Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-05-31
GRIGGrNs' DREAM.

Origins has turned dreamer, and was
in to-day to tell his latest vision. He says
he dreamed that he died and went to
Heaven, which of course was a strange
dream, as we mentioned to Origins but
then dreams always go by contraries, and
it is quite possible that the rule holds
good in Origins case.
But hold 1t turned out that Origins
didn't get any farther than the door of
Heaven; so that his dream was not so
remarkable, after all.
But let him tell his own story.
81 dreamed" he said, "that knocked
at the door, and presently it opened. and
st. Peter looked out and said What do
you want here :!
"'I want to come in, said l.
who are you i! said he.
Origins, said |.
"Then he went on to ask me where l
came from, who my parents were, whether
was married or single, how many child
rem had, if l had always voted the Re-
publican ticket, and lot of other ques-
tions. Everything seemed to be satisfac-
tory, until he asked me how had occupied
my time. l told him I was a sort of col
lector.
"'CoIlector of what !! said he
"'0f many things. | told him ar as
he seemed to be waiting for me to explain,
said At one time | was interested in
postage stamps
So In postage stamps! he exclaimed
then, lowering his voice, he remarked
Pretty good business L suppose. Made
nice thing out of it, Ell?
"'You don't understand, St. Peter
said l I did at make anything out of it;
l did it for pleasure simply. Old stamps,
you know. l collected several thousand of
them
"Said he, in severe tone: You col
lected several thousands of stamps, stamps
that were worthless, and did it for pleas.
ure and it took good deal of your time
Isuppose?'
81 told him that it took all my spare
time for five years. You should have seen
the look he gave me He made a motion
as if he would shut the door in my face,
but he thought better of it, for he simply
touched his forehead with his forefinger
and shook his head, and gave me look of
unutterable pity.
".And have YOU gone on collecting them
ever since? ? he asked, after while.
"Oh, no, said l gave up stamps
long ago. went into coin next
"'Ah, see ! he exclaimed, with pleas
ant little laugh you gave up collecting
trash and went to picking up money. Very
good Ha ha ha
$50 think you misunderstood me again.
said l. i only cared for rare coin. Why
said I, the old feeling coming over me, l
have paid $50 for copper cent, and if l
could only get hold of some that tried
for years to find, I'd give hundred dollars
apiece. You don't know of anybody up
here that's GOT
"'No,' said he. inteTupting me in a
savage manner, there is nobody up here
that is in that kind of business =
Il thought he would have shut the
door this time sure, he looked so angry !;
but he didn't. He seemed to be sort of
fascinated, to me, as it were.
"' And how long did you stay in the coin
business ? he asked.
a. told him l kept at it about twenty
years, and never gave it up entirely, but at
the end of that time l became interested
in buttons.
'''In buttons 4 he fairly screamed.
"'' Yes, said L; I've got thousands
and thousands of buttons, and no two of
them alike.
&c ! said this with considerable pride. l
couldn't help it, you know. But l don't
think St. Peter sYmpathized in my exulta-
ton, indeed l do not. He didn't vouch
safe so much aa word, but merely went
through the forehead-tapping and head
shaking pantomime again.
Seeing that he wasn't interested in
buttons, thought best to pass on to some
thing else.
"'Tae next thing collected, said l,
was business cards. L suppose I've got the
biggest collection of any person in Boston.
mot a word, but only that curious
pantomime.
"'Then I also collected half million
calendars
60 Half million what
"He almost screamed my head off as. he
said it. | could see that he knew nothing
about calendars SO | went on TO tell him.
80 You see, said |, that it's got to be
the fashion for business concerns aud cor
porations TO issue calendars, and of late
years l have spent most of my time going
about from Office to Office and store to
store for them
- Are they very expensive he asked.
"'Oa, no, said L they give them
away AS salu, haNe Hdli u illlloh VI
them.
"'How far do they run back d? sup
pose they must begin somewhere about the
year one, and
"'Ohl said /, 1 see what you are
thinking. They are all the same year.
"'Ah the same year, he yelled.
40 Yes said l, kind Of frightened like.
land half million of them:
eyes said / again, but fainter even
than before.
"Then he looked at me as though he'd
90 through me. Said he: Young man,
we don't want any postage stamp idiots,
or coin lunatics, or button fools, or card or
calendar fiends up here. Go to
"He slammed the door with such ring
that l didn't catch the name of the place.
The door slamming sprang my eyes clean
open, and / was wide awake in an in
slant
1t was funny dream, wasn't it," said
Origins, by way of commentary.
And that was all the effect it had on
him. but it may prove beneficial to others,
aud that is our excuse for repeating it
here Boston Transcript.