Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-11
GROWERS DREAMS.
They are Biblical In Turn and Prophetic
| Withal.


Now it came to pass at tAe end of nearly
four full years that Grover dreamed (He
was king beloved by the people, a wise
and just ruler, weighing 325' pounds.)
And in the dream he stood by the At
lantic Ocean. And he looked and saw
about him above an hundred men, we'll
favored and prosperous and he saw that
these were workingmen. And they were
engaged at their work, some in woolen
mills, others in iron mills and it was so
that they were employed in all kinds of
factories and all kinds OF work.
And, behold, great horde of other
men came up out of the sea, ill-favored
and hungry; and they devoured the we'll
favored men. So Grover awoke
And after rubbing his eyes and listening
to see that no widows or orphans were
breaking into the treasury building, he
slept and dreamed the second time and,
behold, he saw great store of products
of his country, of good quality and fair
to look upon, even wool, and salt, and
many more like things produced by this
country.
And there came great multitude of
products of the same kind, but Of poor
quality, aud blasted by cheap methods +;
and the poor products did eat and make
away with the good products so that there
were none of them left. So Grover awoke,
and it was dream.
| And in the morning, after having writ
ten 4 humorous piece about a soldiers
widow and vetoed an orphan, his spirit
was troubled, for he thought of his dreams,
and he said to his servant: Go now and
and call together the wise men of the
Democratic party" And the servant de-
parted, but straightway returned and said :
"Master, there be nome" And it was so
that the servant had smitten the nail
on the head
And Grover was wroth, and called his
ruler, Lamont And he spake to the as
sistant king his dream, telling him of the
company of well-favored men, numbering
above an hundred, and Of the mighty
horde of ill-favored and disreputable indi-
viduals that devoured them, and even then
it could not be known that they had eaten
them, they still being as thin in the flesh
as before. And also of the beautiful
products of the land, and how there came
other products, poor in quality, but great
in quantity, which made away with them
And there be none, he said, that can In
terpret to me these dreams.
Then spaEe his assistant majesty: "The
Interpretation is easy, if you know how,
and this it: The two dreams are as one
The workingmen which you saw, number
ing above hundred, each stood for yeal
that this country has prospered and grown
fat; and the well-favored products were the
same And the great horde of ill-favored
workingmen aud cheap products, blasted
by the east wind, were for the years which
!, will come when we establish free trade
throughout the land For it will be sc
that a mighty multitude of cheap product.
will come in from other lands, and drive
out the good products, and a swarm o
poor workingmen will arise who will de
vour the present prosperous one; but il
will be great thing for England"
Then spake Grover: at is good, for thi.
is what we aim at; for, as We say, it will bt
pleasant and profitable for our dear friends
in England Go, and proclaim free trad,
throughout the whole land"
But, as Grover turned and took his pen
having just thought of a good joke on
crippled soldier, there arose a might,
roaring, like unto a couple Of cyclone
running into each other. And the nois,
continued, and Grover and his deputy
highness were sore afraid, as they did no
wot of its meaning, though it was sool
clear to them that it was the Republican
getting to the polls and casting thei
: votes. And it rolled up from all parts o
, The land and shortly after Grover put OF
his overcoat, for it was chilly, and tool
his umbrella under his arm, and walke'
out of the house; and as he journeys
: down the avenue he met a man comin
from the depot, carrying an old carpetba
; in his hand, on end of which was thi
writing: 'B. H., Ind" And the strange
, spake to Grover, and asked him if h
, could direct him to the White House. Blu
Grover needed him not, and went his way
) even unto the wilderness of Red Top
{ New York Tribune.