Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-19
TRIP 10 THE LAND OF NOD.
Dreams Of the ParrIarchs-HoT Dreams
Prevented Murder-Dreanis OF An
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Prevented Murder-Dreams OF An
gels.
The instances Of f1rewar1ing By dreams
are So numerous, and the evidences Of
tLel- truth 50 iulisputa5le, says the
C that it seems 70 Us a doubter
must t= a double distilled falsifer himself
i Le does not believe. Scripture is full Of
instances and Il cur doubtar doubts them
Ee must reject the whole book. There is
the dream of Jacob and the story Of
joseph the Good, the great dreamer and
Interpreter Of dreams. Then comes Phar-
ao1's dream Of the fat auI the lean kline,
and that O. Pilates wife, and the c8nse-
gueLt advice, -Haye thou nothing % DO
with that just man. for I have suffered
E--- tbs DAY, A. dream, because Of
him."
Then there was the dream Of Frecauuon
q Lasars wife and o. Cesar appearing u
Brurus- and the famous meet me az the
P1llppl.' Are appearances dreams, in
aE-uarT visions, OF are they. however
strange may be the mode, the actual
spiritual al T.eardnces Cfr1e persons whose I
images they bear. 1T IS wonderful"
said Dr. johnson. shat 5000 Vel-s have
now elapsed siLce the creation or the
world and stu il Is undecided whether
there has ever been an instance Of the
spirit @ any person appearing after
death. All argument is against IL. but all
belief Is Tor it, Is not all belief at least
one argumeuts
A Mr.. Enos BI0odg0od. Of Savannah.
writes Us this story, which occurred dur
luE me war, and sends The names Of halfa
loZel Witnesses 70 cOrTCborate 10. He
1al occasion % 20 into Western Georgia
On business and was Obliged q carry con-
siderable money with him. Not owning
Ha- Hrf "a 1900 s-r- -
from nelEl10r % 20 with hin, leaving
hlz wife IN charge Of her brother and his |
Wllr- VINO came over from where they
were boarding % stay with her. The I
second night after Mr.. BloCdgCCd's de- I
Ear-ure his Wife's brother was waked out
~ his sleep a. about midnight 5v his Wife's I
screams. and quickly awakening her he 4
found that she had been dreaming thatthe /
young negro was numbering Mr.. Blood /
z9Cl. der husband vas trying 70 con- /
VICE afr tezt vas ale tae effect ~ I!
ll=r tnare, when in hve minutes screams I
wee heard Issuing from Mrs. BIC0drO0d's I
room. % which they both rushed = ind {
that lady sitting pin bed. with whitened
face and trembling lips. from the latter
q WAlc1 she told the story Of her terrible /
dream L1al her husband was being Inur-
dered by his servant. Whispering 10 his /
vile U say nothing 10 Mrs. Blood go05
EeT own dream. he ,.o--,i q, ,' ~; ~
=
~f-n tle same arguments he had /
Used with his OWE wife, but there was no 1
tnlEc sleep il that house that night. The !
LeLt morning they discussed the matter 4
and what was 70 be done. when Mrs. /!
Bi0od-o0d declared her intention of in /
stautly going % the place for which her 4
husband had started. as she was con-
WINGED he had been murdered. Her 1
brother tried u get her TO allow him TO 20, /
but she would not listen, and prepared I
herself for the journey; but. as she was /
ready 10 start they were all astOnIshed TO 4
see B.OCd-O0d march in upon them with 4
q most serious cast Of cCuLtenance. and /
In answer % their ast0lIsEed questions as /
70 the meaning Of his return, he said:
'E ell, % tell the truth, I'm ashamed to |
tell j.. but I came back on account Of q /
dream Night before last dreamed that I
jack which was the name Ofhis seryantJ !
Was determined % murder me, and woke I
-u III extreme terror. In the morning / /
could not get rid Of the effects OF this 1
dream. and so / returned 20 the city,
firstly 20 bring Jack back. and s~coudlv IN /
bel another servant"
All these things were Immediately told /
o Jacks master. who scJled at them and |
refused 70 have Jack forced into cOnfes- /
sion. and so the tnhig was dropped and told 1
o Int a few. Mr.. BlOOdgOOd himself not 1
wishing it known, as betTaying weakness /
y
master died, and Jack, under promises OF /
immunity and reward from Mr.. BlOOdgOOd, /
confessed. He declared he had been in 1
cited 70 the crime by his master, who had +
told him Of the money Mr.. BlOOdgOOd car !
RED and how he carried it, and promised |
Jack that if at a certain point in the jour /
new he would murder BlOOdgOOd and get |
the money he would meet him, bring him 4
nome, share the money and give him his /
freedom.
We entirely believe this story, but do /
not profess to account for it, and the only 1
way in which IL differs from other fore
warning dreams Is that the murder seen |
in the dreams was never committed, al /
though il was intended, and very possibly |
would have been accomplished IN the /
very way deIineated in these dreams-al |
Of which were similar-f the fOreWaTnlng |
had not occurred. We know OF case !
which occurred here in New York, where /
two persons dreamed Of a mutual friend 1
at the same hCuv and Of what he was |
doing at the mon elt he was doing It. The |
circumstances were these:
& gentleman, Mr.. SimOns, had maiden /
sister Clare, v no was his twin. They |
lived in the san house. and had mutual /
friend. Leslie, who was a fine pianist, /
with a good voice. One night SimOns |
dreamed Of Leslie early in the night, and /
dreamed that they were together at /
partv at a friends house. and that Leslie |
sang a certain song with great applause. |
The clapping Of hands woke him up dis /
turbed. and he declared that for several |
minutes after ne awOke he distinctly heard /
Leslie singing the last part Of that song, |
which was a peculiar favOrite Of Simons 1
and OF MS sisters. There was light IN |
his room. and locking al his watch. which |
Law on the table beside MIN. he saw that |
il was go O'Clock. In Il little while he 1
went 10 sleep again. and IN the morning !
had almost forgotten his dream, until he |
met his sister at the breakfast table, when !
her first words almost were:
.sBonuy (pet name she had for her
brother l had a strange dream last !
..Yesr' he responded, ''about Leslie.''
She started. and they began telling each /
other their dreams. which cOTrespOnded |
exactly. they thinking that the stTangest |
part was that they should both hear the |
song after they were awake, as they were /
certain they did. Then The lady insisted I
that her brother should 20 Immediately /
toIeslie's rooms and see If he was well I
or If there was any significance IN the l
dreams. which he did. and found his friend I
lust dressing. having. as he said, been out I
late the night before. Then came NUT !
Ea1 comparing, and though Slmons could !
not tell the name Of the parties where /
Leslie had been. he accurately described
the rooms and the furniture. Leslie was
singing that identical song ana as near as
he could Judge at that very time, ard, as
he averred. thinking while singing Of
Simons and his sister and their fondnesS
for that song. That is all, for out Of these
dreams came nothing bat, as they thought, !
establishments amarvelOus coincidence, Y
and under these circumstances il viii be
hard for believers in dreams 10 see the
purpose embodied in two persons taking
50 much trouble for no Ostensible reason
and about so trihIng matter as a mere
song. This occurred years ago and the
parties are still alive and nothing has
happened in any way connected with their
dreams.
We know Of a gentleman who declares
that he dreamed that he was TO be drowned
upOn a boating excursion he was TO 90 on
the next DAY. The conversation among
the parties TO whom we heard him relate
his dream was as follows:
and were you drowned:' asked
ady.
"Ohr' he said, nonchalantly.
ssWhv not - asked another lady, with a
little tone OF anger in her voice.
swell / didn't co. said the gentleman,