Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-07-18

yrARFuL DREAM IN WHICH HE SEES aANT
y hH THINGS


fFrom the Toledo Blade1
Co,rEpERIr X ROADS, Joon %, 1872.
lam, ,know wat In the matter with me but
',af 1ream more rogarly and more ferosh-
'a ,r.oI aver did in my life. l hev he'd sue
,s,,,, nc nitemares ever sence gave my adj
an N tireeiey. sum OF wioh wus stupenjusly
,J LOO to bed with Greeley on my mind,
iro.m dreams 30 horrible that l awake with
,,,,,.,. onto me, and shiyrin az tho he'd the
Nte afore last Greeley appeared to me
~. ho,f. horns and tail He perched hisself
stumiek, squattin like hidjus toad, and
20 a, his spectiokels, delibritly read me-
pun" old COPY Of the Iriboon, Fix yards NV
lnrn editorials on the slavery question. file
'.,,, sailed of thru the air, ehrekin Lost
n"' +" Whether he referred to me OF, hisself AZ
H. 81 reely don't no. Ell he felt ez mean iu
4 ms company eh ulu 'h hlAH'ii 'ho ioiiaiA WIZ"
tm4rice both NV u.s.
MI MIC had another friteful vision. We
family in the village wich don't live IN har-
.uy The husband got intoxicated some year,
~, and kuo&in that 1t wnsent the gilun drunk
,'t Luriz Teller but the gittin sober part, he's
1'.,,ed that trouble by stayin drunk. HIS prin-
'sI aml osemeut in waln his wife. The nov
KID of tins hevin worn OF, yesterday morning
'c,,r her a couple nv ounces Of arsenic
Vritinr ambition Oerleaped hersolf-his OK
Il .,,..i,r Gberality defeated lis purpus. The
/ III. oul too big it rrkened har- SIC vomitea
h VA hyed and whaled him within an inch NV his
M, Iwnz at the house, and late in the eveDin
i.r stppinu at Deekin POgrams, where we took
y . i,,nniItr Kentucky tea, wich consist ed princl-
Am MS korn whlukey and cold billed pork. From
4 ihonre went home and retired. with my head
T,iuy tie pizen and Greeley, mixed IN about
II s.al proportions. Falhn asleep, dreamed.
Ii nj. 4 N.V.N
maize ont Stretched out onto couch and Xiv
,,rl with nag wnz the body nv an enormous
,1tit-the most huge and comprehensive giant
. / he'd ever seen, even in dreams. His legs wuz
X tse uinr- his arms wuz like beams, and hiH
hand. spread out like the map Of our wunst hap
ny Int nov opprert country He seemed to be
. h the last stages Of fearful sickness. He he'd
+ been. ia h- day, giant Of immense strength
WIZ even in his illness OF handsome hu-
man helu "a sOt my eyes onto. But it wu2
. EVIDENT that he wuz goin fast. He drawd his
breath painfully. and from ugly wounds on his
boiy blood oozed slowly but depletinly.
'Nho Is he 7" | asked Nv the Goddess nv
3 lilsrly, which rot at his head in deep mourAin
AID Aeelln violently.
'lha- Repubickirm," she answered, "the
0ry aetolal genuine friend | ever hed-the
Ou, one who Teely stood by me. But they are
kiln him. That cash in his back Chase gave
n hm. that stab in the eide wuz inflicted by Ran
DALI tnr itch Nlch 10 irTitates him he caught
. firm the Biaifs, and-gOOd Heaven hers conner
another squad Uf enemies ~
looked, aud lol Bossy Tweed. Hoffman. Sey
mOlr Hendricks aud dozen NV my pertikeler
friends were comm in. They he'd masks on
their faces, made oy Moo York Tnbo0ns bnt
kuawed en- for all that. Hoffman seezed the
lead nv the prortrate giant, while Tweed poured
dtN his throat nauseous oOd from Jug
make! II Cincinnati" fairly forcn' it down hmm
lac victim shuddered e2 he swallered it, ez tho
Wul he last aud final shudder.
aion killed him :" shrieked the Goddess.
Me behave we have, madam" ahoutodthe
felelr in horus, pullin OF their masks you'll
+ fOrr lin within year"
Kill her now ~ yelled one Of en-. who wuz
evidently from Greeley "rhe amt got her
Champion to save her this tune"
And they seized her hand gagged and bound
hsr with tughtful yellA
And IN their joy they execooted most de-
IL mae war dance about the corpse. in which
p ed with an ABILITY 1 didn't know | was pos
se-sea. But just when our exutatiOn WIZ at its
highest tie corpse give fearful gasp-a CON
u.-hen OF ten horse power. He rz mp from tho
couch. aHspOmed sitin position, his face NV
dtailIIy paleness, and with reich that shook
4 Tie lnIldug Yomlted as | never saw human
BEN NOmlt.
"Good heavens" shreaked Tweed ise've
g'e' HIM toe much OF the pizen, and its acting
( as az euietc.'
The -lch man gave heave after heave, and in
he mood Nv bile wich he elected | saw Greeley,
GnN Brown, SchuiZ, Cox '' s'N~" -" lich
A'rry gentle cave lane d Schurz and q ltz
Brown VA the ilOor llll,o ..,,,~. ..... ,nrew
. Cut feuton, and gigantic one, which conyulsed
At -rlleter from centre tUcircumference Missed
1 ON Greeley But, once over il wuz tramen-
lus rclri To the sick indINidooa Immejitly
Era' change came over HIM. The moment they
Su4 an Ia, stamlck the palens disappeared -
neatly colon came to his cheeks and his week.-Mrs.
" elt him. Charm about furiously, he put one
I'i nu Greeley and Brown and their misable
elmi ahlunS. "a man brushes beetles with the
oArI he kicked the jug out NV the window, wch
lNs "uI followed by Tweed and his friends, who
NeW lAioush the same apeitOOr propelled hv
Tie zane motive power. lIo cut the bonds oil
'c goddess, tour on her mournin and wuZ IN
'lg acl nv embracn nv her when awOke.
! a' Tor hours cogitatin over tins dream. Wuz
i"pntcy or billed pork That's the conun-
I4A' Is II warnn nv Judgment to come. or is
d -nidered siumicks Hev we dozed the
h4.AN'hlu party too freeey with Cincinnati and
a. Na' I'VE luhdly hoped wood be plzen euuI to
~. 'il great enemy, goin TO be an emetic which
W." id nun nv the dizlurbin humOrs wich was
ever. ''''
u troubled me 70 iht al cooden sleep. Itoss-
v' ap'N lu the most restless and frantic man
n5I tliI Good only induce the gentle goddess to
V1N my yields after four solid drinks from a
w wen keep in my ROOM wch isn't marked
N'y''Nhau by no means. Heaven grant that
u' i'eaii is simply u baseess fabric.
PETROLEUM " Nasty,