Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-11-26
DREAMS AND THEIR CAUSES.
People who Believe in and Note the
FancIes OfThefr SIeep-Dream Books
and Those Who Use Them.
Denver Tribune-Republican

In the City of Denver, there are a
! great many policy shops. The term
| is not intended to refer TO insurance
agencies, but to the little lottery agen-
cies upon a small scale where hazard
Gus individuals of small capital, es-
pecially those of African descent, who
make a living by carrying the bod,
mixing mortar or blacking boots in
barder-shops. and try their luck from
day to day by purchasing gigs, -"
saddles" or numerical sulkies at the
policy shops,
In probably every one of these little
temples of dame fortune will be found
convenient 30 the "writer's" hand a
dream book" one of those dictionar-
les of the language Of sleep which tell
what visions of the slumbering brain
indicate.
These books will tell minutely what
| is meaat when man dreams three
times in succession of seeing white
horse with a black tail, red burro
with green ears, or what is likely 10
follow when person dreams of wad>
ing through water clear Or muddy, or
wnen a lady has q vision of falling
dirty clothes and suds in her arms.
When a colored gentleman Or lady
of the same persuasion dreams of a
figure Or a combination of numbers, if
addicted to policy, he or she will go
to a shop in the morning and bet on
that figure Or the com bination. If
they chance to win the faith of the
dreamer is established, and if not it is
not much shaken.
When one of these devotees dreams
OF something which does not show
any particular figure, but seems quite
out of the ordinary run of dreams, he
or she will then consult the dream
book to ascertain what the proper in
depreciation Of the dream may be, and
play accordingly, Or else not at all,
on the day following the dream.
| But there are many others besides
the policy player, and some not 9TH
erwise superstitious, who believe in
dreams Or to some extent influenced
by them and many wonderful stories
are related of cases in which dreams
have been the indication of coming
events, either for good Or evil, in the
life of the dreamer.
Many a man has dreamed that he
was falling from house-top or high
precipice when the details have been
horribly real. He has felt himself
flying through the air and finally
strike the rocks or ground beneath.
Then he has awoke to find that while
he had been dreaming he had slept too
near the edge of the bed, and that fact
Will account for his being upon the
floor when he awakes.
Physicians will nearly if not quite
all agree that to go to bed directly af-
ter hearty meal, and lie on ones
back, will cause dreams. Three or
four cheese sandwiches with glass
of beer, followed by smoke from a
strong pipe, will, if the patient lie
upon his back, insure a vivid and
varied vision, and also a bad tase in
mouth IN the morning.
| When person dreams of gazing at
long tables laden with all the luxuries
OF life and before he gets at it he
wakes up real hungry, it is rather a
REPUTATION Of the physicians theories.
and goes to prove that he went to bed
hungry and awoke disappointed.
A remarkable instance of how a
dream foretold an event was related
by 3 Denver gentleman a few DAYS
sago. He said: ''Some years since I
was in Canada, and had been invited
by some friends to witness q rowing
regatta on the st. Lawrence river.
The night before the race was to take
place | dreamed that was upon the
bank Of the river and waiting for the
race. / could see the crowds of ladies
and gentlemen along both sides of the
river; could see the boats and hear
toe bands playing.
| Soon the race began, and down
the course came the men pulling fer
dear life Suddenly one OF the oars
men stopped, dropped the SOULS and
put his hands to his head. Then
awoke. I went to the race, rnd the
scene was just as I saw it in my dream.
When the men came down the course
the dream all came back, and sudden
~ my heart stood still. They had just
got opposite me when one of them
| stopped, threw his hand to his head
and fell backward. The sculls fell
from his hands and the shell swung
aroand. A hundred boats pulled out
to him, but the poor man was dead.
Another gentleman of this city was
also recently relating a vivid dream,
which he experienced and which was
several times repeated in one night.
He said: 81 thought that was in my
room and [ noticed that the door was
open. [ went to close it and a cat
pushed part way IN and prevented me.
He was great big cat. as big as calf
and as black as JET. He only had one
eye and that was the color of raw
| beef"
The marked difference in the two
dreams related by these gentlemen
was IN the fact that, while the FIRST
one could not account for the cause of
his dream, the second one knew what
caused his vision. He had been upon
spree for about a week.
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