Year: 1879

hundred miles from Michigan took
the Toledo express on Saturday, at Ere
mont bound for Toledo and his home in
Michigan. He told a strange story, Of
which the following is the substance.


Some weeks since, while at home in
Michigan, he retired to rest after hard
days work, and falling sleep, dreamt
a dream. He appeared to have taken
long journey for ten years, and had
scarcely lost sight of, and where he had
lived "a happy old bach," and never
thought of matrimony, although the
fair Michiganders who resided in this
neigh borhOod had used their best en-
deavors to induce him to make propo-
sails for their hands and hearts which
they were prepared to accept after the
usual amount Of hesitation. But our
friend was as blind and oblivious to
their advances as a miser OF charitable
petition had no more idea of matrimo-
ny, 10 use his own expression, than a
Hottentot.


And so feeling he tumbled into bed,
and as we said before, was soon in the
land of dreams. In that dream a Wis
ion appeared unto him. He arrived at
a place in Ohio which was called Ere
mont. 1t appeared that soon after his
arrival in that place he formed the ac-
quaintance of a young lady. and that
after short but happy courtship, he
married her and returned to his home
in Michigan, where he became wealthy,
lived happily, and raised numerous
family of children, and in time trotted
his grandchildren on his knee. He then
awoke; it was broad daylight, and his
mother was at the door calling him down
to breakfast. At the breakfast table he
related his dream to the old lady, and
she was deeply impressed by it. he
told her it was his intention to at once
seek out the beautiful creature of whom
he dreamt, and the old lady believing


there was special Providence in it,and


being also firm believer in dreams


advised him by all means TO go and lind


her if he could, and if he couldn't find


her to bring back an Ohio girl anyway


"for YOU know" said she, :" the Ohio


girls are quite smart.


So John packed up his little wardrobe


and took the first train out for Ohio, ,anC
lost no time in reaching Fremont. Whe1


he arrived at that place he was surpri
scd to discover that the sign at the de


pot, containing the name Of the place


was the exact duplicate of the one h'


had seen in his dream, and that the de


pot building and general appearance o


the city corrcsponled exactly with hi


vision. He put up at the KEEPER house
and began his search. For two or three
days he was unsuccessful, but finally
lust before he was on the point of re
turning home, he came face to face will


a maiden at the post office. "Tis she,
said he, all to himself, then he walke'
up manfully and told her his story hi
Idream, and of his place in Michigan
and frankly asked her to share his 10
with him. She said something abou
its being sudden shewould rather wal


a few days before giving an answer; bu


he was determined to have it there anC
, then, and she finally said she was al
his own. lie accompanied her to he
. Ihome, and that evening he told he
, tond parents all about it. And the.
Z pronounced it good.


+, The day following they were married
' and they commenced their journe.
| Micliganward. The man was a fin
= looking fellow, and so happy that h


could scarcely contain himself. He pro
' tested roundly that it was the woman
he saw ia his dream, aud that he ha'
Y met and marr.ed, and that all from irs
| to last, had been exactly as pictured Il
t his dream. The lady was Il pleasan


appearing, colely looking lady, Il fey
Z years younger than the man, and seem
? ed to he brim full of fun and to enjo


the novelty OF the thi.g fully as muc
q as her husband. Take them all III all
2 they we're matched, and doubtless mad
r for each other. Hesaid onlyone thing wa
l lacking to make his happiness complete
, and that was the fuliillment of the lat
t ter part of his dream.-This is one o
y the most strange matrimonial affairs W
r have e7er seen or read of, and doubt
) its equal has ever been in print. 1t
proof that dreams ottentim's fOrcsha
r dow coming events. We often hear Q
men dreaming Of sudden deaths, an


diving but we do not know of a cas-


where the incidents and character
! we've depicted ard fulfilled as in tn
t present instance. Ifthelr is parai-i
I case on record We should like to hear ii