The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-08-14
An Awful Dream.
E. o. X. in wetzel Democrat.


One night, in the Spring OF 1867, 1
sat on top of the ssCadaver" house
steps, while the gentle zephyrs coming
from the Monongahela river were
casting their embracing influence
abo.it me. The whip-poor-will and /
other night songsters tilled the great |
cbasm below with their melodious
chirps, and occasionally great frog |
would open his great mouth to break |
the monotony At that hour OF night |
enyironed as l was, began to think |
OF the many cadavers which had been
hacked into atoms by the "Meds''; the |
skeletons the old janitor boiled in
those kettles, saying he was making |
a new kind OF soup. and thinking how
difficult it would be for those victims
OF that little house to find themselves
when Gabriel blows the last trump |
The situation, after some meditation,
became very embarrassing when | be-
gan to realize that the whole hillsides |
and hollows were filled with the scat
tered fragments OF hacked-up-
ity. l thought | heard moaning
far down the hollow, looked and look
ed under the trees whose foliage was
so dense that it wrapped the valley
in darkness almost OF such character
as we read OF in that good book---the
Bible, but seeing neither the form or
beast, thought it was imagination and
was relieved OF a weight.
For few moments such silence
prevailed there as was never known
painful. My thoughts flashed like
sparks OF electricity. After few
moments OF this awful silence the
scene changed. A moaning voice was
heard, to my horror, In nearly the
same place as before; another was
heard from above me, another just
across. / became embarrassed, want
ed to run but could not The shock
was so sudden and SO great that it
stlffened every joint and muscle as
though paralyzed; then those awful
voices broke out in every part OF the
hollow. 1t seemed that the earth had
opened its mouth and was pouring
those awfpl voices ont from thous,
and tombs. / prayed God to deliver
night while those voices neither ~ bn-
man nor heast NOW lilo thousand
ghost shirts. ar devils. were thunder
ing forth the knell OF my fate. | lived
a thousand years in few moments.
Suddenly saw n form annear far
below under the nmbraoeous trees
Who is thatp What Is no doing Mt
this time ~ night in sucb a Mace lie
no a murderer thief or what9 All
these thoughts ran throuoh INV mind
He Turned his course toward me. start
cd mn tho stems and 7 thought INV
time had come IN shuttle off this NOR
tal coil I had always been devoted
christian. and with This tried 10 con.
sole mvself while that form man
Ghost hoast or devil annroachod M,
l;ng tho hollow with his demoni.cal
yalIs all tho tino COMING nearer
Somethino nron,nted mo 10 ,rn, could
not sonn,ed naraIv1ed. triod IN caIl for
beln hut INV vocal cords wore rrozan
with fear Iliyed three score and ten
vears in a few moments Nothing
Thai, 7 had ever done escaned = thor,
ough review while that awfnl form
was annroacbino The moon was
shining mon that form and mo. the
stars smiled. the whin-noor-will con.
timed to sine. tho en1hracing hreeze
was about me. vet, All these Influences
were no Consolation ~ me who was
60 soon m meet nm untimely death At
the hands If snch n hideons thing
As If came nearer and nearer nv sit
nation hecan,a moro nainfnl Snd
denly ~ stonned faca 70 f.ce win mo
and said. ~ came nm to tell Won
was victim NJ the Mods F, NV hodv
was emf in thousand n;aces nv tbe,n
7 msod N no a student a. Tho " " n
and will toll Won INV exnerience there
I was a vouna and charning man