
during steep and in the language Of the fair
Poetess viii show that
1T is Thought at work amidst buried bours
i IS Love keeping vigil o er pershed flowers:
OH we bear within Us mysterious things,
Ut Memory aud Anguish uufathomed suring
Aud Passion, those CULTS of the heart to fiji
With bitter waves which it ne er may still. -
TO illustrate the associate action of the
mind iu sleep We viii transcribe the dream
Of Professor Mas, OF Halle. AMI his ANALYST,
Of its phenomena. The Professor says that
i dreamed once that the Pope visited me.
lie commanded NE to open my desk, ard
carefully examined all the papers il contain.
ed. While he was thus employed, very
sparkling diamond fell out of his triple
crown into my de K, of which, however.
neither Of us took any notice. As soon as
The Pope had Withdrawn Iretired to bed.
but was soon obliged 10 rise on account OF a
thick smoke, the cause Of which had YET
to learn. Upon examination, I discovered
that the diamond had set fire to the papers
in my desk, and burned them to ashes. In
explanation he observes, that "0n the pre-
ceding evening was visited BY friend,
With whom had lively conversation up
3nJoseph the Second suppression Of mon
s>tsries and converts. With this idea.
though | did not become conscious Of it in
the dream, was associated the visit which
The Pope publicly paid to the Emperor 10
seph at Vienna IN consequence Of the meas,
ure taken against the clergy; aud with this
again was combiued, however family. the
representation Of the visit which had been
paid to me by my friend. These two events
we're, by the sub reasoning faculty, COM
pounded into one, according to the estab-
ished rule, that things which agree in their
parts also correspond as to the whole, hence
the Pope's visit was changed into a visit
made to me- Tae sub-reasouing faculty
then, in order to account for the most ex
trtordnary visit, fixed upon that which was
tie most important object in my rooms.
namely, the desk, or rather the papers it con
tanned That diamond fell out Of the
triple crown was collateral association,
which was owjag merely 20 the representa-
tioa Of the de4k. Some days before when
opening the desk, | had broken the glass OF
my watch, which | held 10 my hand, and
the fragment fell among the papers, hence
no further attention was paid to the dil
moud But atterward the representation of
the sparkling stone was again excited, and
became the prevailing idea, hence it deter
mined succeeding association. On account
Of its similarity it excited the representa-
tionof fire. with which 1t was eonfounded,
hence arose FIRE and smoke But, in the
event the writings only were burned, nor
the desk itself; to which being of compar-
atively less value, the attention was not at
all directed.
sHOBTNEss OF TINE IN DREAMS.
One Of the most remarkable pl enomena
connected with dreams is the shortness OF
time needed for their consumation. Lord
Brougham says chat in debating man
may frequently fall asleep after uttering
few words and be awakened by the amanu-
ensis repeating the last word to show that
he has written the whole; but though five
or six seconds only have escaped between
the delivery Of the sentence and its trans
fer to paper, the speaker may have passed
through dream extending through half
life tune. - Lord Holland and Mr.. Babbage
both confessed this theory The one was
listening to 8 friend reading aloud, and
slept from the beginning Of the sentence to
the latter part of the sentence immediately
suCceCIiu2, set uui iuR THIS titHS ne hdd
a dream, the particulars of which it would
have taken more than quarter of au hour
TO write. Mr.. Babbage dreamed succession
Of events, awoke in time to hear the con
clusion Of friend answer to a question
he had just put to him. One man Was
liable to a feeling Of suffocafion accompanied
by dream of skeleton graspine his throat
whenever he slept in lying position, and
had an attendant to wake him the moment
be sank down But though awakened, the
moment he began to siuk, the time sufhced
for a long struggle with the skeleton.
Another man dreamed that he crossed the
Atlantic, spent fortnight 10 Europe, and
fell overheard when embarking to return,
yet his sleep had not lasted more than ten