Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-02-04
NUMBER 81.

three games gave it up. l could not
keep my mind on the board. 1t wan
dered way off to other days, to other
| scenes. That night after all had retir-
| ed | sat and read for quite while, as is
my nightly custom. After l had retir-
ed, how long l had been asleep / do
not know, but all at once | awoke and
sprang up in bed, for heard my name
called distinctly and plainly, and right
before me stood Mary Shattuck, with
that same sweet smile on her face and
with inst as rosy cheeks, and lips just
| half OF a century ago. In her hand she
held the checkerboard, with all the
men in their places. She said, ..Mr.
Theodore, won't you please play few
games with me once more?" 1t gave
me such a start and such a fright! Do
you think / could sleep after such
| scare? How fast my thoughts went
and how many scenes of early life came
up so fresh as if but yesterday. Ihave
often wondered if the friends and rel
atives that have gone on beyond are
ever permitted to come back to visit us
in our sleep. How often do we hear of
persons who have seen and heard in
their sleep things that have actually
| bon ,Io ooo bu,6ra5c of Y,iloc ouoy on6
things that actually occurred at the
same time. And dreams that have
come true just as they had come to us
in our sleep.
Let me relate dream that came to
me in my sleep. The first year [ was
married / hired a young man. He is
still living and will testify to what l
am going to relate. 1t was few days
after the August election, | set this
young man to breaking up wheat
ground in the bottom field with good
pair of horses and plough. At night
when he came from work he said, II
saw a very large flock of turkeys in the
| field this afternoon The next morning
at breakfast | said to my wife and this
man, Last night | dreampt took the
old musket and went to the field; after
going all around the field I came to a
| slough that ran through part of the
/ field, and on the opposite side of the
slough were few acres of corn. AS l
came to the end of the corn rows l saw
a large flock of turkeys run out of the
slough into the corn. AS stood at the
end of the rows of corn, I saw the turk
eys in the weeds. l fired away at them
and big flock flew up and went in the
| woods near by. Just then l heard a
| f1uttering up the corn row; | went up
and there lay six dead turkeys. Now
lam going to see if my dream will come
true" | took down the old musket and
made the rounds just as / had told it at
the table. When l got around to the
end of the corn rows sure enough there
were the turkeys, and, as l looked up
the rows of corn, saw the turkey heads
sticking out the cockleburs. l fired
away at them, and, sure enough, had
six, and Mark Lashley will testify to
the same, for it was he that was plough
ing for me.
Now, I don't know whether we are to
put much confidence in dreams or not,
but | do know that we read of dreams,
both in sacred as well as profane his
tory, that have come true, and do not
know as the mind has changed much
since man was first created or not, only
education has enlarged the mind. Made
it more productive of good or evil, just
as we make use of it. Yet do not like
to have my sleep disturbed by such
dreams. 1t brings to my mind what
Job said: When I say my bed shall
comfort me, my couch shall ease my
complaint, then thou scarest me with
dreams and terrifiest me through Wis
ions.'' T. z. R.