The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-03-02
Pain OF DYING.

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Pain OF Dying.
The net of diving is technically termed "thc az
ony'" but the pain of DIVING nus, be distinguish.
ed from the pain Of the previous disease, for when
life ebbs sen.ibilitv declines a. death is the fl.
nal extinction Of corporal feeling so numLness in.
creases a. death comes on. The pro.tration Of
disease, Ike healthful fatigue, cngenlers a grow.
ing stuppf-asensltnn Of sub,iing softly into
Co, et"d repose The transition resembles what
may lie seen in those lofty mountains whose sides
exhibit every climate in regular gralatiun; vegc.
talon uxuiates at their base and dwin,.'es in the
approach to the regions Of snow til is feblest
manifestation is repressed By the cold Tie so
called agony can never he re formidable than
when the brain is the last 10 90 and the mind
preserves to the end rational cognizance Of tie
state O.. the bo!y. Yet persons TIM. situated copl
monty attest that there are few things in life les
painful thin the c'osc IF had STR ng.h enough
to hold pen" said William Hunter, Il would
write how easy and delightful it ia to die If
this be diving" said the niece Of Newton Of O,nev.
"it is a pleasant thing TO die the very expires.
sion adds her uncle (which another friend of
mine made use Of on her death.bed few years
ago The same words have frequently been ut.
lc''d ullcr tlii!l!ar circumstances
second and common condition Of the diving is
to be lost TO themselves and all around them in
utter urconsciousress Couh,anencc and gestures
might in many Ises suggest that, however dread
10 the external world an interior sen.ibtv still
remained. But we have the evidence Of those
whom disease has left at the eleventh hour, that
While their supposed suifcrings were pitied by
Their ricnas. existence was n blank Wherever
there u .en-ihlity. virtual death precedes death
/ !:scll, and to die i, to wake in another world
/ The fIculues survive though averse to even The
[ Ilntc't cii.rt, and they badly testify in langui
and broken plrnses that the torpor Of the body
more than keeps pace with the inertness ofthe
/ mind. The same report is given by those who
I have advanced 70 the very border Of the country
{ nom Wheuteno traveller rtturr ,iyn.aitAa ii.
ter lis &C d'nt passed for a corpse, and The first
feeble indication. ofrcturuinr life re.cmb,ed some
OF the oomnone't symptoms of death. Bat his
. own feelings were those ora man who is dr. ppiug
INTO the sweets Of slun.ber, and lis longinE wa
tow.r Is blank rest, AMI not for recovery. Me.
thought lie say, my lie only hung upon NY
. lp', AMI 'hUt my ewes to help To- thrus. It out
AID took plea 'urr in lct,in, my yselfgl" Inma
NJ Of these instances, ms IN tn cases uf s.upeflc
uoH, there IRE appearances which we have learnt
t"as'"a.nte wlhsuiItriIt because con family con.
iyhed witA i. a cold preparation tcipws the
skin, the breathing j. marsh AMI lLurci, and some
ime' especially in delicate frames, death is ush
cr'dn 10y runvu'-ivc movements which look like
/ the wrestling with IN oppressive cuem'. Bu,
'hey are signs cf debility aud n failing SYSTEM
/ Which have no relation TO pan,
/ There is not any situation in Which steady
mind, md sweet di positions cv.rCc greater sti.
/ permliy over tie hu>ty .Ei sensual part og mal.
kind put ,clfcon;rol adapt, Itself to the ortli-
nary cHiycncie, OF life, and il surprised by evils
with viii h II has not bocn accustomed TO meas.
re us strength, the iirmcst nerve and the sunni
est temper arc overcome 10y the sudden violence
of the assault Unless the understanding is affect.
cd, nfailOilltv and waywardncSS constantly ii.
mInisl when experience las shown the wisdom
AMI duty ui patience, and there soon springs up,
with well ordered mind, Il generous rivalry b..
tween submission on the ore hand md frbear.
uucc on the other From the hour tnat sin and
death entered the world, i; WAS mercy that dis
ease and decay ,luull cn.cr too. \ sickr0om in
school of virtue, VIE her we are spectators Of
TIE mortality ufOgr Ge rest connections or are g..
p,rencng our own,
To be shot is the easiest mode of tcrmua,in,
ne; YET rapid as it i, the body has leisure to feel
and the minl u reflect In drowning the strug.
sleS Mt the outset are prompted by terror, no, by
] pun; IN the majority uf distances a pleasing Ian
/ guor succeeds without any scn.e Of SUIT cation
That 10 be frozen To death must be frigh, fu
torture, many would consider i,pn their own cxpe
iicnce of the effects of cold But here we f,ll m.
To the usual error of supposin, that the suffering
will increase with the energy OF the agent whicl
could only hc the case if ,cnsibilv remained III,
same, Intense cold brings on speedy sleep. whcl
iasclna'es the senses, and fairly bcguiles men ou
If tier lives.
! The most carou' exlmplc cs the seinstyc pow
or oicold l. to be found IN the adventures Of III,
botanical party who, in Cook first VOYAGE wcr,
caught IN n snow storm on Terra del luego DR.
/ Solhndei by birth Swede, and well aCquaintc,
with the destructive dGcolts Of u rigorous climate
Gimon'shcd the company, IN defiance of asslulc
To keep moving on-"W hucccr.' said he "si,s
down will slc,p-nl whoever sleeps will Der
ish.' The doctor spoke "a sage, but lie felt as
man. In spite Of the rcmonstranccs Of ,hos,
whom he had instructed and alarmed, he was ii,
first to lie down. The same was repeated thou
sand times in the retreat from Moscow.
Worse than the halter axe, or wheel, was th
fire which, astypical ofihe tlmes OF he'll was en-
ployed in tho blindnes. Of theological fury to con
sumo tho foremost t,hc pilgrims TO lcarcn Tn
legs of Bishop Hooper were charrcd, and his bod
scurched, before hc was fully cnvrloped in tha tir
which n wind blew aside nor was /, Till tie nj,
had been twice rcplcnishcd tia, he bowed h
head and gave up the ghost a similar misfol
tune attended Ridley. An excess Of f,gots hin
dercd thc flames ascending, and hi. cxtiemip
were II a'hcs when his body was TN nigel. Rit
ley yielded slightly to the dictates Of nature, an
struggled ut the height Of his pro,rae,ei ansui.l
Hooper remained innovablo rs tho stake Ia whic
he was claimed. For three quarters oran hour hi
patience WAS proof against the fury OF the flame
! and he died ut length ms quietly as n child IN /,
! bod Bu, the pain of burning Is Of fearful in,eni
ty, and tho meek Gu lurance u hesc HEROES at 4.