The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-01
STRANGE DREAMS.

evening last week in q private ROOM
of an uptown resort. One of them
made casual reference to dreaming,
and mentioned incidentally paper
read the night previous by clergy
man on the phenomena OF dreams.
Two of the party scoffsd at the idea
that persons ever dreamed OF events
Ito come. They admitted that they
seldom had dreams, but when they
did dream the fancies had little con.
tinuity and relevancy. One gentle
man, however, boldly affirmed that
he had had several demonstrations
that the mind did often carry out in
sleep the designs of the day.
"Whon [ was abont twelve years
DID," he said. "like most boys of that
age, my principal occupation was de
vil.ry OF one kind or another.
An old man, heartily detested by all
the boys, had died IN our neighbor.
hood, and every evening his widow
and grown daughter had to pass down
lane running parallel with our
fence, along the top Of which was
laid fiat boarding. Noticing the
nightly trips CT these two females sn
idea occurred to me. Keeping my
own counsel, 1 laid my plans. l in
tended, some night when my parents
were out, to wrap a sheet around my
body, and climbing the fence, run
along it when the women came by.
Nov here is curious fact. I've
days after, and before l had a chance
to carry out the plan, all the people
about were greatly excited. A ghost
had appeared and there could be no
mistake as to its identity. II walked
down the lane and distinctly said:-
Il am the ghost of old S. This
was sworn by two witnesses. I won:
dered who had forestalled me. l
asked all the other boys. but none OF
them, that l was ssure, knew any
thing OF the matter.
"The next night a battalion of
watchers, l among them, all pa
tiently, some tremblingly, awaited
the coming OF the spectre. Twelve
O'Clock, one O'Clock passed, but it
didn't come. Then we all went to
bed. The next morning it was an
nounced that a gentleman had seen
the spook later in the night, and
heard its cry. By this time my soul
was filled with envy to think of the
unknown who was kicking up such a
row. A night interviewed without dis
but on the following night
It was laid forever, and with it the
belief of many that souls can return
rom the other shore.
1.-TWO men had watched. At last
hey saw the CLEAN of white at the
md of the lane. Suddenly it occurred
o them what was the cause OF the
ghosts great stature. 1t is walking
IN the fence. They laid fer it,
grabbed it by the arm, tore away the
Iheet. and with such endearipg
names as little imp OF HE'LL they
.woke the spirit. CHANGING wildly
about me, I became conscious.
The mystery was solved. The
1eighbors were enraged until it was
ound that was really sick from
right. l was sent away to school
oon after. snd never told until long
7esrs had succeeded that the scheme
carried on in sleep was Matched
while wide awake.
Several years afterwards I made
1p my mind to strike out for myself
and leave home. Most of you, no
doubt, hsve gone through the expert
ence; 40 had been away two weeks
and had, besides some money, a
stock OF attachments for sewing
machines, but had no. the skill or
GOODNESS to dispose OF them. One
lay I went to the Grand Central de-
pot and took the first train for bone
Arriving at Stamford, Conn, I felt
impelled to stop over. It was the
first time l b I'd ever been in the town,
and yet everything seemed familiar
streets, houses, the very trees shad-
ing the walks. At last it all came to
mel had seen Stamford in
dream. Details returned 10 nv
memory and walking along could
tell what was to appear next. I knew
that, in triangular space, formed
by the junction of two streets ]
should find a brick building, the low
er floor occupied as dry goods store.
with sign over it in black aud gold.
In this store cold my stock to man
whose face had never looked into
mine. except in 8 dream.
"S0me time before had bad a suit
OF clothes made by g tailor in q
town twenty miles distant from nv
home, and on wearing them found
the vest did not fit. | decided to res
turn the garment for alterations. and
went to bed. In the morning 1t was
missing, and q thorough search could
not find it. About ten days after it
came to me By express, with q note
from the maker. hoping that it would
now prove all right. Investigation
showed that in the night he'd decided
to return it. | had gotten out of
bed at half-past teD p. M, gone to
the express Office and had written
note to the maker stating the altera-
ton to be made and then had ex-