Daily Republican., 1889-09-25
WITH A DREAM sIDyI.
.Does Mrs. live here,"

Mrs. - .s an old colored woman,
living In the vicinity OF the Central mar
ket, who dreams dreams, and interprete
other peoples dreams, and 10 held iu
great veneration by all her own race for
her wonderful power as q hootoo con.
jurer. She has dreams as long and won
derfal as the Book of Revelation, which
she explains 70 visitors In sort Of trance
state. A lew years ago she had strange
d. cam about q son who was living with
her. On relating 1t 10 him he was so i'm
pressed with its truth that he went to an
undertaken on Gratoit avenue and vas
measured for q coffin. This was the
mothers dream:
HER DREAM CAME TRUE.
She dreamed that she saw q white
mouse; that it ran up to her and was very
friendly; that black cat she dream, d
she posses sed illed the mouse, and that
while she was looking at 1t as It lay dead
at her feet she saw luminous finger
write the name james"
she then awoko impressed with the
idea that her son, who was cut of health,
would die, and upon telling him the
dream conveyed the same In preston TO
him. 1t Is fact that within three
months he occupied the coffin he had
ord rcd.
Come Detroit ladies heard of this and
thou ht that It would be a great lark to
visit the old dreamer and have their for
tunes told. Only two OF them had re-
mafkanle dreams, but the other two
composing the quartet went along to see
the iun. TIE placs is atumble-down old
house that has such low portal and
long narrow entrlnce that It Is like an
illnatrattnu nF N lafand af
dieamcrs did not abandon hope, however.
They tecured a small boy in a drug store,
10 whom they promised a quarter If he
would acc mpany tht IN and run for the
police ii there was any disturbance,
Thus re-en,orced they penetrated to the
rear Ioom, where among o,d clothes, old
bottles and dilspidated furniture by a
back window, covered with the dust of
ages, taey found the dream slbyl.
She had number OF small bottles
filled with some colorless liquid before
her, which she was examining through
al immcnes pair OF steel bowed glasses.
As she saw the quint she looked M
them threateningly and asked In severe
vo oce:
"How did you hear tell Of meF' They
assured her that her fame was vol
known in Detroit, an1 expisined their
errand and took out their pock stbooks,
At least the spokeswoman did.
II don't want no monty," said the
weird woman. ~ done got enuff. What
you dreamp
~ Dreamed" said one of the visitors
In trembling voice, "thst there sns
some horrid thing done up In a canvas
bag. 1t Was sliye and had u snak.'s
head. 1 could soc the whole mass sqnir m
as thrust long, sharp sword or dagger
through mud through IT,"
"fou sawed a snakes heedr
"Yes," ard the ihing i'seii seemed to
be erat soft heap OF eomethng that
squirmed like snakes. aud l could not
kill 1t. Every time tried 70 It moved
again."
Now you don't lemme thlnk."
The old woman, who was very laree,
closed her eyes and began to sing eoftly
TO herself. II ives q sort of chant-a
song without wOrds. Pretty soon she
delivered herself OF thi. oracular sp ech.
THE INTERPRETATION.
ITO dream about snskes tOrbodes that
some man will treat you awful bad.
An there 10 jealousy Ms sure az the grave
nom some woman. Ef yer had killed
them snakes the good Lswd git you
victry, but II you not kill them then 1t
means sickness and death. snmebody
been telling bad stories about you n you
sawed de head. Dat was mean dream.n
She opened her eyes when she Ehid his
and began working at the coatepts Of
the phials again. The unfortunate
dreamer sat with blanchet isce and
speculatsd on her probable i'll luck.
'Will you tell mine, aunlyF asked
our youngest and fairest aud the only
one of the number who was not married
except our champion hoy
I'm not your suniy," grunted the
old woman. "Don' you call me dat
a. ain. | isn't one OF dat sort. What you
dream?"
81 dreamed OF seeing a dead person."
Again the sibyl composed E.rs If as II
TO sleep. Pretty soon her voice, rather |
husky and ssthmstic, announced the |
following: "Dat ar am q good dream.
Fl you dream Of setin' a corpee YOU
suah to lib long life an 90 oil peaceful |
ike at de end. Dat Is. If you'se 4 mar
ried :, man. Ef you 10 single den you
'weethearts love done gone cold. He |
hab fall In lub wifi some oder omar"
81 don't believe ii, said The dreamer |
angrily. Then she biushed aud looked
provoked.
II te you truly, lady. Dere come a
man ytIe. he says, to me, 'Mrs. II
iream white hos one tines, two ti,pes,
hres times, whA' IT mesn?' tell dst
nan, you Rwno 10 u lun'ral, an you
won't come back again, .uah euuff. lie
,ut riding 10y de River roal and he fell
'ut an break be neck Dat dream tell
me. but de usual 'terpretin OF white
loss's Is good LUCK an money. Some.
lines 1t means ono ting. sometimes
loder."
How do you krow these thinesi" one
,f the party ventured to ask.
'De good Lawd tell me, chile. VIII,
been up to heaven In de chariot OBJ
srael times and times and see wha lie
.awd got sll DE- po' sinnahs who tpent.
It an gi', great git, an doan take
10 money ioh dat, but II you libbcr doan
soi k riS ht or yen bab de hearI disease |
,ib You what make you we'll right away
IN ! takes de money 70 dat. | has
Vsfssl remedy Tor all de miser,es in the
laman body"