The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-26

water whar you am surrounded wild
snakes, alligators and sharks and dat
n baldheaded white man stands on de
shore laughIn' at you signifies dat peril
am gwine to menace you. If you am
usin' wood Off some white mans pile,
look out fur loaded sticks.
"To dream dat you have white hair
and am on your way TO de drug store
to git bottlS of hair dye when a yal-
Ter cat runs ober your feet signifies n
change of some sort. You may be TAX.
en- into n trust or kicked out of one.
"To see Eve crows sittn' in q. line on
de fence Is n sign dat a pusson am
comm along to disturb your domestic
happiness. Dat pusson may try to
coax your ole woman TO elope wild
him or may hand her love letter dat
you have writ to anodcr Woman
ar you wake up at midnight and
hear mysterious voice calm to you
from afar off and it seems to he de
voice of n woman stuck In de mud,
you kin sot II down dat your mudder-
in.law am comm on n visit and make
things hum. You will hear her calm
arter she arroves, and ebery call will
make you jump foot high.
Hootin' Of an Owl.
"To be gwine past graveyard at
night and hear de hoptin' of an owl
am 'nuff to jump a man outer his
butes. but don't jump. have neber
had dat thing happen to me widout
brngln' good luck. De last time It
happened 1 borrowed q white mans
wheelbarrer. and lie dun forget who he
lent 1t to.
"If you meet n bobtalled dawg, a
one eyed cat and lop shouldered man
on de same block while gwlne to de
grocery arter Goldfish, you might as well
turn right back and save belu' humlli-
ated. No grocer on arth kin stand
up agin such combination as dat.
and de minute you AK to be trusted he
Will refuse you.
"To have a blind mewl pass you
while you am sittln' on de fence am a
sign dat you am gwme to be dunned
\ fur your pew rent de follerin' Sunday
and dat you'll have to pay at least 80
cents down and make some big prom.
| lses regardln' de balance.
"If you am sittin' OH de back steps of
your cabin. wishin' you was rich and
great, and a speckled hen walks ont in
front Of you and tries TO crow. you git
outer dat as fast as your legs will carry
you. 1t means dat your landlord am
| Jest around de cO'ner, and II lie finds
you home he will raise your rent 81 q
month. ~ .-1u-.
"To be walkin' along highway and
find corkscrew am one of-de baddest
signs know of. II am a sign dat you
have got pull widout anything TO pul
at.
"To be walkln' in an alley at mid
night and suddenly hear a voice a
your elbow am sign dat de policeman
who owns de voice am gwine to tak'
you to de station and AK For eXplana
shuns. If you kin convince him da
you was walkin' TO .peditatc, he will
let you 90. If you cant, It VIII b
thirty days or So fine next mawnin
Allus be prepared fundls emergency.
II YOU am DlSSlu uuNu 'll bllSy ~
de daytime and see fifty feet of gardel
hose In a white mans back yard, wit
yaller cat roostin' on de fence, it an
sign dat befo' midnight dat hose an
gwine to disappear, haln't sayln' da
de yallet cat am gwlne TO swaller II
but de next mawnin' II will be gone.
I'm addition TO de above, 'Brothe
Gardner's Dream and Sign Book con
tains hundreds Of odder dreams, sign
and tokens, beginnln' way back to d
dlskibery Of America and comm dow
to dc begnnln Of de present tgh
times. A rabbits foot goes wild cher
, SALE II you don't have luck wild d
: dreams and signs, it will shorely com
wild de foot-ober fifty different sign
dat you am gwlne TO be rich befo' d
, year am out; ober hundred dream
, dat must bring you luck, wild lnstruC
} tlons how to dream 'em; homemad
and hand painted and jest as much {
be relied on as old fashioned 'lasse
candy.
) let us now adjourn" NJ. QUAD.
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