The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-09-30
TRIPS TO THE LAND OF NOD.
Napoleon's Belief in Dreams-The
Kissing Dream-A Remark
able Case.
Ne wYcrk Graphic.

10 dreams there can be little doubt
though be kept his opinions on the
subject strictly to himself. That ht
was also superstitious and inclined to
ward lucky or unluckv days is Ger
tain, and that book known all over
the world, having circulated millions
of copies, as ''Napoleon's OracuIum,
was once in his possession in manu-
script is asserted positively by those
who profess to know. 1t made its
appearance in London Immediately
after the defeat at Waterloo in the
hands of a German scholar, who
said that he had obtained it at
Leipsic, and who translated it from
his own language into English and
published it.
Dream books, as they are called,
abound wherever books are made, and
always have as far back as we have
any record, even the Chinese with
their 100000 or less years of re-
corded existence, claiming books in
terrreting dreams, to say nothing
of coming down to later times of
Egyptian, Roman, Grecian and
scriptural eras. AS long as there
have been tdreams books in English
little change has been made in them,
though where the original text came
from it would be hard to say. AS
specimen of the whole race we quote
one or two interpretations literally.
ITO dream of kissing pretty girl
is Indicative of good, and denotes
that some unexpected friend will do
great kindness. If you are in love it
shows that your sweetheart is devoted
to you, and you alone, and that you
will be happy when you marry. 10
the tradesman it means the increase
of business, through the aid of a
woman, and consequent riches. For
q woman to dream that she is kissed
after resisting is good, and If she is
being courted that she will speedily
marry the man that is counting her
and be very happy. To dream that
you kissed a married woman is bad,
and prophetic of much sorrow, and !
that you will fail of success in all |
your present undertakings"
So much for kissing; now for
death. ITO dream you see this grim
bundles of bones denotes happiness
and long life, and that you will
either be speedily married or assist at
a marriage. To dream that you are
dead also denotes speedy marriage,
and that You will be successful in all
you undertakings. To those who are
already married it fortells the birth
of children who will he good and duti.
full, and be great comfort to their
parents. To dream that you see an
other person dead denotes i usage
from friends; if you are in love your
sweetheart will prove false, if You
are in business swindlers will take YOU
In, and if you are farmer you will
lose horses and be robbed"
And thus onward through almost
every object in the encyclopedia the
interpretations of dreams have given
If meaning. If all this be true
and also what the scientists say be
equally true, that men can dream
what they please by thoroughly cbarg-
ing their minds with it on going to
sleep, then men have their destinies in
their own hands and must only dream
those dreams which mean good, and
not kiss married woman in their
sleep or see anybody dead but them
selves
And now comes to us from Med
ford Mass, most extraordinary case,
which, though, it occurred many
years ago, most of the names mention
ed are those of persons still living.
The narrator of the dream while
Withholding her own name gives am
pie reference to others certifying to
The truth of the story.
In 1916 the Rev. Caleb Stetspn 4
was pastor of the Unitarian Church of
Medford. He had son, Frederick, {
who had been in store in Boston.
but having failed IN health. came
home for rest and medical treatment,
which latter he received from DIR. {
Bemis, of Medford. who advised Ia sea
voyage as being the most likely thing
to help him. The young man was {
pleased with the idea. and his father l
reluctantly made an agreement with
some friends in Boston, Messrs. Thee {
phiius and Nathaniel Walker, who
were about to dispatch one of their |
vessels, the ship Sophia Walker, Cap !
tain John Goldman, to Palermo, Italy, |
TO take his SON along. {
As strange as it may seem that 8
snch q conclusion should have been ,
arrived at for an invalid, it was de- {
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