The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-12-18
:. :, From tie Leisure Hour.
DREAMS AND DREAMING.


.o:,I .z.pREaMs AND DREAMING. -. =
Early in the present century q Whtsnire
fari1er;had dream soon after mlonlgnS, W tItice
repeated, to the effect that there was som eSn.hg
wrong going ON in certain held OF MS aho a1oel
dreaming this the third ume, SO strong was
bis ,;mnression of. its being 9. reality that he
arase. and taking his gun. he set out for the
snoh. 1t was Summer time, and an hour OF
two before dawn On reaching the field, ne
sawsiii,! a remote part of it, faint glimmerlng
LIGHT. toward which he directed his steps. On
approaching. he found a man in the act OF Dig
gIng what appeared to be intended for grave,
the light being at the bottom. What are you
doing here Sa demanded the farmer: But with
ont feplying1 the fellow bounded off at the top
of his speed. leaving behind him his jacket, IN
a pocket Of which was found murderous
weapon in the shape of knife. Ihe farmer
did not pursue, but retraced his steps; and on
approaching the house met one OF ms serVant
girls carrying bundle. He inquired whltner
She was going at that unreasonable hour but
having formed her plan she seemed bent on
carving it out, and she showed a disposition
to.avoid him. This, however, ne would n9I n99II
petnit, and insisted upon an explanation 1t
a1;teara chat the wretched man who had just
been surprised in the act of preparing for MS
wicked design, had promised to marry the girl /;
and the arrangement was that she should clan
destinely leave her place and meet him at a
sneci6ed hour and spot in the field In question,
bring with her the money she had saved while
in service. It need hardly be said that, after
beine iapprissd by her master of what ne had
witnessed. the poor girl was only too glad and
thanFfnp To- return: with him, thus doubtless
escaping, through the interpostion OF mercl-
full Providence, an untimely and violent DEATH
In June, 1852, Nj. Robert Aikenhead, farm
er in 'Denstrath of Arnhall, in the MearnS,
about FIVE miles north of Brechln ana seven
frenn~M Montrese,,s went to aemarket catied lar
renty Fair, where he mad a large sum OF money
to receive. His eldest son, Robert, a boy be-
tween 7 and years old, was sent to take care
ofathe cattle, and happened to lie down upon a
grassy bank, and before sunset was tass asleep.
although the boy had never been far from
homey he was Immediately carried in bis lm-
agination to Tarrenty market, where ne dream
cd that his father, after receiving the money,
set ont on his return home, and was followed
ali .,the way by two ill-looking fellows, who,
when he had got to the western dykes OF In
plismauldy fthe seat of the then Lord OF Hal
Serton. now Earl of Kintore,) and little more
thar mile from home, attacked and attempted
70 rob him whereupon the boy thought ne
raIs to his assistance, and when he came within
q gunshot of the place called out to some peo-
BE who were Just going to bed, who put the
robbers to fight. He Immediately awoke IN
fright, and without waiting to consider whether
twas vision or reality, ran as fast as ne
could to the place he had dreamed OF, ana no
sooner reached it than he saw his father IN tne
very spot and situation he had seen IN his
dream. defending himself with a stick against
the assassius. q He therefore Immediately real
;zed his own part of the visionary scene. by
roaring. out "Murder p at the top OF his voice,
which soon brought out the people, who, run,
ninct nm TO Mr.. Aikenhead's assistance, found
him yicter over Que of the Williams whom ne
Had previously Knocked down with a stone
after they had pulled him off his horse, but
almost overpowered by the other, who repeat
edlv ATTEMPTED to stab him with sword,
seainst which he had no other defense than his
stick and his hands, which were considerably
nangled by grasping the blade. Upon sight OF
the country people, the william who had the
sword ran of, but the other, net oeing aDie'
was apprehended aud lodged IN jail. Mean
time there was hue and cry after young
Robert, whose mother missing him, ana nndlng
the cattle among the corn, was IN the utniosI
anxiaty.5 concluding he had fallen into some
water or neat moss. But her joy and surprise
v,ere enuallv great when her husband returned
With the bow and told how wonderfully both
his money and his life had been saved by his
In the "Life and Letters of the Rev. R. B.:
Barham.,' author Of the "Ingoldsby Legends,
the following narrative occurs, as related 20
M Barham by q friend who was told it BY
tho dreamer himself: a Mr.. Phillips, secretary
tn Mr.. Abbot, Speaker of the House of Com
mons stated to my friend Mr. WOOD, that
about.fhe year 1906 he woke one nlgnt IN some E
perturbation, having dreamed that ne hao
been sentenced to be hanged, when the agony
of his situation reused him at the very moment
thew were in the act of pinioning his arms IN
the press yard. ,-
he turned and fell asleep again, when precisely
No same scene was repeated, with the addition
that he now reached the foot of the gallows,
and was preparing to mount before he awoke.
The crowd, the fatal tree the hangman, the
cord. all we're represented to him with fright
fnl distinctness, and the impression was so
vivid that he got out of bed and walked about
The room for some minutes before he could
reconcile himself to the idea of seeking rest
ON his pillow again. He was long whlle
before he could close his eyes, but toward
mornine:he fell into perturbed siumoer, IN
which precisely the same tragedy was actea &C
over again; he was led up to the scaHola,
placed upon the top, the rope WIS iIVeu W nio -
neck by the executioner, whose features ne
distinctly recognized as those of the man ne
had seen in his former visions; the cap was
drawn over his face, and he felt the trap giving
wav heneath his feet, when he once more awoke
With q loud scream that was heard by person
sleeping in the next room. A.,
Going to rest again was now out OF the
rrsst;on and Mr.. Phillips describes himself
9s. r;.inp and dressing, though it was then
hardly m Nv davbreak, in state Of the greatest
no nossible excitement. Indeed, so strong hold
ba had this dream, 50 singularly repeated, taken
upon mo his Imagination, that he found it almost
;rpnossible to Shake off the unpleasant feeling
to which it gave rise. and had nearly. resolved
to send an excuse to a gentleman with whom
he had engaged to breakfast, when the re1iec-
ton that he must by so doing defer the settle
ment of important business, and all on account