The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-05-05

As 1 eat by the fire one stormy No.
yember night, in . hstsl parlor in the
Nspa Vslley in California. there came
. most benevolent and beaigpaatsloek.
ing person. with his wife. taxing thei.
seats in the circle. The stranger. % I
afterwards lesrned, was Cspein Yoaus
. man who came ever into California
- . trappsr more thsn City years ago.
Here he bad lived spsrt from the great
world and its questions. acquiring IN
imm' nss landed estate. and becoming .
kind Of sSkDowlsdged pstsissc I'd the
eountry. His tall. manly person. and
his gracious. pstsrnal iook. ss totally
uDsopeisaeostsAsio the szpsessi0a - if
he had never heard of . pbilosophic
doubt or question in his life. marked
him ss the true patriarch. The con-
vsrsstion turned. know not how. on
spiritism and necrnmancy: and hs dis
covered . degree q Inclination to b.
lieve in the reported mysteries. His
wife. nuch Younasf yanI ppsrs fig
Christisi perm, in6else4 tht. prfbs,,
bly, be ms pfedsp4ed tdthS - d
faith by Q very peculiar experience Of
his own. and evidently desired that he
might be drawn out by sone intelligent
discussion Of his queries.
At my request hs gave me this story.
About six or seven years previous. in .
mid. winters night, hs had dream in
which he savs whAtspeeare - be .
company Of (spigtssts sfrssss " the
SHOWS of the mountains and perishing
rapidly by the cold aud hunger. He
noted the very cast Of tho scenery,
marked by . huge perpendicular front
Of white reck cliff; he saw the men cot.
ting sf yhat sppsared to be tree tops
rising out 81 lseps ,eelfsA II distjns
guished It'd Very IA t5urs xril pSry
sous. and tie 4cok q Csbyir j3ieuI.r
distress. He awoks. profoundly i'm.
pressed with the distinctnss aud spps.
rent reality Of his dream. At length be
fell asleep agsin and dreamed exactly
the same dream. In the morning he
could not expel it from HE mind Fall.
IN. shortly aftsrward. with an old hub-
ter conrale. hstoA his ssorya aad sRAal
only the nDrs limp1 &sssd By Bic t3egs
pizins. without a1ation, III scs6sry
Of thsdrsam. Thb bconrddt lad 4Dmo
over lhs Sierra by the Cars Vslley
PASS. And dscSssea that Asp6t the pass
ans ~ered exactly to bis description. By
this the vnsophisticated patriarch WAS
deci.itd. He iunsdiately collected Q
company of men with mules and blank.
cts and all necessary provisions. The
neigh bors wsre laughing. mesn,ime, At
his cr.dulity. IN rYtEs ni! hftIf
verify believe that the fact is according
to my dream The men were sent to
the mountains one hundred and fifty
miles distant. direct to the Carson Val
ley Pass; and there they found the
company i6Tk Tk&dtly the cXhai6on Sf
the dream. and brought in the remnant
alive. anr@ a. gAT
A gentleuan -pfssens said 10 me,
you need have no doubt Of this, for
we CsliforuisFW Rn keoW the fares sud
the names Of -&he 9aaAilfes brought. ip.
who now loek Anp0us oa& friend asA
kiud OF Savior These names be gave
together with the residencs Of each and
] fund the Califprniaps every where
feady to second the old mems trsti-.
mony. 49,.
Nothing ennld be more natural than
for the gept hesssed pa,sqek lrisss.f
to add that The brightest thing in his
life. aud thati which gsts htN kthe
greatest Joy. w.s hisl simple t%ish ID
that dream. .b.sssa -
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