The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-05-17
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g ST. 70 a Strange Dfeaaa. Ras e'Hiia
As iilsstrstiag sko k msnaer nsssu ,,: il iJgh Jgghieh
impsessy yohs OF. t6s past may Cd M u from
the brain, a shall Here fdfsiSh an ffiatatlsg
k0rdsEing cloaely ioddfhe aunbsnAtural.
and ifsiyly yepFsseating the &eas 1aAyYeIi
Il oEGesEea to & 81 ylicSa3. Wks G re,atsd Il,
ID my hsAiiHg&, 10 d circle whose S0tiVetl
liHAssoh hadatnE1ga on the aubiAht Or ,besS
Iaopal fear. ""What youn unro ,aaEipg,Sy ,,,se
llresmrlarked. srl annay be yeFy. .tEbe, but ! can
lIaaslre You that The senti tiimneeit OF 'fenr, in
utmost degrees, ise ID ntcf lea5 comfthotf
Ithsa you sapFose'; and !th5ugifI yohlaAaiY
5e surprised to, hear me Isssy II, ,I,kna5s
from personal .experfenco that this IL eeyr
tainly 10. When I waas fiye Or six years
old Il dreamed skat was pIasing " u
lafgs pond Of water in avery. SOLITARY
place On the,.opposite side Of git,thele
IIs.sp2d great tree chat looked na il T. Aa3
been struck by lightning, aud ia the pond
at another part an old iitilea tfuiiE. on
ono Of the prone limbs Of which shHf6
Uasik ss.sfflsfsunnsdg itseiG On aguddan
% wind arose.. which forced me Into che
pond, and Ia my dying struggles I'd extri-
cate fnyeelf fomi1P ils Rfseii ana sliniyS VA
IItets I'a#eke, trembling saitE teffor.s''so..
hstAbodte eight years subsequently, WhilV
rSecyering from % nearly fatal attack Of
iecarlet foyer, this dream presented itself
70 me, Identical In all respects, again.
Even up 70 this tina I think had never
Distinctly % 4sas@bsa af q (sds % sSste ut wa. IN
picture Of one in the, first spelling. book
that had been given me" Psrhkpg on 10.
count OF my critical coadilion. tliiS second
Idream tiospresseds me,pmere ...oadfully
than fna arst.i3 10 owl .rsdi o,om h
"A dozen years moro elapsed, had
become q physician, and vas how aetiIVc!!
| ~ pursuing my professional dhtieS iii one
IIof the ,EDutbern Gtaths.i,It sot8elLHunt
that one july afternoon 4 had Ito, take o
| long and iwearigome ride. on ,horsebaclf.
It was Sunday, and extremely hot !; the
path was solitary, there was hot' q E6nES
fes naileam Tho Forest, had Tint siutens5
s,'lenca so chaEaeteristip gof, this TINA of
had gone 10 'theit retTeaits5 tt'b to Be Ifid oYtSe
heat of che sun. Suddenly aS ono rpoSnt
offheToad I came upon aiEreat etdeaant
water pool and casting myo pyea sacEess
~, there stood 10 pine tree blasted bH
lightning, and on o log that was, :neariy
even With the surface 2altuftle tssas 1bask.
ing in the sunr Tho dream of'nly infnn.
Cyl was upon me the bride fell niv
hands, apJpnntterahle!fear oyershadowed
me, and slunk away FROM the accursed
terhough Business oceasiona1y after.
TafI would havs drawn, mt ahat way
coplld not summon resolution to 60, and
actually have, taken. roundabout paths
IL seemed TO ne profoundly amazing that
the dream that / hd8 h5a should Tnfter
twonty years be realized, ,Without yespect
70 differences of scenei or elimetss or age.
A good clergyman of my acquaintance
tpok the, opportnnity Of improving The
cifcum9tances TO my spfsittaf advantage.
andin his kind ehthusiesn -aEor slek knoH
that I had been: more than once bFanght
to The point Of death, byi such .feycrs---in-
dream that slioiild die Of
.AMost peraons have doubtless observed
that they suddenly lyiencdnnter spvents of
triyiai nature, in their course es, lite, of
which 1 they haye lah lpdistinct recollec.
ton that they have dreamed before. For
fS'aoH6 e.ulO 40 cS6uiEu 10 I2AG tAuE egA8
case!ofthat bind, and,thatht might he
set down among the pysteriops and nni
We SO often fail to fsee fhs eimbie expIar.
alton efthings, when Chit exblhaaEion ID
actually ihtr1ding itself; f;baEore uai1oA id
30 IN thiqi asi;,4ik fwaP long hefore the
Truth CLEANED In upon me, befora, my
reEs6hihg powers shook of the deiusffygse
impfessi ofis fmy senses BIT is occiirTail
at last 'forlI said ato myself, isrit more
probable that such o. mystorye In true. or
that have dreamed forthe third time That
which had already dreamed OF twice be-.
fore Have 7 really Seen tie I'll ttsstsf q tree
and summing turtie3 j.! Are o g9eaSy tido OF
hfty miles, che nocntida heat, the sllenee
that could almost be felt, no .provocat;on
to dream have ridden under such
circumstances m6ay q mills fast aslsap..
end, have awoke and known &c; ;tiandatOfI
reaolyed that II ever circumstances ctr.
fisa me 70 those parts again, I would sat
isfy myself as to the matter.
Accordingly, afte. q few yeats, when
On accident led me to .travel there, I re-.
visited tho; well.Senoezabbred scene.--
There was still the atagneHt pool, but The
blasted Pine tree, .was gone; and, after I
had pushed my ,hossa through the psaFshy
thi6cst as far rs 7 could iorce him, Fard
then dismounted and pursued q close in.
yestigation on foot in every direction
around the spot, Lwaa. clearly convinced
! that no pine tree. had ever grown there;
not stump nor apy, token Sf its remains
could be seen; and so now 1 have e6na.
cluded fhat at the glimpse fithe siatsr:
with the readiness of those who arafall.
Ing asleep. Iih9d sdeptest an external fact
into q dream that ify Il tsd ,aEG;Se7es tho
trains 0f. .u{pughti which iun fDrnier years
had occupied me, -aaa that. in fine, the
mystery was. 81. q, delusicn. and that I
had been frightened with less than q
ental!G3oYE.iiA, hiaii a1hi ois'E- ;liorIdH IN
The Instructive story of this physfcian
teaches us how readily and Yetr how iiiss.
pFessiyely the remaiEs OF olui idS5ss;g rY,,i;Sy
DO recalled how they may, ,iziie tsefe, he
projected into. the apace 5syond as, and
take, position ssmong existing realities.
| For this ell thst Is. necessary is that tIlere
ahonld 'ba an iiSaIaiization' Of Did simprssi
sioEs with nov seneaticna, and &hetfnlsy
be accomplished efthagfbys Aininishink
the foEce. cl present sensat tioils,, ef bY. In
creasing the activity Of those parts Of Eha
stored 4 W p 5ho 'iSsiSsis iSsisgiAs " a5e
| Thus Dehn We ars fsilinG asfesg.a tlae
organs ,of sense no longer, convey thbir
/ special Impressions with fiig cISa ss aSid
anr6n EhnE fhav aid In hf.iis ,safagl. y
and thtt8 gives 10 She traces that afS Itoled
|, up in the brain Che power oe drawing DIP.
on thefhselges the attention OF the mind,
E15iDts rS ~ ,-Dtape', in l7alPqr's Maga-