Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-04-26
JOIN cHArMAN,s pREAM.
lie Went TO London and Received a Message
IN a lii ulSr way.
Leeds MrrC ~

lie Went 90 London and Received Message
IN lii ulSr v Al,
Leeds hrrci rs
The Swaffham Church, Norfolk, an m
usually handsome pile tor small parish
OF between three aud four thousand soul-,
remarkable alike for It's dimensions,
Osauty of architecture and peal of eight
musical bells, was commenced about the
reign of Ed ward ". and finished about
1910, Ii Is also interesting as having a
curious legend associated With IL which
many people suppose TO have some fouu-
dation IN fact. The north aisle and tow
er are said TO have been built by one John
Chapman, formerly tinker, but eysntu-
ally q wealthy parish'oBer, who was
churchwardeu IN 1862, ana the following
story was recently told of him in the
course of Il lecture on dreams ana their
coincidence;
He awoke one night with strong in
preston or his mind, produced by a
dream, that If he went to London and
stood on London Bridge he would hear Of
something to his advantage. This was so
viyldly i'm pressed upon him that he rous
ed his wife and cold her the dream, but
hsr advice was: Never mind the sream (;
go to sleep again" This he did, but
again woke up after repetition of IL; and
on again waking his wife, and telling her
that he believed he ought to pay attention
to this second intimation, she replied
"Thee stay at home and mind thy pots
aud pans"
Again be went 60 sleep, only to repeat
the dream foi q third time; and when he
rose in the morning he told his wife he
had made up his mind TO 20 TO London,
and not all the ridicule of his wife or ad
vice of his friends could turn him from
his purpose. So he walked the ninety
miles, and on the evening of the third day
reached the city, staying at cheap lodg-
ing house. Next morning early, he took
up his stand on London Bridge, and stood
all day scanning the faces of the streams
of rbssengers; but 40 one spoke TO him,
and he returned at night to his lodging
Next morning found him again AT HIS
post, and again the continuous stream OF
people passed without anyone turning
aside TO notice him. As night fell he be-
gan to feel somewhat uneasy as 20 the re
ception he should meet with from his wife
in case nothing came of HE journey; so
he returned 60 his lodging determined to
try for the third time. Besides, his dream
had been repeated three times, ana that
might mean thai he was 10 be enlightened
on the third day. SO when morning came
he went back 20 his place on the bridge
and stood az he had done before, the only
one among the vast throng who was APP
parently aimless. The day wore slowly
away, evening drew on and he was just
about TO quit his post With heavy heart
when stranger aocosted nim, saying he
had noticed him standing there for sew.
eral days, and was curious TO- know what he
wanted" TO which he replied that she
came there on the vain errand of n
dream"
'Alas! good friend,n said his interroga.
tor, 'ff | had needed dreams might have
proved myself as very fool as thou hast,
for tits not long since dreamed that at a
place called Swaffham. in Norfolk, dwells
John Chapman, peddler, who hath tree
at the back of his house, under which Is
buried q pot Of money"
Thank you, sir, said the peddlor, and
Immediately departed. He was not long
in reaching home, and 80 soon AS his wife
saw him she said, in the familiar language
of tn At time;
"Well, what did thee hear to thy adgan-
tageg"
Thee mind thy own business" was the
rei0inder of the now confident peddler
and he lost no time in commencing to dig
under the tree. After some tough work
among the roots of the tree he came upon
something hard, and after digging around
il succeeded in disiuterrlng a square met
al box full OF gold coins.