Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1845-11-29
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~ extraordinary case that occurred 1T
y lho family of The ouhpfes. when Nh,
Pc. yellow lever prevailed like plague IN
Boston, Will powerfully ru'erst The read
Lies
b Ono NJ my fathers brothers. residing
= ~ Boston al that time. beetme Il victim r.
7, the prsIIoucC, When the dfa symp
b. toms appeared HE wife sent the cblIifd
INTO the country, aud herself remained ia
= attend upon him Her friends warned
her against such fashua d They told her
II would be- death Do her, and no baacf.
/, to hlm-lor be- would soon be too III 10
know who attended upon him These ar
engagements made no impression upon her
allccliunale heart She foIl that ii would
be a long life Of satisfaction to her to
know who attended him, if he did not
She accordingly staid and watched him,
with unremltIing care,
This, however, did not avail 10 save.
him. he grew worse and worse, and dnt..
| " died. Those who went round with the.
deaIh.carts, had visited the chamber, and
seen that the end WAS near-rhey now
came TO take the body, His wife refused
to let 1t go. She Told me she never knew
how TO account for it, but though he was
perfectly cold and rigid, and to all appeaf-
ance quite dead, there was a powerful
impression on her mind that life was not
extinct. The men were overcome by the
strength OF her conviction, though their.
own reason was opposed to it.
The half hour again came round and
again was heard the solemn words,
Bring out your dead The wife again
resisted their opportunities; but this time
inc men were more reSoiute. They SAID
the duty assigned to them was painful
one; but the health of the city required |
punctuai obedience to the orders they re !
ceIVed; II they ever expected the pesti- I
lence to abate, it must be b. prompt re Il
moyaI OF the dead, and immediate (umig.
alton of all the infected apartments.
She pleaded and pleaded, and even kneIt Y
10 them in agony of tears, continually "
saying, Il am sure he is not dead The n
mon repre- oonted ,ho etteI aUouIuity VI .
such an idea; but finally overcome by her {
tears, again departed. With trembling f
haste she renewed her efforts to restore 0
1lm. She raised his head, rolled his II
limbs in hot flannel, and placed hot onions o
IN his feet n
The dreaded half hour again came "
'ound, and found him as cold and rigid as st
aver. She renewed her entreaties so des- W
,erateIy, that the messengers began to b
link little gentle force would be neceS So
'ary; they accordingly attempted to re- >
move the body against her will; but she 81
brew herself upon it, and chung 10 it with a.
such frantic strength, that they could not tie
very easily loosen her grasp. Impressed ia
)y The remarkable energy OF her will, ST
hey relaxed their efforts. To all their ST.
she answered, If you bury W
lin, you shall bury me wi,hhim.' At last, to
~ dint of reasoning on the necessity of |
he case, they obtained from her prom tn
Sc that, { he showed no signs of life be- m
ore they again came round, she would .
make no further opposition to the removal. re
Having gained this respite, she hung III
lp the watch on the bed post, and renew OF
ID her efforts with redoubled zeal. She u
placed kegs of hot water about him, for 81
ed brandy between his teeth, breathed al
nto his noslrils, and held hartshorn to le
lis nose; but still the body lay motonIess To
md cold. She looked anXiousIy al the Ia
watch; IN five minutes the promised halt tl'
lour would expire, and those dreadful Sc
oices would be heard passing through U
ne street llopelesness came over her; We
ne dropped the head she had been sus co
aiming; her hand trembIed violently; and ~
he hartshorn she had been holding was IN
piled on the palid face. AccidentIy, the "
osilion Of the head had become slightly sU
pped backward, and the powerful liquid pii
owed into his uoslriis. Instantly there ca
'as short, quick gasp--a struggle-his 81
yes opened and when the dealh-men no
anne again, they found him sitting up in
ne bed. He is still alive, and has enjoyed
unusually good health. Mrs Child's Let nc
9rs from New York. VIZ