The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-31
OLD MRS. SPENCER'S DREAMS.
SEE rs LUCKY TO FIND a CHRONICLE
ABLE 10 DESCRIBE THEM.

lie Tells How She Cot Rack Her Lost Goat,
Fanny, Throush a Dresu., and Describes
the ItsIian Method OF KiIiing Those AH-
irnsis-" A L.dy's Dreams Are Her Own."
A dreamer Of dreams IL Mrs. Jane Spencer
OF Hoboken. Not vague. Insignificant dreams
that fade away from waking memory. but
practical dreams with results. Life. death.
and the great hereafter are open secrets in the
prophetic slumber OF Mrs. Spencer. II she
would. she could make q good living as a prao-
Using clairvoyant out Of her esoteric ability.
for many Of her neIghbors in Harrison street
firmly believe her endowed with supernatural
powers: but Mrs. Spencer dreams only for her
own private satisfaction. and not profession
ally. preierrine TO pursue her trade OF raising
goats and selling the milk to q large circle of
patrons.
The dwelling in which Mrs. Spencer lives IL
at the end Of Harrison street. where the swamp
known as Tho Meadows" begins. II Is
about ten feet high and has two stories. Mrs.
Spencer inhabitinR the upper floor which Is
entered by means OF a ladder. and the goats
occupying the ground floor Among these
goats the favorite Ia Fanny, and it is OF the
losing and subsequent finding Of Fanny that
this story particularly treats. Mrs. Spencer,
who Ia upward ofO0 years old. told the story TO
a literary friend OF hers. who wrote IL out in
full. and to his account OF the affair THE Sun
cheerfully gives credit in the extracts which
follow:
Mrs Spencer is very fond OF her goats and
one OF her very best goats which che prides
very much-Fany by name-was stolan last
Monday night This caused Mrs. Spencer
much pain & annoyance. She hired some small
boyes to aid her in flndlng her Faviratc goat.
After serchnR many Hours she returned TO
her home discouraged and tired. She retired
to bed Intending to rails in the early morning
4 npp in h.,r n eha al m
that her goat was stolan. In her dream che
saw her Tet tied In seller and she saw the
back OF the Thief standing near her cont vita
butcher knife In his hand going to kill her
Fanny"
What the back OF the Thief did with the
butcher knife in his hand does not appear. for
Mrs Spencer awoke In tears Then, az she
a woke in the MORNING she concluded to at
tend to attending to her getting her milk
orders ready to attend her customars After
shedding few tears for Fany-she served her
Tout and again made serch almost going to
hearted"
On the following night the dream was re-
pcated. EXCEPT that she Observed that the man
with the knife was an ltal ian. and that he was
fixing rope 10y which to hoist Fanny up pre-
paratory to skinninE her. Here the literary
friend interpolates for purposes OF explana-
ton;
Proper form" They 6eaiieye that unless they
use tho following method that they them
saives will meet VIOLENT deth before the year
is ended so to keep out OF danger their
method is as Follows tho tie the goats four
feet to gather 10y a roap 10 feet long then
they bring the rope oyer = beam tic II last and md
Which The drink Wright away" -, ,,,...
90 s me fa NO 1b %t Tor sbs nwnto aeaIn nSts
Mrs Spencer sF era a She ,hapGht shurS"tGSt
FGJy was gone. She gave W. ali hopes. As
she sayes hersealf the dream Of nm Italian is
sufficient evedance to give upall hopes;"
the d. dream over she rSmembcrod that the pla"e
whore her vision had discovered Fanny was
the people who had the goat bore German
namo. On THURSDAY she set out aH rter in
During in vain at one store she hn1i cameto
thing within her whispered that she had
reached the right place. she entered. met the
ilrst he denied any knowledge OF the matter.
Then. according to the chroniclcr:
then mnuts she herd hcr goat call ma ma
down in the seller That is my goat cried
man said well We will admit Como down
and take your goat He was Just combating
Preparations to kill the goat aud in 10 minuts
more Fanny would he shattered and II was
there Intentions to have Fanny for there new
The man explained that he had purchased
the z oat for live cents from some boys, one OF
whom, an Italian, was about To- Kill Fanny
NNtu ITO uiiANch va NiiS oNShS. AhO ShA OAANick
Mrs. Spencer was greatly reGoisod in her
So much Tor the wonderful recovery of
Fanny, But Mrs Spencers literary friend, 10y
Ta Ih OF IssGe Hs"ss
two months ago she, dreamed that her
sS.Fd saS G tboy T1 h was mornns
wurld-and IL 20 and see that his Insurance
Foley was paid up he took her at her word
he induced to advance means TO secure his
Policy his friend gave Dick dollar-toOk his
Policy papers true 1t was as DICK teely-died
A Sun reporter cal led upon Mrs. Spencer yes:
sorS Of her house taking to her r" goats tsoW
She Is a little woman with bright eyes and a
nasal voice, and OF advanced years. In snits
cradle property. She was very willing to tell
about her dreams, She said the recovery Of
cler, As for Dick Eeely. he died OF heart dis
ease. she said. His insurance policy was
laid out a corpse" said she. . told him he
sure S enough. they SuhG him dead in his Chair
ner's inquest. but they didn't get mo there,
I've dreamt out other things. too. Once
dreamt my sister had an accident with horse.
would 90 Notwithstanding but | told her she
hadn't ought %. She was thrown out and the
Then. when lived in Summit, i saw blood
and knives in my sleep. The next day man
stole my big knife that used to carry on ex-
cursions and pcnics, and no eIravated him
self on the hand and arms i knew 1t would
come when dreamt blood.
Lots OF folks come TO me to dream out
things they lost. but I'm not In that business.
dream my own troubles out | haven't told
you one in a hundred Of the things I've
dreamt / can always dream out my own
Troubles but not other folks. A lady's dreams
are her own That's what | always tell 'sm
when they come 10 me- can dream Tor my
self bur II I tried TO dream for other folks
feel the dreams wouldn't maybe. come true.
and ~ lose my power
just hero Fanny the goat, called, and Mrs.
Spengar, eNcusing herself, clam bered down
the ladder 10 attend to the wants OF her lost
and found fayorlte.