The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-09-10

to distafbed and hhfeffesliing slum-
Der. 70 Iuqa 41eFl1il infI3l
There was no remedy for the disease
save discontinuance Of study, and 10
this the boy would not consent--even
though this most repulsiye nightmare
was, visibly and rapidly, sapping bis
constitution. At length he was favored
with q strange dream. A face seemedta
bend over hin--One that he had never
seen before, but whose features remained
ever afteward fixed in his memory. In
the decline Of life, he used to tell i most
interesting story Of his meeting With
that faco, tWenty-fnur years later, and of
tho decisive influence which It's owner
exercised aver his destiny. This face,
which be Describes ~ beautiful, spoke in
tones delightfully."- sweet, 10 this effect
"Ifisomehody will watch BY yOur bed,
and whea the nightmare seiZes you, re-
cite certnin passsige' which iwe shall
specify pps,intlyI ''yOuI will be set free
To sleep IN peueer II was not until the
dream reGrred more than once that the
dreamer vontured to mention It. II was
laughed ut by all, save IN elder sister,
who made up her mind 70 give d fair
trial 20 the remedy so cnriously suggest
ed. She did N when her brother was
next undergoing the torture. Hardly
had she begun 10 speak than he ceased
to go over his lessons, and taking up the
passageafter her, he went through 1t to
the cnd--qhite involuntarily as before,
but very differently, with an ease and
comfort perfectly indescribable. When
the recitation was over he sunk into a
calm and refreshing sleep. The expert
ment was repeated night after night, and
alwayswith still more satisfactory re-
suits than before. by degrees the pest
relaxed its grasp, and in nine or ten dhys
vanished forever. The passage eln-
ployed was. "the Lords Prayern o.
The dreamer used 10 explain the matt
ter thuEl 3d yliJ 800 Nie t"-d 3A' "' O.
Once Misunderstanding Of his strange
atiliotiony asilhei often did, and castipg
about for an antidOte, there occurred TO
his meniOryIRO piece Of old reading, IN
/ which it was stated lthat the wounds
made one day by the application Of
heated irons might DO cured on the next
by similar application. While turning
the story over In his mind conception
of the remedy which, in the end, proved
beneficial, glanced before him, but SO
vaguely and for 20 short u period that he
could not grasp it, To this passing idea
and to his efforts to arrest it, he attribu-
ted-rightly as we think--the material
portion of the vision. The passage rec
commended for recitation he accounted
for by the fact that he had been piously
t-a;ral Dt,t I,tsf latar npsnioY, t.Toc fhot
paragraph from a profane author
would have served just us well. As to
the reappearance of the dream face in
real life-a notion in which he was OBJ
stinate to an extent inconCeivable in Il
mind 80 logical-we may remark that
strong imaginings and intense affections
play strange tricks with our Impressions.
More curious than even intellectual
dreams are those which are retrospective
and premonitory. That there are such
things candid people will admit. That
there may be such things reasonable
people will hardly deny. 1t is but natu-
raj that an event which has made deep
impression upon vivid brain should be
recalled in sleep. 1t is just as natural
that an event which is anticipated with
earnest hope or apprehension, should be
pre-hgured in dream by the same
brain. In the former case, the dream
will be the shadow of real occurrence,
and correct in proportion TO the depth of
the impression lett by that occurrence.
In the latter case, the shadow will be
truthful in proportion TO the accuracy
with which we measure the circum-
stances which are moulding the event 80
anxiOusy expected.
But, occasionally, premonitory and re-
Prospective dreams present faithful
pictures of events, with which we could
have had no previous acquaintance, and
concerning which we could have formed
no anticipation. Twenty years ago there
dwelt in large seaport family, the
head Of which was u widow, in feeble
health. One of her Sons, youth of
| Is, was employed on a vessel trading
to South America. News had reached
home of his recovery from yellow fever,
q thing that is thought to secure immu-
nifty from the disease from the future.
His relatives, therefore, felt no appre-
hensiOn concerning him; nevertheless,
they awaited the arrival of the ship with
some anxiety. While they were waiting
thus, O friend who took deep interest in
the youth, dreamt to this purpose /
He seemed to be seated in a reception
room ON the ground floor, opposite
window looking into the street. In one
corner, by the window, sat theHwidow;
and in another corner on the same side
of the room, Sat one Of her daughters
While the three sat thus, looking at one
another in silence--in the dream, be il
remembered "A tall, sailOr-like man, ol
the best class, roughly dressed, as # he
had but just stepped ashore, passed the
window and knocked. Being admitted
he walked straight across the, room u
the chair which had Just been vacated
by the dahghter, and spoke as folloFs;i
"Mrs. -, am Captain -, of the
ship -, and / deeply regret that l have
to inform you Of the death of your son.
Such dream he who dreamt naturally
thought far too unpleasant to communi'
cate to the parties chiefly interested
Still, finding himself seated the follow.
ing evening precisely rs in the dream, he
felt compelled in spite Of his unwilling
ness, to relate it. Hardly had he con
cluded when the figure, as he had seer
it, passed the window, knocked, and wm
ushered into the apartment, where he
acted aud spoke, IN. every particular, q,
foreshadowed. II may be added tina
neithertlie family hof their friends. haC
the Slightest Knowledge Of the arrival .
The Vesseb and that nobody could have
anticipated the captain in bearing tn,
fatal news. The dreainer could not hell
remafkihg that isfehition OF the dream
prepared the mother for the announce
ment, Which, abrupt as it was, nigh
h otherWise have gwen her a dangerou
shock, ,i-' i'..', ID,
Are such visions TO- be accounted 70
on reasonable grounds? We think 50
In conjunction with what are callet
"forebodings," they teach ourselves I,
believe that intense love, or hate as in