Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-18
4 STRANGE DREAM.
Ohc That Was Fully Verified by
Facts.

fcouasPcadeRee Of toe DssEREr SEws. !
Probably your numerous reader,
may be somewhat interested in the
followin, strange dream. forward
It 10 you FOR publication. Thoma.
Cooper, a master mechanic, OF Kan.
sas City, can boss: OF o.ie OF the
most thrilling experiences which
has ever fallen to the loI Of any
man. What great mystery lies be-
hinI his remarkable adventure will
rro5abiy never be known. 4 box
fllel with hum ~ bones, rotted by
its long confinement in the earth,
not more than t=G feet long and one
vide, is now in Coopee's possession.
On a table ia his room is a similar
box. in which lie several silver dol
lars Of ancient date, discolored aud
stuck together, ant two small Jia-
monds, and several bits Of gold
jewelry. All thsee things 20 TO con-
firm COopcr's story as 10 the remark
able manner in which a dream in-
iueuced and cor rolled his actions.
Cooper was foreman of q gang OF
carpenters nj work on the Coates
House. One morning he called tine
,Dufrac;Or on one side and said: Il
can't work To-Day. and would like a.
be excused" .sWhy. what's the
matter, Tom?" was asked. Cooper
informed.him that for three success
live nights lie hal been tTuu led
with dream which never variei.
The figure OF = woman with q little
child IN its arms would appear 20
him and say: $50 20 wc;iport,
thence three-fourths Of q mile vest.
There you will find farm house,
aud OF 10 tEs right = tan tree. Dig
,nier said tree, aud you viii fiud
uiBfaut's bones and that which
xiii reward you for your troubles
Al lirst, g o, er said, he thought
nothing OF the dream, but its s;ngu-
AZ repetition troubled hi,n. The
woman aud chill appear
- three ni2i Is IN the same manner
lnd each tine the woman spoke the
sane words. 90 sal uid they sound
tia. Cooper said Ire seemed 70 hear
them al day while 1T work, anu ne
ras 50 troubled over the matter
that he determined to cast the bur
zen or his mind Ivy following the
.irrsm wuin..n's directions. Getting
permission 10 quit work he started
Iut for Westpnrt.
So clearly had the woman de-
sc.ibsd the place that lie Teccgnized
toe house at once. He called ami
borrowed a spa'ic on The preteuce
that he wished to dig herlrs. lie
then weat to n tall tree Off 10 the
right, which answered the d,scrip-
don given so wildly in his dreams,
aud there dug According TO the IN
s,ructioUs given hy the woman. At
depth oil three ant. n han feet be
found a blx fiiiei with boues. bar
uothins else. He retained nome
somewhat satisfied that some super
natural power hal controlled
his actions, out that very Eight
he vas agsin trodblefi with the
dram. For time nishts more the
lrvam was sgsiH repeated 10 him,
and at last he took another trip Ia
,Y-sfPDrt, aad sgsin dug under the
same tree. This time at the depth
4 fur {. CT he found another hux
lie opensd it. aaJ to has surprise
fOEn $3.50 in silver corn, stuck
two small diam ,n i. since
vaIu-,L ut SO, au1 some bits of !
OF small value Without /
iigeing surther he came back to the |
sits, aai ROW has the relics on ex-
libitiOr 10 al cDmers, A. = proof Of F..
me truth o. his gu. er vi, lou. SONS |
beopl= are prone t. believe that
here Is nothing OF Us let after /
leath; 70 such would seriously ask 4
shsi 1t was that prompted COspe-
n his dreams. Fuller information
{ desire,i can lie obtained from AFR. !
Thomas Cooper. uie' h,nic, Kansas
-ity, alo. DIR. JOHN Cook.
LAKE SHORE. Dec. 10. 1890.