Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-05-20
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Strange Dreams.


Some years ago, it is related. pedler was
murdered in the north of Scotland. and the
crime remained for long time a mystery,
At length a man came forw ard. and declared
that he had had a dream in which there was
shown to him house. and voice directed
him 10 a spot near the house where was bur
led the pack of the murdered man and on
search being made. il was actually found
near the spot. At first it was thought that
the dreamer was himself the murderer, but
the man who had been accused confessed the
crime, and said that the dreamer knew moth
ing about it. IL turned out afterward that the
murderer and the dreamer had been drink
ing together for several DAYS a short time
after the murder. II has been suggested. as
a possible solution. that the murderer allow
ell statements to escape him whilst under
the influence Of drink which had been
called to the other in his dream. though he
had not the slightest remembrance Of them
IN his sober hours.
4 gentleman dreamt that his house vas
on FIRE and the dream made so vivid an I'M
preston that he Immediately returned. saw
il on fire indeed, and was just in time
TO save one of his little children from the
flames
A lady dreamt that an aged fema rela-
tive had been murdered by a black servant.
and this dream was repeated so often that
she repaired to the old laly's house. and set
a gentleman to watch in the night. About
3 o'clock IN the morning the black servant
was discovered gong TO his MISTRESS room.
a. he SAID, with Goals to mend the fre-a
sufficiently absurd excuse al such an hour
and in the middle Of Summer. The truth
vas apparent Shen strong knife was found
buried beneath the Goals.
The case Of the gentleman from Cornwall
who drcamt eight days before the event that
he saw Mr. Perceyal murdered IN the lobby
Of the House of Commons by Bellin.ham.
aud distinctly recognized from prints. after
the murder both the assassin and his victim,
v whom he had never seen previously, seems
capable only of a supernatural explanation.
especially when it - remembered that the
gentleman was with difficulty dIssuadcd hy
hi. friends from going to London to warn
Mr. Pcrceyal (knnwn TO him IN his dream as
the Chancellor Of the EVchequcrl lie urged
that It had occurred three times IN the same
night, but hIs friends thinking It a <pol's cr-
rand. he allowed the matter 20 drop till
the ncws Of the murder rudely rcSuscltat-
cd IT,
4 gentleman from Yorkshire formed one
Of a party for visiting the Exhibition %
1862 \ frw DAYS before leaving for Lon
don hc had a most vivid dream of the low
cr the armnry, and more especially the room
IN which the rcgal!a and crown Jewels are
Kept. He heard the old woman who showed
the room address the audience. and trrasur-
cd up carefully her very pccullarit,e. of
voice, dress. manner and features, and crrA-
ted considerable Amusement among his
friend, bS mlmick,ng the phantom show
woman hen he awokc. lie went to London
al the proper time. and Of course visited the
Tower. where he was astouulcd and some
what sobcrrd hy the phantom, counterpart.
winch va, identical IN every respect.
Several Year, ago the ne" spapcrs were
filed alth detail. Of 4 horrible murder.
the facts related from memory. seem ;n be
these Mr.. Martin, the - .fc Of farmer.
Va, 90 terrible distress NJ mind hrelu.c Ger
daughter Mara Was missing. IL wu, feared
she had h,cn murdered hy her ,stcl heart
IN ii. ot jealousy and hidden somrvhrsr-
For long time no trace 81 th- body could
be- found ~ length the mother had
dream. m which Il Va. revealed % her that
the corpse IL her child wa, buried under
the barn lpor. This proved 10 hc the ease.
the BODY Was recovered, and the murderer
dctectrd
The mother Of a medical student drcamt
that her son had got into some serious
trouble in London. and could not rest al!
she left her home in the Midland counties
and sought him out TO her ,orrow. the
dream va. painfully verified, and the cou>c-
quencc, might have been seriou, If she had
not arrived IN time.
\ haTrIsirr "' great penetration relates
the story Of lad, who drcamt tia, a rail
vay guard wa. killed in q collision She
described the man and circumstances 80
faithfully that there va, no difficult, in idcn-
tlfying the guard twhn was actually killed
the same night in lamentahle accideHtl
the man she saw IN her dream. The LADY
rarely left home, and the guard va. quite
unknown to her.
Arch-deacon Squire! in paper read before
the ROYAL Society in l1Is. tell, the story Of
a certain Henry AFFORD Of Devices, who
caught violent cold when he vas twenty
eight years Of age, which rendered HIM
speechless, and hc remained dumb for four
years. In July. l74l, IN hi sleep he drcamt
that he had fallen into furnace Of boiling
wort, which put him INTO % great an agony
OF fright that he actually did call out aloud,
and recovered the use OF his tongue from
that monen, moment as sffectuallv a. ever,
Horace Bushnell, d. D., in hi, Mature
and the Supernatural rccuuntS a case
which he think. cannot be explained by nat
ural causes. Sitting by the fire one stormy
November night in hotel parlor in the Ma
pa Valley Of California, there entered ven
cradle looking person named Captain fount,
who had come 10 California A. a trapper
more than forty wears before. There he
lived. had acquired large estate, and va>
highly respected. The captain said that
six or seven years previous he had dream
in which he saw what appeared to him TO BE-
a company Of emigrants arrested by the snow
of the mountains, and perIshing rapidly of
cold and hunger The whole scene appear
ed wildly before him he noted huge cliff
and the very features of the persons, and
their looks Of agonizing despair. He awoke,
but shortly after fell asleep again, and
dreamt precisely the same thing. Being
now impressed with the truth Of the story.
he told il to an old hunter shortly afterward,
who declared that he knew the spot which
exactly answered 10 his description. This
decided him, and taking a company of men,
with mules, blankets, etc. they hurried to
the Carson Valley Pass $50 miles distant,
where they found the emigrants in exactly
the condition of the dream, and brought in
the remnant alive"
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