Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-27
TWOSTRANCE DREAMS.

For the Register.
That dreams exercise an influence over
our waking actions there is little doubt
But, do dreams foretell any event of the
future? Do they possess any significance
in relation to happenings of time? This
is much mooted question and no amount
of discussion will ever lead to definite
conclusions.
I will endeavor to give here two in
cident5 which were related to me by
prominent business man of Wheeling
! which tend to show that there is some
thing in dreams.
This gentleman. whom l will call Mr.
A., is well known by every resident
of this city as a scrupulously truthful
man. He is not in any degree supersti-
tiOus, but is a level headed man of bust
ness. His story is given in his own
words
Many years ago. shortly after our
marriage, my wife complained one even
ing before retiring for the night, that she
was very nervous and felt sure that
something dreadful was going to happen
L quoted her as best | could, and thought
that a good nights rest was all she
needed.
We retired, and after much tossing and
restlessness, Mrs. A finally went to sleep
l noticed there We're tears on her eye
lids and she murmured as though in dis
tress. AT the time l considered this but
are subject, and hoped the morning
would bring on her usual good spirits.
L fell asleep in d short time and knew
standing by my side. She seemed much
disturbed and was weeping. l glanced
at the clock, it marked the hour of two
My wife, between her sobs, exclaimed
''Oh, C, father is dead.'
Her condition alarmed me and I con-
cluded to send for a DOCTOR or at least
give her some soothing medicine to quiet
her nerves, as l knew that none of my
wife's family were sicl1.-that all were
well when we last heard from them But
Mrs. A refused to allow me to send for a
doctor; said it was not her nerves; that
she had dreamed of seeing her father S
lifeless body lying on the bed in room
of the homestead in a far western State
She saw in this vision the family gath
cred weeping around the bedside and
could distinguish each face, and de-
scribed how they were grouped. She was
positive that her father was dead After
much persuasion Mrs. A was induced to
retire, but neither of us slept l had no
| faith in dreams. and told her so, but she
| was firm in the belief that her father was
dead and only waited for a message to
confirm the fact.
At six O'Clock the door bell rang vio-
| iently. My wife said: &C, go to the door.
| it is message" Sure enough it was a
messenger boy, who handed me a tele-
| gram which briefly read: Father died
| this morning at two a M Come at once.
A."
On our way to attend the funeral. Mrs.
| A described minutely to me the scene at
| the bedside of her dying father at is an
peared in the dream. The room. u.lc..
furnishing she had never seen. the grou.
| ing of the family, the doctors face. ., he
anXiously leaned over his patient,-even
| the pictures on the wall stood out in
bold relief. Observation and inquiry upon
| our arrival at the old home developed the
tact that the family were grouped. and
| the furniture placed as he had seen them
IN the dream, at the time OF her father
| death, which occurred a few minutes be-
A'AN wv y SiOCh IN Inc morning.
This strange occurrence" continued
Mr.. a, left a lasting impression upon
my mind, and my wife never entirely re-
covered from the shock Ny business
| then, as it does now, covered a wide
| Held, and l was often compelled at GER
| tain seasons of the year TO visit towns
| adjacent to the city for the purpose of
making collections. One winter. several
years after Mrs. AS strange dream. /
made trip to the little town of W,
Ohio. l had many customers in that
vicinity, and at the close OF the day a
| large amount of money was In my pos
session After eating supper at the hotel
l left word with the clerk to call me in
time for early breakfast. stating that I
wished to leave for Wheeling on the first
train and would take hack for the rail-
! way station This hack vas owned BY :