The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-08-21
Ill DREAM CLUE.
A story or a stranse Event.

Let me first ask-has the reader over
attempted any psychological expert
ments, or sought to understand many
OF those minor problems that spiritual
science propounds, but does not reveal
to the material intellect
In psychology we have the first great
principle which separates the human
from the mere animal, or it NAV be a
certain mysterious degree which ma
ture bestows on a chosen few of the
countless subjects of her animal king
dom to make a still higher elevation in
her ascending scale of progress that
reaches from protoplasm to this last
altitude.
OF what psychology oonsists-how
closely allied its wonderful essence is
to that of lifc-where the line may be
drawn that will properly divide materi-
al existence from spiritual-all these
are migmas that the profound acumen
of many centuries has failed to eluci-
date or particularly analyze. Why
may not psychology be a thing of vari-
GUS stages and gradual Developments
On every hand we easily perceive a
similar ratio of degrees, from the tiny
seed to the great world which urges it
to a perfect maturity, and which ma
turity the world itself has spent I'M
numbered ages in striving to attain.
1t is not so difficult to consider that the
strictly animal creation embraces but q
lower stage of psychological develop
ment, though as varied in its peculiar
phases of advancement as the higher
order, which includes man, is in its re-
spectiye and unequal distribution of
soul power and intelligence.
Thereafter who has never seriously
debated these questions, will doubt
less regard this story as one of I'M
questionable impossibility-nay, as
even absurd; however, IS this may be,
the story is as follows:
Some autumns ago / had occasion to
travel through Central Kentucky, and
as, in addition to my business, / had q
proposed improvement of my health
under consideration, l chose the saddle
rather than a vehicle or train, deeming
this method of locomotion more condu-
Give to the desired effect, and there be-
ing also in my selected route some
points only accessible in this manner.
During the frstfew days of my journey
the weather was all that could be de-
sired, eve of this charming season of
hazy atmosphere, indolent sunshine and
gorgeous colorings; but with the fickle-
ness for which this latitude is noted, q
fair morning, unsullied by a single sus-
picion of aught save loneliness, unless
it was a warmer and more languid air,
grew slowly into cloudy noon, fraught
with a chilling wind, and finally merged
into an evening black with ominous
clouds and threatening rain. I a
anxious to reach my objective point;
but the storm seemed so near at hand,
while the village I desired to reach yet
lay several miles away, that l consid-
cred it a wiser thing TO cast about for q
speedy shelter. This portion of the
country was but sparsely settled, and
as q few premonitory drops of rain adj
yised me to make a hasty decision,
l urged my horse forward and stopped
at the first house along my way. 1t
was q small and rather unpreposses-
sing dwelling, built of stone, and placed
a little way off the road at the end of a
long avenue of untrimmed and funeral
looking cedars.
At my request for a nights lodging
the host-a plain. practical farmer
assured me of a hospitable reception,
provided Ifelt willing to accept the
limited accommodation he could offer.
His house was, as l could see, quite a
small one, and he had already taken in
. wayfarer from the approaching storm,
scarcely a quarter of an hour before.
1 fastened to state that so long as l was
comfortably housed l would be abun-
dainty satisfied, and at once alighted.
My precaution in seeking a shelter
was not premature, for scarcely had my
horse been stabbed and my own comfort
secured than the rain and wind held
high carnival about the place, dashino
angrily against the small panes of glass
in the narrow windows, and beating
against the doors as if they envied the
cosiness within and meant to force an
unwelcome entrance.
My fellow-trayeler / found to be a
man of ordinary agreeableness, al
though his efforts in that direction de-
served a better success than they at
tanned. Why this was, 1 could not fully
determine, although I attempted TO
analyze the feeling, as I had frequently
questioned similar impressions previ-
ously.
He was laxative and sufficiently So
cial, and of medium intelligence, yet
there was a something, a vague, indefi-
mite conception that did not allow me to
entertain either an Indifferent or per-
fectly harmonious feeling toward him.
There was a latent quality in his COM
position that created a certain discord
In my own. Such impressions are not
unfamiliar to me. Most of my friend
ships, most of my dislikes, spring from
this diyination. In passing persons to-
tally unknown in a crowded street, l
have sometimes felt strange sentiments
OF attraction or repulsion.
In following up these swift impress
sions as is occasionally the case, l have
rarely found myself at fault. Either
admirable qualities to win appreciation,
or obnoxious ones to create dislike,
were discovered on a closer acquaint-
ance. i have seldom had occasion to
alter the first impression, be it of friend
ship, indifference or dislike.
During the general conversation, ]
learned that my fellow-traveler was a
Mr. Jacob Lagrew, from an adjoining
county, who was then out from home
for the purpose of buying cattle, in
which he largely dealt. As my host
was also more interested and better in
formed on that subject than on most
others, the talk naturally drifted in the
direction of cattle traffic and matters
pertaining thereto, while l, being little
acquainted with this especial topic,
listened and interogated as occasion de.
manded.
After an early supper, during which
the thrifty housewife gave us plain but
wa1-nranarqd food MO fo1Iod nm ran-
eral questions for an hour or so, when
our host signifed his readiness to show
us to our sleeping apartment, prefixing
his motion for adjournment thus soon
with an apology for the necessary early
habits he had formed in his role Of
farmer. while we both assured him thai
after our respective long rides the prop
position met with our entire approval
and that we were quite ready to act
upon it.
As orr hosts accommodations werf