The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-12
DREAMS THAT COME TRUE.
Strange Fulf1llments in the Real Life
of Visions of Sleep
From the Philadelphia Press.

interest Prof. Proctor's article on ''Some
Unexplained Mental Phenomena" in the
Press recently, wherein he mentions "Pro-
phetic Dream" Having given considerable
thought and attention for many years to
this subject, wish to cite for your readers
benefit two or three cases of most remarka-
bic dreams which have fallen under my no.
tlce. When dreams have been told me |
have entered them in book kept for that
purpose, with the date as near as could be
ascertained, and the name of the dreamer
affixed to it. In many instances the dream
has been fulfilled, and but for my record
would never have been thought of in con-
nection with the event, as the dream has
long since passed from memory.
Mrs. B, of W, had a son 4 or
5 years old, great pet and favorite in the
family. He was in perfect health when she
dreamed of his being taken i'll and that he
died His sister, a girl of IL, was very de-
voted to HIM, and the mother dreamed that
she was from home when the boy died, and
when they sent for her, on her entering the
house, she cried out;
'Oh! mamma, Coly is an angel now, isn't
he. l knew he would be an angel" The
dream made such an impression on Mrs. B.
that she related it to some of her neighbors.
Six months later the dream was verified to
letter. The young girl was visiting and
he little brother died while she was away.
She was sent for, and on seeing the dead
baby used the very words the mother had
heard her say in her dream.
A young lady was in love with a naval
officer, and they were engaged to be mar
ried. Some misunderstanding arose and
the engagement was broken. Miss S. was
great dreamer, and the family often
laughed at the extraordinary visions she
would relate. The officer went to sea, and
for ten years she never heard of or from
him. At the end of that time she began to
have most peculiar dreams about him night
after night she read letters from him, full
, of tenderness and devotion. A year passed
and then she commenced to dream of meet
ing him in all sorts of strange accidental
places, and at last dreamed they were mar
ried. In the winter of the twelfth year of
separation Miss s. was invited to go
to Washington on visit. While there she
Joined a party to attend the January ball
given by the cadets at Annapolis and to her
establishment met her old lover, who was
stationed in Annapolis. A perfect under
standing was arrived at and soon after they
were married.
A gentleman who boots at the idea of
dreams coming true acknowledged to me a
most peculiar circumstance which came to
himself. He was engaged to a very charm
ing young lady, and for a long time the
One day she related, half in jest and half
in earnest, a strange dream she had had. 1t
was that he had fallen III love with another
young lady and their engagement broken
in consequence; that he had tried to hide the
fact from her, but she could not be de-
ceived and released him from his ties, when
he offered himself to her rival. The time
was set for the wedding and the bride-elect
had gone to New York to do some last shop
ping, when she was killed on the ferry-bo
crossing the river. There the dream ended.
The agony she endured in her dream was as
real as though it had been true. Her lover
laughed at her, but in less than a year her
dream was fulfilled. She saw herself sup
planted and knew he was to marry another.
Two weeks before the wedding the rival
left for Baltimore and was killed in hor-
Some months later the young lady took up
her dream where it was interrupted and
dreamed that her lover came to her with a
full confession, telling her that TO his honor
and modification, as the time approached
for his marriage, he discovered what a fatal
mistake he had made, for that she alone
was the true love- while the rival was the
infatuation; that he offered himself the sec
ond time, and they were married. This
dream she told to no one, but it made such
a deep impression upon her that she wrote
it down. When her lover returned to her
and humbly confessed his great mistake,
and they were married. she read to him the
second dream, which she had sealed and
given into the possession of a friend at the
time, so that if it ever came to pass no one
could say she had Imagined it,
What can we say of prophetic utterances
which come from the mouth unintentional-
w, as it were, and are left as landmarks
afterward to astonish the one who uttered
them9 / know a physician of note who
often makes what seems strange assertions,
and yet in so many cases have proven true
that his friends came to say at last:
doctor please not make any of your
speeches about me; am afraid Of them"
On one occasion he had a friend starting
for Europe, and when he shook hands with
him he said:
'Good-by. old fellow, take good care of
yourself, wen never meet again"
"Whv do you say that You make me
feel uncomfortable, was the reply.
sob, one of us viii die, that's all it may
be you and it may be me-"
In the following spring the friend died in
Rome of fever.
On another occasion this doctor was Wis
ting a brother physician in Chicago, and
when he left the house he shook bis host
warmly by the hand, saying almost the
same words he had used TO his other
friend. In two weeks the Chicago man was
dead.
Among his patients was a promising
Young man with whom be grew intimate,
and who was fond of talking to the doctor
Of "A young lady to whom he was engaged.
One day in discussing the affair the pbysi-
clan SAID;
Don't give yourself ANY uneasiness on
that score, Ben, Miss c. will never live to
be your wife"
why do you say thatl You never saw
her. Wny she is in perfect health She
never had day of sickness IN her life" the
young man answered.
You'll never marry her, see if I'm not
right"
She died some months later. Do you
wonder his friends said Doctor. never
make any assertions about men He told
me he could not account for saying these
things, ard many times bit ms lip in annoy
ance after he had spoken them.
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