The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-14
HE KNEW ALL ABOUT FLOODS
a Confederate Veteran Who Had
Quite q Remarkable Dream.
Atlanta Journal.

Quite Remarkable Dream.
Atlanta journal.
nave been reading The Journals
close cail stories with good deal Of
interest,"" said an old Confederate veto.
ran while up at the capitol a few dnvs
ago, and while l haven't any of NV
own That l care to write about, l will
tell you story ! heard told by an old
Cohlcdcratc IN nearby city not long
ago, and OF which l am reminded bv The
Journals stories.
"Thc people Of tho town had ARRANGED
sort OF celebration or reception in
honor OF the boys who had returned
from Cuba These boys had all seen
service in tho late Spanish American
war and they were full Of experiences
respectfully experiences about bad treat.
ment, bad fooc having to sleep on ono
or two occasions on tho cold ground
with nothing but an oil cloth and blanket
to wrap up in. During the dinner or
barbecue the young veterans were toll.
ing their experiences and graphically
relating all tho horrors of the Cuban
campaign.
"AmoEgt the auditors who were pucsts
at the reception were several old Con-
fcdcratc veterans, old grizzly follows
who had seen service with Lee in Vir
GINA and who had gone barcfootcd dur
ing winter campaign, slept on the
frozen ground or in snow MANY - time
without covering and lived on a quarter
OF pound of meat Il day, with ryc coffee
rs an occasional luxury. These old vets
had listcncd intcntly to the experiences
OF the boys just back from Cuba. but
haunt said anything. Finally one OF
them was called on to tell some of his
experiences during the civil war. Prob
ably he didn't think they amounted to
much or probably he didn't think il
would be right to spring them at that
particular time, after what had gone be-
fore. The crowd insisted, and finally he
said that while he didn't have in stock
any experiences worth relating or that
real y amounted to very much as war
stories. he would tel them Of dream
he had few nights before.
dreamed that | died and went to
Heaven he said. i loafcd around for
while, feeling kinder loncsomc-bc.
cause | was from Macon you know
until finally n middle aged angel ap
proachcl me and began to relate to me
the story OF his death. He WAS drowned
III the Johnstown Hood, he said, and
graphically he related to me all the hor.
rors OF that terrible dc'ugc Of water.
| now II swept over the entire valley and
=. >NN 'NhN ii'VSCS DcloTC IL, lcaN
| ing death and destruction in its wake
lie had evidently had II very exciting
| death and it left n lasting impression ON
| him.
He told me his story and then
| passed on to other angels. rccitinr the
horrible story Of the Johnstown Hood t.
each one he met. Finally he approached
one of the Oldest angels had seen: in
TACT, an angel who appeared to DC scv.
cral hundred years old, with long flow
ing beard and hair, greatly resembling
rather Time. To this angel he began tU
tell his story of the Johnstown Hood
out the old angel didn't appear to hear
him perhaps he was deaf. At any rate
he paid no attention to the Johnstown
angcIs story Of the flood.
This seemed to greatly chag-in the
angel with the flood story, SO after fol
lowing Old Father Time about for q
while trying to make him listen to his
story, he became discouraged aud wen,
to look up St. Peter to complain of his
treatment. He told Peter how he had
! tried to tell the elder angel the story
or his death and Of the horrors Of the
''ohnstown Hood, and how the former
PAID no attention to him.
| what's the matter with him: IS he
deaf ? asked the Johnstown man OF
Peter.
Ono replied Peter, we have nc
deaf angels here: that's Noah he knows
all about floods ;"