The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-23
A Chicago woman's Remarkable
Dreams.

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Tie Chicago inter Ocean prints q
communication which says! n
Iwant every person who reads this to
understand that it is the plain, unvari
nished truth Being natural, L should
commence with children's dreams. OF
course they are more foolish and harder
to understand than grown persons on
account of the immaturity of their
xiindsj nevertheless, they have deep
meaning. Ny dreams were always
hints, or, more properly, significant OF
the future. My oldest sister was aware
of this, and often asked me what L
dreamed. told her dreamed brother
came home and left his bones. She
seemed excited, andsat down and wrote
him letter, telling him to come home
Immediately, as. some great danger
threatened him. He replied to her let
ter, made light of her warning, and end
ed by saying that was some of her " cid
woman's notions.n Mark what follow
ed. In about six weeks he was brought
home corpse, being greatly reduced IN
flesh, having died of ttphus fever. Twill
relate another child's dream. A little
boy, four years old, dreamed he went
into a certain room, and saw mans
head lying on the floor. Some time
after a man died in the same room after a
| lingering illness. 5H q s . "a
The dreams of some persons are not
reliable. Persons having weak minds
and crooked ways could not be expect
ed to dream straight TIE genersl I'M
belief in dreams comes mainly from this
cause. When we moved to Illinois my
husband wished to purchase span Of
horses. The result was, old nags, in
various stages of decay, were brought
and represented as sound and without
biemish. iii every instdHee : detected
what allied them, and their peduliai
traits. To make a long story short,
will merely relate one of them. mag
med myself in the house, when NO
man entered without ceremony. Sh'
held her head slightly back, and no
ticed wrinkles extending from her ear
to her eyes; which gave her look o
great suffering. L asked her Whist aile'
her. She said Il have been afflicte'
with pain in the back of my neck
They have rubbed all kinds of stron.
stuff on it, but nothing does it an,
good She said a great deal which i
not necessary to mention. The mex
day about noon man drove up to tn
gate with a span of mares, which h
wished to sell for $3.50 apiece. NJ
husband examined them and could Sc
nothing amiss, but said he would nc
take them until / looked at them. As
walked from the house to the gate,
noticed one of the mares held her hea
back, had her ears cropped, and ais
wrinkles extending from her eats to he
eyes. l bid the man the time of day, AN
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matter with that off mare" As soon a
: 1 said that he gave a sudden start, a
though something had bit him. l fe
certain l had hit the nail on the heads
said: sKusbard, go around and loos
the collar and see if there is ttot som'
thing the matter with the back of hi
NECK. - As soon as he had touched til
: harness she kicked like vengeance. A
this the man seemed to recover from h
fright, and said; "Oh, don't do that,
; have been rubbing strong stuff on ht
neck, and she is afraid you are going
: rub some on.n After the collar was r
moved, it was evident that she had
incurable disease, and her neck WI
minus pound of flesh" -..