Connecticut western news., 1880-01-21
Another Dream .

@ ED. NEws:-An article in your issue of two weeks ago, entitled "A Dream" brought back to my mind a dream which had had a few nights before. retired on the night in question pondering upon the uncertainty of this short, fleeting life; it's insignifcance as bearing upon the great future of eternity, and asked myself the question: Does it pay, then, to live in perpetual strife, one with an- other9 to find satisfaction only in thwarting one another's designs? does it pay, in striv- ing for certain end, to employ means which that end will not justify? I fell asleep, and in my dream seemed to be on large plain, near high mountain A short distance from me saw donkey, running about and kick ing this way and that, and praying stento- riously. From his strange antics concluded something unusual troubled him, and a strange rushing sound caused me to raise my eyes, when the cause of his agitation was at once apparent. A large black eagle was circling majestically in the air high above him.
 and would occasionally swoop down within 6 short space of him, as if enjoying his fran tic efforts to harm it, when the donkey would duck his head and strike out vigorously with his heels, at the same time giving vent to his rage in a spiteful "hee-haw." Alter 6 while the eagle seemed to tire of worrying the poor beast, and flew to the mountain and alighted on watch tower on the summit
 The donkey watched the flight of his antago- hist and galloped madly afterit to the foot of the mountain, but being unable to climb up the steep and rocky sides, turned tail toward the mountain and began to kick and bray, and the louder he prayed, the more he seemed to get intoxicated with his own music, and he encouraged himself with this soliloquy:
 "Hee-haw, I'm going to kick this moun- tain out from under you, [whack] take that l
 hee-haw. If can't climb up I'll fetch you down, [whack] how'd that set9 Oh, I'm a kicker, am kickin's my best hold, [whackl -hee-haw; kicked over a whole meeting house once, [whackl I kicked over farmers milk wagon, too, hee-haw, but I never men, tion that, it wasn't much of kick, [whack why don't that confounded eagle say some- thing [whack seems to me the mountain moved little that last kick now for good one hee-haw, here goes"- and with .hat he gathered himself for a tremendous kick, which
 he delivered with such terrific force that the rebound caused him. to turn complete son. ersault, but as his eyes were open when he went over, the poor jackass imagined that it was the mountain that performed the evolu- ton Just then the eagle flew from it's perch, and with sort of plying disgust, bounced up on the exhausted beast, and desperate fight ensued, filling the air with shrill screams and hoarse brays. In my eagerness to witness the conflict, got little too close, and received a spasmodic kick iE the side,s from the mule, then in it's last convulsive throes, which knocked the breath out of me, and the next knew, my wife gave me another punch in the ribs,- shouting, "Here I've been punching you for the last half hour, and all can get out of you is hee-haw, hee-haw.' Now want you to GET U-Pl Do you hear?" It is unnecessary to say that heard, and got up. On going to the barn found that one of my pigs had got into the hen .roost, and its eyes had been plucked out by gamey shang- hai rooster. I buried the pig, wondering at the singular combination of metaphysical fore | es that had brought about such a remarkable coincidence. ANOTHER DREAM.
 Canaan, Jan IT, 1880.