The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-01

be among friends.
So firmly convinced is tie that to-day
will be his last that he has made Ills
VIII and arranged his business affairs
Enough III, there are no visible signs OF
! Immediate death.
Shortly before Christmas Day he left
us former residence, No. 2O5 West SIX
seentn street, Manhattan. and took all OF
ms possessions with him to his sisters
home He has been making preparations
1or death for several months
MI Golden Is more than six feet tall
anu until recently weighed nearly 2N
pounds He now scales only u.s. He has
suffered from severe attacks of rheuma-
tlsm complicated with Bright's disease,
aid has become a cripple.
He is main OF education and was frad-
uated from Cornell He declared that he
Is not ordinarily slperstitious and has
never been a believer in dreams or occult
signs. but that the four notices Of his
death have forced him to believe them q
revelation from the unknown world.
THESE visions occurred at different times
within few weeks Each stated the
same time for his death and funeral.
In the first dream he thought he was
sreading the columns of death notices, In
"a daily newspaper, when he noticed hi,
name IN an advertisement. The notice
ssa.d he had died on Monday Decembe,
81, 1900. of Bright's disease, and that his
funeral would be held on Wednesday
anuary :, at p. NJ. and at the church
lat P. NJ
In the second dream he heard the MN
lister read the notice of his death and
funeral from the pulpit of the church In
swhth he was baptized Shortly after
5waxt he saw In a dream his tombstone
lin the family lot near New Brunswick
N. .. on which the date OF his des,, wa,
Esivei before. Then. in last October h.s
grandmother. VITO has been dead mlny
syestrs, appeared to him in his sleep. and.
no ddrg his suffering. tried to comfort
Shiu! by saying that his suffering would
sbe over with the new year.
A CRUEL JOKE.
tEace WEIGH, a mactlin;s't o; PatsESnn.
n. E, will be q cripple for life ard his
itoA blishted. all through PRACTICAL
sjoke played on him by companions. WEIGH
swoAed at Rogers Locomotive Works
forTlany years. When the works closed
EShe gent to another locomotive wovks.
WHIP he was given a lathe. To to tt,f
a tn had to be discharged.
s neh did not know anythln. abe,it
5thiGntil several OF the men beside whom
|sne Srked told him that the man when
he Eicceeded was looking for Inn 20
|sthrEl him. A few days later the dis
scn4ed workman entered the shop and
cal WEIGH many hard names. bu.
|#We did not heed him. The msn then
str him, and WEIGH struck back ard
sknl Jed his assailant down.
[ ral days afterward. on Wednesday,.
..sDet hber Il, some OF the men IN the
|ssh& thinking TO have some fun with
IW&. told him that the man be h1ti
strt was dead and that he wnusi Vet
IterH out OF Paterson II ne ..iti net wFut
Ito arrested for murder
h was badly frightened af;i ~
I thd OPP. TIE weather was bitterly go ~
AMI was afraid to go home fer see.
I thu be would be arrested for murisr-
| TIL orror and the fear has t'.rurd his
| hl] ray. and he suffered uniold st.ssrv-
| Ord fgat he slept in {; barn, and ~ get
| aHj before daylight started tn crawl
| on the dark. He fell ;lowa NJ npsa
Tia about twenty feet. and i9Y an
| COD BUS uEtif the farmer and
| hal m sent to the hosruitu = Mr.
ris n. There it was founl Net hs
| sp1 was seriously nutt and s'.i5 he
| wt never be able to walk az sornstlg.
| Il he meantime his wife al sr1lly
wt| frantic and spent hundreds do
| Lad early all the savings OF ,.,,a-T--iu
Sc; Ing for him. When his wi van! |
| to ristown to see him ne tod hs. 81.
| Shj ind that the man he fought with
ws ot at all hurt. and that heT bus
ba fellow-workmen had PLAYED
crd TACTICAL joke on him.
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