The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-09-13

Oeu-TOom OH the Slttlng-rOOm. In the
night she dreamed that her son came
home, entered the sitting-room, warmed
himself at the fire, took off his coat and
hung it over a chair, and looked in at
her moment, as was his habit before
retiring. She tried to speak to him,
but could not. In the morning she
awoke with the impression that he had
really come home and looked for his
coat and hat, but, as it was not there,
concluded he had taken it upstairs with
him. At breakfast, as he did not ap-
pear, she sent one of his brothers up TO
call him, but the young man came back
and said his bed was not disturbed and
he had not returned. While they were
eating breakfast he rode into the yard
on powerful black horse he had Just
bought. All the family turned out
to welcome him and inspect his new
purchase, and as he stepped out with
the animal to show it off it kicked
at him viciously, killing him on
the spot. Four of the five sons in
that family died violent deaths, and in
each case the mother had remarkable
dream. But these are condolences
rather than warnings, and are not sus-
ceptible of any coherent or scientific
analysis. That mysterious reflex chord
which unites kindred may act as an
imperfect spiritual telegraph wire over
which i'll news travels in ghostly, intan-
gible shapes, but it is worked by no
human agency. As the moon controls
the tides in their ebbing and flowing,
50 do the powers of air control our
world of dreams. 1t is only when we
give them reasoning or perceptive facul-
ties that we make mistake, and over
value their power.
Ignorant people fortify themselves
with what is called dreamb book. BY
reading it for an Interpretation we find
that to dream of snakes denotes an enc
my; to dream of lOoking-glass, trea-
son; to dream of receiving letters is a
good omen; to dream of pearls, power
ty and misery; to dream of peanuts you
will be poor, contented, hearty and hap
py; to dream of a peacock is a sign of
poverty; to dream of wedding is a
sign of a funeral, and to dream of a
funeral you will go to wedding. 1t
is believed that certain days and con-
ditions will regulate the quality of the
dream.
Tonight, tonight is Friday night,
Lay me down in duty white;
Dream who my husband is to be;
And lay my children by his side,
If I'm to live to be his bride"
Fortune, marriage and death are the
events which the dreamer is always
endeavoring to interpret. The first
two belong naturally to those who are
beginning life. Gamblers think a
great deal of their dreams, in regard
to cards, but as it is hard to control
those erratic messengers q class of peo-
pie called fortune-tellers do the dream
ing for a consideration and predict
luck. The queen of hearts is con-
sidered favorable to marriage and
riches. To dream of this card is great
good luck. The jack of spades is an
ill omen. T1ere are conditions at
tached to the objects dreamed of, as
this:
80 A maid who dreams of verdant groves,
VIII surely have the man she loves;
But If the groves are nippcd with frost,
She'll be sure in marriage cross't"
If young man dreams of marrying
a pretty girl, he will be sure to marry
a simpletOn; and if girl dreams she
has nice-loOking lover, it is sure
sign she will take up with a putty
head.
TO dream you love a girl who's pretty,
Foretells that you'll in sorrow part;
But if you dream she's wise and witty,
She'll be the darling of your heart"
There is this popularity of dreams
they all stop just short of fultillment.
If we dream of banquet we awake
just as we raise the viands to our lips.
We dream of thirst, but not of quench-
ing it. We dream of flying, and Just
as we launch out and are about to en-
joy the delightful sensation of floating
in space we awake with a bumped head
from having come in contact with the
floor. The dreams of an opium eater
are said to be delightful, but not so are
the contortions and shrieks which ac-
company them. The same law of con-
tradiction which is used POLITICALLY to
express the meaning of dreams may be
applied to their actions. When baby
smiles sweetly in its sleep the mother
says it dreams of angels, but the doctor
explains that it has the stomach-a ache.
Lover gives the correlative of This very
prettily in his ballad of Rory O'More:
" Now, Rory, I'll cry if you don't let me go,
Sure dhrame every night that I'm hating
you So"
q Och" says Rory, that same Pm delighted to
For dhrames always go by contraries, my
dear"
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