New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-07-13

|+pR3 f5J lage ABOUT g. mile TO
|lAar5M the west. The nearest
/.AsSssaI|P station to the east was
S4INM about 1Omiles distant
~ I moved to the place
with my young wife late in the autumn
and about the first of.the following
March | was attacked with typhoid
fever and was Ill for about g. month;
but thanks to a naturally strong con-
stitution and the careful nursing o. a
loving and intelligent wife slowly re-,
covered
AS soon as [ got strong enough to
sit up and walk a little told my
wife she had better take the cars and
go and visit her brother, who lived
about SO miles east of us. She had
been taking care of me so faithfully
through my illness, both by day and.
night, that I feared her health and
strength would fail her if she did not
rest a while. l knew she had been.
very anxious togo, and Ifelt sure that
her brother and his family would
be very glad to see her and would try
to make her visit a pleasant
one. She hesitated about leaving
me, fearing I might need he. cssro4;; but,
after waiting q few days, and seeing
that continued to gain my health
and strength, she decided to follow
my advice. Accordingly, one pleasant
morning about the middle of April,
after doing everything she could for
my comfort, and bidding me to be
careful about taking cold or walking
too far, she started, intending to be
gone fortnight.
!. One day exercised a, little beyond
my strength, and felt quite tired at
night, and lay awake for long time
At last l fell int an uneasy slun Der,
and, dreamed a very curious and
startling dream. seemed to have
gone forward,into the future a couple
OF days, and instead of Wednesday,
the Oath; it seemed to be Friday, The
Goth. 1t seemed in my dream thar a
heavy rain had been falling most Of.
the day and all the day before, but
the evening was clear and pleasant
and not very dark, though the moon
was not shining, seemed to be walk
ing tho railroad toward the east. /
first passed through d wood about
half mile wide; then for ap out a mile
through fields containing a couple iof
far mhouses, one inhabited and the
other deserted. / then entered ain
other wood; and after walking abouta
mile and a half, came to a stream
swollen by the rain, which had weak
ened the railroad bridgeso much that
the passenger train, in attempting to
cross, had broken it down, and TIM
bridge and cars, completely wreckedN
were lying on both sides the streams
except portions that were foatings
down. Some of the passengers lavR
dead or dying among the ruins, some
were floating in the water, and q few
were clinging to trees and bushes on
the bank. 1t was fearful and heart
rending sight. -
The next day early in the morning
it commenced raining, and continued
to rain through the day and following
night. [ felt very lonely and uneasy
all day, which feeling was increased by
receiving letter from my wife say
ngthat she intended to come, homas.
Friday night by the express train.
retired late, feeling much worried on
account of my fearful dream. And to-
add to this fear, presentiment, or
whatever yea may call it, the dream
was repeated, and even more distinct
and vivid than the first time.
When [ arose in the morning the
rain was still falling. This was Fri
day, 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 8 o'clock
IN the forenoon and the other at 8 in
the evening. This last was the express
train and the one on which my wife
was coming.
Toward the middle Of the afternoon
the rain ceased falling and the clouds
slowly cleared away. The dream had
made such an impression on my
mind that resolved to attempt to
find the stream / had seen SO plainly
in my dreams, and if it appeared at
all dangerous to attempt to stop the
train before reaching it. Accordingly,
soon after the rain was over, / got
ready and started. had never be-
tore had occasion to visit the stations
IN this direction, and was therefore
entirely unacquainted with this part
OF the country. But I found every
thing just as it appeared in my dream.
Immediately after starting I passed
through the wood I had seen in nv
dream, and then entered the open
field and found the two farm houses,
one inhabited and the other deserted.
In fact every thing was as natural as
if had really been this way before. I
walked slowly, and late in the after
noon | came to the stream, which
flowed rapidly and seemed much swol-
len. But the bridge, instead Of being
broken down and mingled with the