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

Dreams that Came True.
PREMONITIONS OF GOOD OR EVIL
VISITED UPON SLEEPING
PERSONS.

Visited UPON SLEEPING
PERSONS.
Few people have failed to expe-
rience that uncanny, wierd feeling
which takes hold of the emotions
when strange dream has developed
almost as the sleeper fancied it
There are some scoffers who regard
true dreams" as a gentle form of
lunacy. These scoffers are happy
people, of matter-oftact mental
structures, healthy in mind and BODY,
and with a nervous makeup away
below par.
Sensitive, highly-strung women
Of the emotional type seem to have
a monopoly of dreamland. Take
woman Of this kind and If YOU
know her we'll enough and can in
duce her to talk on the subject, she
will probably tell of number of
dreams In which she was the chief
actor and which came true.
In an effort to secure stories of
"true dreams" from well-known
people of unquestioned veracity the
writer saw number of women,
prominent in the various walks of
metropolitan life, and while nearly
all Of them were willing to talk on
the subject majority were reluc-
tant to have their names used, al
though they all constantly figured i'm
the newspapers of the country
Many OF them said that anything
bordering upon the mystic is usually
treated with a smile of derision, and
none OF them wished to pose pub
licity as the champion of such an airy
subject as dreams, to the extent of
taking up cudgels in the defence of
their powers of premonition. They
were sure of the authenticity of
their own dreams but were not pre-
pared to stand sponsor for other peo.
ple's.
Mrs. DIR. John Hall, wife of the
famous Presbyterian divine, was
one of the first women seen, and
she threw cold water on the subject
In an emphatic way.
Dreams and Visions" she said.
"are things of the past, and the
world has outgrown anything occult
or like Divine revelation. The
dreams of Jacob and Joseph were
sent by God to prepare them for the
future, when the world was young
and man needed instruction. But
We had now the word of God, written
from beginning to end, and that is
quite sufficient for us.n
Mrs. Mary E. Bryan, the author.
ess and editress, told of dream she
had had some five years ago. While
she slept she thought she saw her
eldest son, who lived in the South,
battling for his life in the sea, seeth.
Ing among sharp-pointed rocks
Terrified, she sought to throw him
a rope, as no boat could reach him
In such a whirlpool. At this mo-
ment he was caught on the Jagged
end OF u stone larger than the rest
and bruised into unconsciousness.-
With scream she sprang from rock
to rock till she caught him in her
arms and bore him to the shore,
where he died.
She awoke shaking with fear, and
so deeply did her dream impress her
and those to whom she told it that
none were surprised when she re.
ceived q telegram the next day say
ing her Oldest son was lying danger
ously Ill. He had been stabbed three
times through the back by brutal
negro. The mother sought by eyery
means In her power to save him. but
he died from the wounds a week
later.
Mrs. Katherine Ackerman Fav.
hnQhQnh @
PauPs church, New York, and who
herself Is one of the founders of Sor-
osis, said:
II have great faith in Dreams
My experience has been that when
ever l had an impressive dream il
always came out just as dream med IL.
For instance ] slept one night and
saw In dream myself on a steamer
crossing the ocean. / met different
people, and formed plans, etc. I
bad not the least idea of going to
Europe, but three weeks later I went
abroad, and every particular Of my
dream was realized.
L have never lost a relative by
death that i have not been warned
In dream. Two days before my
iather and brother died, 80 vivid
was my dream that / woke up cry.
ing, and said to my husband:
DO you think my father will
dIe?'
Don't be foolish he replied,
we will all die some time. You
have had bad dream, that is all.'
A morning or two after 1 was
told that my father was dead and q
little later that my brother was nc
more. ! always look for something
to happen when 1 dream impress
lively.
My daughter Irene, when a mere
| girl, had fayorite CANARY Wa dif