The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-15
a Ssnrn,ar Dreana~A Negroes Dream,
ar a f,Sssery assa what assaulted.
sSrom the Ctkcsgo Trf6~sse.

A singular occurrence. indicating the
nrr,ous character cT deans and how they
sometimes come tree, Is reported In the ase
of John White, colored wbtewasher. re-
siding on Fourth avenue. Like many Of his
race, ne is an ipveserate purchaser Of lottery.
tickets and specuia,es in policy; and, like
all other gamhscrs. ana especially negro
gamblers, is nost superstitious In regard TO
dreams Of uusn aers and omens Of luck. AT
the recent drawing OF tue New orleans
lottery White, Ike most Of his le-
lows, was 10 an ecstacy OF eXcne,
ment over eae lottery, and contenpsaieu
IN investment. The thing sperVaoeo MS
sleeping rs well as his waking Thoughts, SO
that it IA net surprising, that be oreameo OF
the lottery Ore night he dreamed thae De
wss nressrt q, the drawing, and that the
TWO capjtai prizas, sggregatiog Sl50,VV, Tell
m two nsxDbers that he distinctly saw
- hs6 and 4. He was naturally impressed
he h,s dream; still more impressed when
fnr the next two nights it was repeated with
ont modification Ia form. This, as any
psychologist or student Of cerebral phepom-
epa kpews, Yves less remarkable than 1t
seems, bat Singular csincidence. or rather
series Of eoinoide1ces, followed. That morn
ing rs he went to his work. passing by
the Lake Shore deIo; he noticed the
numbers OF the engine and baggage-car
on the Elkhart accommodation, and they
we're $50 and GAL, the numbers OF bis
dream, though 10 q different circle, and the
two houses wbere he was employed Tor the
dsv happened to be 125 north Sangamon and
1854 west Harrison streets. There Is perhaps
nothing really remarkable or uuaccountaole
in this, as q rational explanation would make
the dream the consequence OF previous
know ledge Of and reflection upon taese num-
bers. He saw the same train every morning
on bis way to work, and had probably no.
ticed the coincidence OF the numbers OF the
houses where be vas engaged 10 work.
This e. iaciCerce, through the process OF un-
conscious cerehratioD, undoubtedly oegot toe
dream, with al! its harmony OF detail.
So possessed WAS be Of the idea OF these
numbers proving the fortunate ones that ne
collected all the money he could scrape TO-
pe,bcr, raised more on chattel mortgage
tlpop his Sonny furaiture, and bought TWO
fnlI tickets. costing S1O0, in the lottery. Sc.
curing. 10 iiis great foy, the numbers of his
dream. The news speedily circulated, and
there was intense excitement in Africa.
EVERYBODY went to the policy shops and
ola, ed as bis number, II 5S 81. The event
ful night Of the drawing came at last; not
an eve was co-ed in Ethiopia, and next
morning by dsybresk the whole popu-
Iation had secured copies Of the pa.
per containing The official report. Read
it ont. Brudder Washington" exclaimed one
az xious gambler. Spit it out! Wbsh's
l2,5s62 Wbs''s done become OBJ AZ"
''Wbah's they ?" replied the patriarch, With
g groan: dey's not hyah. nv cbilien. dis is
wUss dan de Freedmen's Bank" 1t was,
alas too true. The sun that bad risen on a
population flushed with hope set on busted
community. Such scene has been un.
known since on the 18th Of april last
ALTA was drawn when there wasn't
penny Llsyed on it. The pawnbrokers'
shops are crammed, ADD there is hardly one
pair Of lsyepders to be seen on Clark street
10 an afternoons walk, end when last Sun.
day q reverend exhorter rose and announced
as bis text, "Dem that makes haste fo' to
get rich shall not be innocent" the effect
was electrical.