The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-10
WITH A DREAM SIBYL.
THE PECULIAR TRANSACTIONS or
VISIONS or THE NIGHT.


VISIONS or THE NIGHT.
Several Ladies' Paythe Old Fortune Teller
= VIsit-she Dared NOs Take Money for
Exercising Her GIT. bat She Had
"Fvarsal Remedy for Sale.
aDoes Mrs. - live here?"
Mrs. - is an old colored woman,
living In the vicinity Of the Central
market, who dreams dreams, and inter
prets other peoples dreams, and is held
in great generation by all her own race
for her wonderful power as hoodoo
conjurer. She has dreams as long and
wonderful as the Book Of Revelations,
which she explains to visitors in ssort Of
trance state. A few years ago she hada
strange dream about SON who was Ev-
ing with her. On relating it to him he
was so impressed with its truth that he
went to an undertaken on Gratoit av-
enue and was measured for coffin.
This was the mothers dream:
HER DREAM CAME TRUE.
She dreamed that she saw a white
mouse; that it ran up to her and was very
friendly; that black cat she dreamed
she possessed killed the mouse, and that
while she was looking at 1t as it lay dead
at her feet she saw q luminous finger
write the naras James" She then
awoke impressed with the idea that her
son, who was out Of health, would die,
and upon telling him the dream con-
veyed the same impression to him 1t is
fact that within three months he occu-
pied the coffin he had ordered.
Some Detroit ladies heard Of this and
thought that it would be great lark to
visit the old dreamer and have their for
tunes told. Only two Of them had re-
markable dreams, but the other two
composing the quartet went along to see
the fun. The place Is a tumble-down
old house that has such a low portal and
long narrow entrance that it is like an
illustration Of the legend of Dante. The
dreamers did not abandon hope, how
ever. They secured a small boy in
drug store, to whom they promised g.
quarter If he would accompany them
and run for the police if there was any
disturbance. Thus REINFORCED they pene-
trated to the rear room, where among
old clothes, old bottles and dilapidated
furniture by a back window, covered
with the dust of ages, they found the
dream sibyl. She had number of small
bottles filed with some colorless liquid
before her, which she was examining
through an immense pair of steel bowed
glasses. AS she saw the quintet she
looked at them threateningly and asked
in severe voice:
CHOW did you hear tell of mes" They
assured her that her fame was well
known in Detroit, and explained their
errand and took out their pocketbooks,
at least the spokeswoman did.
at don't want no money" said the
weird woman. +I done got enuf. What
you dreamT'
''I dreamed" said one Of the visitors
in a trembling voice, ''that there was
some horrid thing done up in a canvas
bag. It was alive and had q snakes
head. could see the whole mass squirm
as thrust long, sharp sword or dagger
through and through it. J"
sYou sawed snakes head2"}
eyes, and the thing itself seemed to
be great soft heap Of something that
squirmed like snakes, and could not
kill it. Every time I tried to it moved
again"
'eNow you don't femme think"
The old woman, who was very large,
closed her eyes and began to sing softly
| to herself. It was a sort of chant-a
song without words. Pretty soon she
delivered herself of this oracular speech;
THE INTERPRETATION.
''To dream about snakes forebodes
that some man win treat you awful bad.
An there Is jealousy as sure as the grave
from some woman. Ef yer had killed
them snakes the good Layvd git you
/ vict'ry, at If you not kill them then it
means sickness and death. Somebody
been telling bad stories about you II you
sawed de head. Dat was mean dream"
She opened her eyes when she said this
and began working at the contents Of
the phiaIs again. The unfortunate
dreamer sat with blanched face and
specuIated on her probable III luck.
/ srWfll you tell mine, auntyT asked our
| youngest and fairest and the only one Of
the number who was not married-ex-
cept our champion boy.
"Tm not your aunty,D grunted the old
woman. 'sDon' you call me dat again,
j Isn't one Of dat sort. Whatyou dream?
81 dreamed of seeing dead person"
i Again the sfbyl composed herself as II
to sieep. Pretty soon her voice, rather
husky and asthmatic, announced the
following: ssDat az am q good dream.
Fl you dream Of seem corpse you suah
to lib long life an go OF peaceful like
at de end. Dat Is, e you'se . married
'owan. Ef you is single den you sweet
hearts love done gone cold. he hah
falI In hub vii some oder oman
81 don't believe Il, J" said the dreamer
angrily. Then she blushed and looked
provoked.
4; ss1 tell on.trziy, lady. Dere come {
man yere, he say 70 me, sMrz. -,
dream wlaite hos one times, two times
three times, wha' it meanT tell dai
man, you gwine to q fun'ral, an yoT
won't come hack again, suah enun. H
! out riding by de River road and he Eel
out an, break he neck. Dat dream sel
me. but de usual 'tsrpretin Of wiki;
, hoses Is good luck an money. Some
times it means one ting, sometime
/ / nodeR.
Glow do ron know these thingsr on
Of the party veutured TO ask.
aDe GOOD Lawd tell M, chile. Why
I been up TO heaven ia de cE1arfOs .
I Izrael times and times and see whs d
IavTd got an de pof sfnnahs who repent
rs am giE, a great gif, an doan tax
no money fob dat, but Il you Hhbel
doan work right or you hab de heart dis
: ease gfb you whas make you well zigh
? away an I takes de money 70 dat.
has 3 svarsal remedy for all de Eniserie
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