South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-05-23
The Wonderful Dream.

40 dreams, SAID OLD Stias Taftop4 lie took
another Whit az his pipe and then added ::
sOne of the greatest spscuiations / ever
went into came Of dreams wonderful
dream. I'll tell you about IT,, siacier.1q
You remembersou,e of you. about the
great land speculation here in Maine thirty
years ago. Poor meu-avery few of chem
were made su iaeul ,ish :; aud rich men
were msds suddenly poor. | was living then
Grey. sOae day Sam Whitney of Oxford
stopped at our pace,S showed US a uapIof'a
new tow "a which had abesu'laid out in Saea3
ahoc. fOa7the map IL looked beau,fui.
Thore were brooks. and lakes, aud broad
plains of pino and oak, aud streets all laid
out, aud spots Cor churches and school
houses marked out In proper array. had
cousin living down that way, aud con
cluded to GO down aud take a look
found the town of Fileuvile,e which old
w hituey had shown ma on his map, 20 be
a wild, worthless tract al ! roc Ks and syamo,
but on the edge Of this tract In another
township inv cDusin owned piece of good
land, and 1 bought hundred aud iftv acres
of ii, and madeline an excellent, farm i:raud
Tor shat purchase | was never sorry ia =
Meantime lIllenpille was nearly all sold
In hundred acre lots sIss8lt scr s.sf
Tue excitement was at fever hea.. and
people bought without once comine 90 lonk
at the land they were purchasing. > But by
snd by the new owners begen 10 look ,,p
their property, aud you cam rest assured
that they We're hlue set, W hen they were
re-asscmbled or that territory 80 Within all
the limits of the mapptdsout township
WA nj a It,fn 4 -. 81
waited GA the side that b ordered nv farm
1t was craggy ledge of rocks and beyond
thas to the Eastward the Ian i settled IN.
der the mud and the water of a sunkeu
slough, Soma of these lots had, been sold
rs, high as one pOundgan acre, and q few
of thGm even hi cher than thar. Oae, poor
fellow, named j Dhn Twist, from Vermont.
had paid one pound an acre forua lot that
b9rdered on my farm. q Ga the map it had
been set down as Inaqn itirent pine forest,
with river upon its border, aup1n which
was a superb water power j ohm Twist
hnuyh itand paid for il, and W hen be came
t9.ioak al he found it to- be a mass of
aasren rocss, sb.llere and ere d cump
OF shrub oak aEst a few Norway pines, aud
fora river ha i dnd a water course which
taaa 5iet. melted snow over the crags 10 the
Spring, AMI which was dry most of the
year did not see the poor sfe low when
ne o'me t. survey his property, but, l can
Imagine how he felt d4cd Eau ass
After a wbilh, however, the excitement
passed oil, aud the sufferers Of Ellenvile
turned their backs upon the graves of their
speculative hopes. GA my farm prosper
ed. My land was OF the very best quail
~; my wife was true hel ornate my
crops were abnnd mt; my stock .ihrived,
and fnund myself with a goodIy pile of
money tied up 10 my stocking.
One evening in the early morning, after
our crops bad been gafnefed, man, riding
a sorry looking nag, pulled up before our
door iia was we'll looking man with
sedaio aud solemn face, aud dressed in
Hack. IL was safe enough to conclude
ihnt the man was minister, and SO be
announced himself lie said he was the
Rev. Paul Meekmore be was IA mission.
rJ, on home circuit, aud asked shelter
Tor himself and horse for the night. OF
course VIC welcomed him cbeerfuly, and
were pleased with him lie had travelled
extensively, and his conversaiion was en-
tertainlng aud instructive. Ii fore be went
to bed be read a chapter in the Bible aud
made prayer; and Beisey said to me az
ter ne bad retired that she had never heard
such beautiful prayer in her life
ne next morning, ut the breakfast IA
DE, Mr.. Meekmore was very scdafc lie
asked blessing, aud then only answered
such questions % were asked him. Final
" my wite told him she was afraid he had
not slept well. lie smiled and said he had
sept very we'll saving the spell of a very
curious dream which had visited bin three
'P'rate times during the night. B.t.ey
asked him il he would not tell what il was
abou'.
'It was the oh dream Of hidden wealth. /
ne SAID, with solemn look j haven't
dreamed such dream bgfore, since by
wonderful dream 10 South Africa 7 ied 10 I
the discovery Of diamond MN worth I
millions Of drlIars, and il never praficd I
me a cent. Bot such wealth Is aoi for me.
need it not. Ny cllliog BATH higher and
h"her aims. Add yet This poor hesh j.
lines weak enough IL last after dross
OF god and silver.
~ degrees We got from him that he had
reamed Of silver niue sBoDg abe oragps
OF our hills. This niue seemed t. his Sis.
loh 10 DO utterly exhaustless 10 The preoious
metal but he could not loca it. 3stsey.
whose curiosity was srou-ed, would have
pushed the matter, but Mr.. AIsekaore fn-
'i'y sbook his head more solemoly iban ev.
~, add said that BIO would rather foreet
the dream il he could. h
When the mission---' tsH
--.ys uorse vas at the