Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-04-07

On the night of May IL, 1912, Mr.. VII
liams, OF Scorrier House, near Redruth, In
| Cornwall, woke his wife, and in great agi.
tation told her OF strange dream he had
| Just had lie dreamed he was in the lobby
of the House of Commons, and saw man
shoot with a pistol gentleman who had
just entered the lobby, who was said to be
the Chancellor. His wife told him not to
trouble about the dream, but TO go TO sleep
again. lie followed her advice, but pres
emily woke her again, saying he had
dreamed the same dream.
Yet another time was the dream repeated,
after which he was so disturbed that, de-
spite his wife's entreatles that he would
trouble himself no more about the House
of Commons, but try 10 s.eep quietly, he
got up and dressed himself This was be-
tween one and two O'Clock in the morning
AT breakfast Mr.. Williams could talk of
nothing but the dream, and early the same
morning he went 10 Falmouth, where he
told the dream to all of his acquaintances
whom he met. Next day Mr.. Tucker, of
Trematon Castle, accompanied by his wife,
IA daughter of Mr.. Williams, went to Scor-
rier House on visit.
Mr.. Williams told MIR. Tucker the cir
cumstances of his dream. Mr.. Tucker re-
marked that it could only be in dream that
the Chancellor would be found in the lobby
of the House of Commons. Mr.. Tucker
asked what sort of man tho Chancellor
seemed to be, and Mr.. Williams minutely
described the man who was murdered in
his dream. Mr.. Tucker replied:
"Your description is not at all that of
the Chancellor, but is very exactly that Of
Mr.. Perceval, the Chancellor of the Tx
chequer."
He asked If Mr. Williams had ever seen
Mr.. Perceval and Mr.. Williams replied
that he had never seen him or had any
communication of any sort with him; aud
further, that he had never been IN the House
of Commons in mis- life.
At this moment they heard the sound of
horse galloping TO the door of Tie house
Immediately after son of MIR. Williams
entered the room, and said that he had gal
loped from Truro, having seen gentleman
there who had been in the Lobby OF the
House of Commons on the evening of the
llth, when man called Bellingham had
shot Mr. Perceval. After the astonishment
which this intelligence created had little
subslded, Mr.. Williams described most mi
nutely the appearance and dress OF the man
whom he had seen IN his dream fire the pis-
tol at the Chancellor, as also the appear
ance and dress of the Chancellor.
About six weeks after, Mr.. Williams, hav-
ing business in town, went in company with
friend to the House of Commons, where,
as has been already observed, he had never
before been. immediately that he came 10
the steps of the entrance of the lobby, he
said: This place is as distinctly within
my recollection, in my dream. as any room
in my own house, and he made the same
observation when he entered Sne lobby. He
then pointed out the exact spot where Bel
lIngham stood when he fired, and also that
which Mr.. Perceval reached when he was
struck by tie ball. where he fell. The
dress, both of Mr.. Perceval and Belhng-
ham, agreed with the description given by
MIR. Williams even to the most minute
particulars.
A Scotch clergyman, who lived near
Edinburgh, dreamed one night, while on
visit 10 that town, that he saw fire, and
one of his children In the midst of 1t. On
awaking he instantly got up and returned
home with the greatest speed. He found
his house on fire, and was just in time to
assist one Of his children, who in the alarm
had been left in place Of danger. The
second story runs as follows:
Two sisters had been for some days at
tending a sick brother, and one Of them had
borrowed watch from friend, her own
being under repair. The sisters were sleep
Ing together in room communicating with
that of their brother, when the elder awoke
in great state of agitation, and reused the
other to tell her that she had had fright
fu. dream.
81 dreamed" she said, 'that Msry's
watch stopped, and that when told you
of the circumstance, you replied, tMucA
worse than that has happened, for -'s
breath has stopped also, naming their
| sick brother.
The watch, however, was found to be
going correctly, and the brother was sleep
ing quietly. The dream recurred the next
night, and on the following morning, one
of the sisters, having occasion to zeal a
note, went to get the watch from writing,
desk in which che had deposited it, when
she found it had stopped. She rushedinto
her brother's room in alarm, RENE mbering
the dream, and found that he had been
suddenly seized with fit of suffocation,
and had expired.