Connecticut western news., 1891-06-17
WARNED IN A DREAM.


 few rods in front of my door, and a sta tion and considerable village about a mile to the west The nearest station to the east was about ten miles distant. moved to the place with my young wife late in the autumn, and about the first of the following March I was at tackled with typhoid fever and was i'll for about month. But, thanks to a naturally strong constitution and the careful nursing of a loving and intelli- gent wife, I slowly recovered.
 As soon as 1 was strong enough to sit up and walk little told my wife she had better take the cars and go and visit her brother, who lived about fifty miles east of us. She had been taking care of me so faithfully through my illness, both by day and night, that feared her health and strength would fail her if she did not rest while. I knew she had been very anxious to go, and felt sure that her brother and his family would be very glad to see her and would try to make her visit pleasant one She hesitated about leaving me, fearing I might need her care; but after waiting few days and seeing that continued to regain my health and strength she decided to follow my advice. Accord ingly one pleasant morning about the middle of April, after doing everything she could for my comfort and bidding walking too far, she started, intending to be gone fortnight.
 One day exercised little beyond my strength, and felt quite tired at night and lay awake for long time. At last I fell into an uneasy slumber and dreamed a very curious and star ting dream. Iseemed to have gone for ward into the future a couple of days, and instead of Wednesday, the 24th, it seemed in my dream to be Friday, the 26th. It appeared in my sleep that heavy rain had been falling most of the day and all of the day before, but the evening was clear and pleasant and not very dark, though the moon was not shining. seemed to be walking along the railroad line toward the east. I first passed through wood about half a mile wide; then for about a mile through fields containing couple of farm houses, one inhabited and the other deserted.
 then entered another wood. and after walking about a mile and half I came to stream gently swollen by the rain, which had weakened the railroad bridge so much that the passenger train, in at tempting to cross, had broken it down, and the bridge and carriages, completely wrecked, were lying on both sides of the ctr 4l,o4 ing down. Some of the passengers lay dead or dying among the ruins; some were floating in the water, and few were cinging to trees and bushes on the bank. It was fearful and heartrend- ing sight, too fearful for description, and such as I trust may never see in reality.
 The next day early in the morning it commenced raining, and continued to rain through the day and the following night. I felt very lonely and uneasy all day, which feeling was increased by re- ceiving a letter from my wife, saying that she intended to come home on Fri day night by the express train. I re- tired late, feeling much worried on ac- count of my fearful dream. And to add to this fear, presentiment, or whatever you may call it, the dream was repeated, and even more distinct and vivid than the first time.
 When I arose in the morning the rain was still falling. This was Friday, and therefore was the day on which my wife was to start for home. There were two passenger trains from the east each day, | one at o'clock in the forenoon and the other at in the evening. This last was i the express, and the one on which my wife was coming.
 Toward the middle of the afternoon l the rain ceased falling, and the clouds slowly cleared away. The dream mad made such an impression on my mind | that I resolved to attempt to find the stream had seen so plainly in my dreams, and if it appeared at all dan | gerous to attempt to stop the train be- fore reaching it. Accordingly soon a a+ter the rain was over got ready and started. I had never before had occasion to visit | the station in this direction, and there fore was entirely unacquainted with this part of the country. But found every thing just as it appeared in my dream. | through the wood I had seen in my dream and then entered the open field and found the two farm houses, one in. habited and the other deserted. In fact everything seemed as natural as if had really been this way before. I walked slowly, and late in the afternoon came to the stream, which flowed rapidly ano seemed much swollen. But the bridge instead of being broken down and min gled with the broken carriages and man gled passengers, was still standing; ant though it's timber looked quite old ant weather beaten there seemed to be ittl, danger of it's breaking down beneath tn, | weight of a passing train. There was { heavy goods train due from the yves about o'clock, and I resolved to wal at least until it came, and if it passed over in safety there could be, I thought but little danger of accident to the lighter passenger train.
 In due time it came laundering along and passed safely over the bridge. But though it might have been owing to my excited imagination, it seemed to me that bridge bent and shook beneath the weight of the train in 8 manner highly suggestive of danger. At all events resolved to wait while longer and set if the stream, which was still rising would have any apparent effect upon the