, 1876-08-11
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Mr.. rutherford. Of Bow lani. a gen
tlcman Of landed property IN the vale ot
| Gala. was prosecuted for n very consid-
crablo sum. the accumulated arrears of
tcinds or tithes, for which he was said
10 be indebted TO n noble family. Mr..
Ruthcrforl was strongly impressed with
the belief that his father hal. by form
Of process peculiar 10 the laws u Scot
land, purchased these teinds from the
proprietor, and therefore that the pres
ent prosecution was groundless. But
after an investigation among the public
records, and a careful inquiry among
all persons who had transacted Law busi-
ness for his father, no evidence could he
recovered to support his defense. The
period was now near at hand when he
conceived the loss Of his lawsuit TO lie
inevitable, and he hal formed the de-
termination to ride to Edinburgh next
day and make the best bargain he could
in the way of compromise. He went to
bed with this resolution. and with all
the circumstances OF the case floating
upon his mind, had dream TO the fo!s
lowing purpose: His father, who had
been many years dead, appeared TO him,
he thought, and asked him why he was
disturbed in his mind. In dreams men
are not surprised at such apparitions.
Mr.. Rutherford thought that he inform
ed his father of the cause of his dis
tress, adding that the payment of o con-
siderable sum Of money was the more
unpleasant to him because he had q
strong consciousness that it was not due,
4hNr,rvl, he ,,noI1a -
evidence in support of his belief. "You
are right, my son, ;" replied the paternal
shade, g. 1 did acquire the right to those
tends, for payment of which you are
not prosecuted. The papers relating to
the transaction are in the hands of Mr..
-, a writer or attorney, who is now
retired from professional business and
resides at Inveresk, near Edinburgh.
He was a person whom 1 employed on
that occasion for q particular reason,
but who never on any other occasion
transacted business on my account. 1t
is very possible" pursued the vision,
that Mr.. - may have forgotten a
matter which is now OF very old date,
but you may call it to his recollection
by this token, that when 1 came to pay
his account, there was difficulty in get
ting change for Portugal piece of gold,
and we were forced to drink out the bal
ance at q tavern"
Mr.. Rutherford awoke in the morn
ing with all the words of the vision i'm
printed on the mind, and thought it
worth while to walk across the country
to Inveresk, instead of going straight to
Edinburgh. When he came there, he
waited on the gentleman mentioned in
the dream, a very old man. Without
saying anything of the vision, he in
quired whether he ever remembered
having conducted such matter for his
deceased father. The old gentleman
could not at first bring the circumstances
to his recollection, but on mention of
the Portugal piece of gold, the whole
returned upon his memory. He made
an immediate search for the papers, and
recovered them. so that Mr.. Rutherford
carried to Edinburgh the documents
necessary to gain the cause which he
was on the verge of losing.
Yhis remarkable circumstance was at
tended with bad consequences to Mr..
Rutherford, whose health and spirits
were afterward impaired by the atten-.
ton which he thought himself obliged
to pay to the visions of the night.