Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-21
MISUNDERSTANDING DREAMS.
Numbers Seen in Sleep Considered the
Luckiest of omens.


From Tit-Bits.
Has there ever been a lottery, we wonder,
In which dreams of lucky numbers have
not played romantic part, as IN the case
of M. Cousin, who won the second prize OF
$4,000 in the recent French lottery?
That, for instance. Is a strange story
that is told of signor Fozzi, merchant Of
Milan. Not long ago the sisnor dreamed
Of his daughter, who died several years
since. and next morning, with his dream
still mournfully haunting his memory,
something brought to his mind that 1t was
one Of the days on which the municipal
lottery was open. To the lottery he Went,
being a man Of sporting instincts and his
dream suggested the venture. His daueh-
ter having died at the age of twenty-four
years thirteen days and four hours, ne Sc
iected these three numbers to bet upon
and two Of the three proved highly lucky.
One on which he had laid S. 4d. brought
him $50 times his stakes, or over 2100, and
the other 4.250 times his stake Of Ell LIS.
3D., or nearly $1,000.
1t was a dream that brought fortune toe
late for an Italian peasant called Luca. The
peasant dreamed one night that he had
been present at the drawing Of the great
state lottery, and that the first prize OF
Re, 600 had fallen to ticket No. 24016. When
he awoke he was so strongly impressed by
his dream that he scraped together all the
money he possessed, and, after long search
Ing, was aDle TO Duy q ucAet, not OF the
number of his dream, but containing the
same figures in a different order. Then he
fell on evil days, his wife died Of an Ill
ness brought on by hardship and starvation
Within week of this double tragedy the
ticket he had purchased was awarded the
great prize at the lottery drawing.
A similar pathetic story Is told of a
sackvile street, Dublin. where for many
years she earned scanty livelihood by
selling laces and other small articles. One
night she dreamed Of a number which was
to win & great prize in a forthcoming lot
terry, and when she awoke she hurried to
the lottery office to insure It. The number
was not drawn; but her faith in 1t was I'M
abated. and time after time she insured 1t,
selling her clothes, and even the basket
that contained her goods, to raise the nee
essary money. At last her small resources
were quite exhausted One day she was un-
able to insure the number and that very
day 1t was drawn. The blow of fortune
was too much for the poor old creature,
and cropping her blind way to the royal
canal she ended her TT ,ubles In its waters.
In the early days of lotteries in England
| to dream a number was always looked IN
as the lucltiest OF omens. In an old copy
OF the Post Boy we may still read this ad-
vertisement: This is to give notice that
10 shillings oyer and above the market
price will be given for the ticket in the ST.
10000 lottery, No. 1872, by Nath Cliff. at
the Bible and Three Crowns In Cheapside.''
Light was thrown On THIS mysterious no
tice by letter which the advertiser wrote
| to the Spectator, in which he says: you
must know I have but one ticket, for which
reason, and a certain dream have lately
had more than once. resolved 1t should
| be the number most approved. My visions
| are so frequent and strong upon this coca
sion that have not only possessed the
| lot but disposed of the money which In all
probability 1t will sell for
About the same time a footman, on the
| strength of q similar dream, spent the
whole OF twenty years savings in purchas-
| ing two lottery tickets bearing his lucky
dream numbers, and when the tickets
proved blanks we learn, after a few melan-
choly days he put an end to his lifep In a
box was found the following plan of the
manner in which he should spend the $4,000
prize. which hia mistress preserved as a
curiosity:
| las soon as have received the money
will marry Grace Towers: but az she bas;
| been cross and coy will use her as SER
want. Every morning she shall get me a
mug OF strong beer. with toast, nutmeg
| and sugar In It: then will sleep until 10,
after which viii have large sack posset.
My dinner shall be on table by 1, and
never without good pudding. viii have
q stock OF wine and brandy laid In. About
5 in the afternoon ! will have tarts and