Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-24

however, dreamed that huge cat
came in, killed her bird and ate it
up The next night while we were
at dinner this actually happened
Where the cat came from we were
never able to ascertain. These are
just outlines of dreams have known
to come true" - ..
Last summer, at his residence in
New London, Conn, famous New
York physician entertained several
artistic friends, among the number
Miss Edith Thomas, the poetess
Miss Mary Thompson, the Delsar-
team delineator, and the late Archi-
bald ID. Gordon, playwright and au-
thor. The DOCTORS wife came down
to the breakfast table one morning
and said
II had the strangest dream last
night. / thought was travelling in
foreign land. have never seen
any thing like the place. 1t was
beautiful beyond description. The
trees were bowed down with bios
SONS flowers unknown to me were
scattered everywhere. Vines gently
tly swayed to and fro in the aromatic
breeze; all was lovely; but as l
wandered about tho enchanting place
an intense loneliness came over me.
l felt far from my friends, far from
all l had ever known. Suddenly
9 o IN g t h ing touched my dress
and looking down l saw little
Fluff, my dog that has been dead five
years. STOPPING down i caught her
up in my arms. Presently / was
overjoyed to see Mr.. Gordon coming
toward me. Then we wandere d
about enjoying the lovely spot to-
gether.
One week later she arose from The
dinner table saying she felt badly.
They laid her on sofa and i'm a short
time she was dead. In less than a
month Mr.. Gordon was stricken
with paralysis, and three months la
ter he went to that unknown land
which perhaps had been mirrored
in her dream. ':s.
A very practical business woman,
who was left widow early aud was
obliged to depend largely on her
own exertiOns for the support of her
large family, told of a remarkable
dream she had had. Her brother
was sent to sell some stocks for her
and she had not the sfaintests idea of
the price they would bring, as that
would depend on the fluctuations of
the market.
In her sleep she dreamed her stocks
had been sold and had brought ST.
3O0.21. She told her dream at the
breakfast-table the next day and
her children laughed at her, as the
sum seemed to them preposterous.-
They thought the stocks would bring
about 5000. They brought their
mother letter a little later.
"Ah," she cried, "here comes
my 81 300"
Eyes, and 81 cents" put in one
of her girls.
They tore open the letter. The
mother read Thirteen hundred
dollars" she began, then dropped
the paper. The oldest girl caught
it up and read:
"And 21 cents"
A theatrical man who now occu-
pies conspicuous place in the pro-
fession, and is rich and prosperous,
tells a story of a strange dream
'tuSO POopiS IioJ
in the manner of having their names
used, but on this dream hinges deli
cate question of poverty which the
man is not anxious to advertise now
and prefers that his name be kept
secret.
At the time of the dream he was
In very hard luck. The only engage
ments he could obtain were in poor
companies, which successfully burst
up in towns far away from home
He was poor at the beginning, and
these ventures left him absolutely
penniless. He was literally down
to one shirt. and the only thing he
had not pawned was a violin which
belonged to his father.
One night he dreamed that if he
bought lottery ticket of a certain
number it would make him rich.-
The dream was so vivid that the
next morning he pawned the violin
and bought the ticket. 1t won him
a prize of 5000, fortune of untold
riches at that time. That was the
dawn of his prosperity, and to-day
he Is worth S125,000.
Miss Phoebe CouZens tells of a pc
culiar dream she had in Chicago the
night prior to Carter Harrison's MUIR
der.
81 seemed as wide awake as I am
now," said she, "and round about
me were crowds upon crowds cheer
ing some one unseen by me. In the
center of the throng stood q massive
pillar. Suddenly 1 saw an eagle
soar upwards amid the plaudits of
the multitude. A shot rang out,
and moment later 1 saw the eagle
stop his flight, his head seemed to
droop, and he fell dead at the foot of
the pillar. The next day Carter
Harrison made his great speech at
the Worlds Fair, and to me the
crowd seemed strangely familiar.
recalled my dream, but laughed 10
away moment later. That night
Carter Harrison, typified by the ca.
gle, was shot down by Prendergast."
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