The Washington times., 1929-07-11
DREAM ENDS IN
FINDING BOYS
BODIES

CUM b Err LAMB Nd July y
u.N.s -These lllountaineers Of the
Alieghanies are not superstitious
SONS folks tried to have their &c.
uuaintances believe they ''saw'' !
youns miner. killed IN 1923 BY 20.
lice during labor grievance, ap.
pear one night. outside Of his jcaa
mine ats FrcstburK The residents
listened to the yarn and then IN.
iicated, with their finger to their
head that something was wrong
with the story-teilers. n
Tales. Of the supernatural receivA
little attention among the mountaan
folk. Hex doctors" do not tarr@
long N this vicinity when they
stray from their most prot fitablo
practices" In some sections az
rural Pennsylvania. But ask them
about the two dreams Jacob Dibert
had down in his Blue Lodge horno
70 years ago!
Not . Legend
The dreams the nlountaineer exs
perienced are not legend here nor II
the adjacent mountain country.
They're fact. They win never ha
forgotten. It's related in the Suns
day School classroom: frequently
used az the basis Of 4 sermon ~
ministers. To perpetnate the story
the residents. gather once ~ year ak
Pavia. Bedford: county, Pennsyl.
vania. 40 miles from here, to cora
n1emorate the remarkable vision
that came to Jacob Dibert.-
a monument marks the, locale
OF the lnountaineer dreams. ,Eyery
year the residents gather around ii
and their services continue all day.
The crowds increase in number
every years Everybody ID Cum.
herland has heard the sweird tale
and are anxious to visit the gpuE.
see the monument and hear the old
folks relate the story amid the
countryside the seemingly incredible
event occurred. The services are
called "CommenaOration Services for
the Lost Children Of the Ale
ghanies." Is
Sons Were Missing
The records. show that Samuel
Cox heard his dogs barking in the
woods on the morning Of April Il,
1856. He went out. with, his shot
gun to shoot the squirrel he knew
his dog had treed. Returning sons
time later his two sons. George, Z,
and Joseph, s. were not in the
house He was told they had fot
lowed him to the woods.
a systemfzed search was started.
Each day the searching party in.
creased In number ana BY the .six.
teenth days when practically every
section Of the countryside was
trampled and the searchers aban.
doned hope Of finding the children
alive or even their bodies, the party
totalled 5000 men.
The father returned to hie honaA
near PaVia q broken man.
It Is not chronicled wllethee
Jacob pfbert took part in tgae
search. But II days after the boys
vanished he dreamed he saw them
lying beneath q tres near q stream
In Spruce Hollow. The search Wa
sttn in progress and he. told the
niensof his vision. They didn't be.
lieve it.
He told his brothersin.law. Hay.
rfson Whysong. the story goes, ana
together they went to spruce EIoI.
low.
Dibert reached the scenes he saw
50 plainly In his; dreams with little
difficulty. "A carcass Of i deer he
saw those two nights as he lay Ii
his Blue Lodge home was theres
Some distance away, he found the
head of 9, deer and q little beyond
that lay q cfild's shoe.
Found Bodies
The two searched around for tIsa
tree. Dilbert knew what kind 10
was. Finally he saw It on tbs
other side Of the stream. They
forded the water and found the
two bodies. Joseph was lying with
4 coat beneath his head. Appareutp
" he died first. George, the elder
brother, was lying with his head on
Joseph's body. The bodies weE@
buried in Union Cemetery near
Paviat with the monument marking
the grave.