New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-21
HARTELLOUS DREAMS.
Erom The Lond0n Ne,rs.

from The LOndOH Nrtcs
Most Dpople remember the terrible railway acci-
lint I'm 5vrrn Dickens himself and his prOOf-3hccts
csraprd while go many victims perishcd. IN Tue
train there CHANGED &c be q gentleman ana lady
iu.r landed in England after their return from
Lilo The lady said 10 her husband: see tie
great wave rolling on II ~ close 20 u.s. anl men
The crash came. and she was Il cor - Ine Nus
hand was uuhurt and, at a later time. explained
Inns wife- strange words Ever since they sci SAN
from India she had been baunled II slce9 'l u!e
dream of a vast silvery wave, and always as 10
,a about tO break on her she had Watencd in tcg-
ror This WIS the phenomenon when she rpfoe-
uilrd iuma iiatclY before the accident "hich
n.s tropic but unite odd nOugh for Mr.. Proctor's
collection is the anecdOtr OF the south country
f,rner's dream The good man wakeneu ircm ms
first Sleep amt aroused ms WHO ID trii h' ABOUT @
-..rtliur vision. he had dreamed that hr saw o
f,vnrite COW drowning I'm pond IN IN boring
cor,n0u Thr'e halu't no pond ti'Ie.' sad the
,,if. with natural irritation and douOle-sh0itcd
neogtives This was undnnahlv TuH. hnt the
farmer was uneasy. At last he arose. dressed ana
walked up the long lane whlrh ied 10 me common
Everything was quiet. buf Just dJ me TOP OF UHe
lane tIp larm1r heard sound as OF "a man digS ~
Then "A hight caught his eye 10 gimuere'i JilrC uGil
Ls,ly, that divided the lane from the hel'ts. ihe
farmer cautiously drew near I'LL he was ius5
above the ditch. There he sped "a country ieil0w
with n lantern. digging lOug straight. deep hole
in the ground. An axe lay beside the hole AT
this point the farmer slipped, the hedge rushed,
and the deliver lied away. The farmer secured the
lantern and made for home. just at the entrance OF
tine lane the time being about III the NOR ing. ne
direction whcuce he had come. W nat DO you
want. my lass No good fear, SAID the aSricuI
trraI morast and in short, he made the girl teil
him her story. Sue was gong To an aslghatlon
with her Young m.tn" who had lifted her and
was coHrting another girl She had threaSoheu
him with AN action for breach OF promise OF mar
riage. and the swain had promised that' II she
would bat meet hIm NJ in the morning' ~ the
bend of the lane he would satisfy hei anu renoN
ali jealousy and differences. Very well my lass,
said the farmer; come, and III show you what
he had to give you He led the way, and re-
vealed 70 the horrined girl the oug. deep. narrow
hole and the sharp axe which had awaited heI Nat-
rally she did not any longer pursue her lover and
here il dream which even Mr.. Proctor will admit
not to have been purpOsoless. Indeed the
machinery - of the drowning COW made the vision
annea direct TO the bucolic mind If the authority
for the story is not all we could wish, what can
excel that for the spiritual rendezvous at llcOn-
deroga "a story lately told by Dean Stanley IN
Ergsers Uaqa=inef How could man dream that
a spirit offered to meet him at rconderoga, place
which he never heard the name OF TIL he fell NOR
tally wounded IN the battle there, II there were
nothing not naturally applicable In dIeamsf