The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-09-11

hrns 5nt scS'"ns, and make room tor
new tenant. 70 bc served in tho ssnc
manner. Ent - my story. To nv
cyecllcu, Wife I owe my preservation.
Willing to save as muci, money a.
possible a. nv funeral, she had nv
BODY. with all the usual and rrcrer
grief n,,cndan, on the ceremony. put
into s'cn, fir co.fin, the weight "
which vas increased by couple of
oh hundred weights. placed one Mt
M head, the other nj my feet, Thus
the thing passed oa well, and money
was saved to my heirs. hereby cast
no reflections upon nv dear departed
wife = rcgar'l srr me. was ccnvinc-
cd. "a tod her, that her motive was
good anl we'll did i, tnrn out for
me tia, she wa. 80 th,iftv and con.
! sldera'c. She was true Bristol
woman. and as the good citizens there
| generally arc, pretty clean aud close
/ fingered; but il is error on the right
SIDE, She was called $ lsannAh. the
! daughter Of an opulcnt and ancient
councilman, aud | sot ms freedom II
the city by marrying her. She WAS
plain in her pcrscn, ns all Bis,ol NO
men formerly werc--but | wander t..
gain from my story.
] had made most excellent din
ncr of this l have a rcrfcc. recol.
lection. OF more than ,hi, Ican rec.
ollect nothing until coming out Of my
fits as suppose for quickly imag.
ined feeling the usual sensations, tha.
was recovering from one Of them. I
'ay that on coming 10 myself | was
surprised to feel rinioncd and in utter
darkness. had no space to stir III
wonld. as soon found, while struc.
cling TO loose shcc. or some such
thing IN which | was scan,ily cnvclor.
ed My han vould not reach nv
head. BY reason Of my elbow touch.
ihy the bottom, AMI my head the top
Of the enclosure round me. 1t vas
the attempting to do this, and finding
myself naked, cxccp. with the aforc-
said covering, tina. struck mo that /
had been cntombcd alive. The tho,
rushed suddenly upon me. My first
sensations were those Of simple sur.
prise. WAS like a child aroused out
Of deep sleep, and no, sufficiently a.
wake to recognize its attendants.
When TIC truth flashed upon mein
all its fearful energy, l never can
forget the thrill of horror that struck
though me. II Was as II a bulle,
had penetrated my heart and all the
blood in my body h,d sa.hcd through
never never can he'll be more terrible
than the sensations of that moment.
| lay mo.ion!css for time petri6cd
with terror. Then claipmy damp.
ness burst forth from every rnrt OF
my body. My doom seemed inve,i.
table and so strong at lengLt DC,
came this impression, 90 bercf. Of
hope appeared my situation, that l
Ultimately recovered from it cnly 10
plume in the depth Of a calm, reso-
lutte despair. As not the faintest ray
Of hoIe could penetrate the darkness
around my soul, resignation to my
fate followed.
J began to think of death coolIy,
and to calculate how long | might
survive before famine closed tho hours
Of my existenc. ! prayed that |
Nigh, have forti,nde 10 dic without
replnins. Calmly AZ | then felt, I
trjel to remember how long man
could exist without food. thus tho
Tranquility o! my despair made mo
comparatively easy, if contrasted with
the situation in which fell. myself
aftersari, when hope began to slim.
mer npm me. NJ days mrst in the
. end b. numbered must die at last,
|. va. only perisl,ing a little sooner
/. than ! Otherwise must have done
Even from this thought ! derived
consolation AMI now ! think lifo
might have closed upon nc, if the
Psngs Of hunger had been a, all
. bcaratlc and have been told Tia,
they are mach more 50 than is coA.
! monty believed,
II M mcmory serve, me correctly
this calm state Of minl dil no. las,
, lJn1. Reason soon began to whisper
p 70 inc tha, il had been buried, and
the earth closed around my coffin. I
-hould not be ablc TO re.pire, which
4. could now DO nl.h ease. | dill not.
Of course. dream Of the vault IN which
. va. Placed, bn, considered at hfstI
had buried ia earth. The freedom or
respiration gave me the idea tia, af
ter all | was abou, % he borne 70 tho
, grave, aud that there should be snr.
r focate1 inevitably. such il the in.
consistency of the human mind, that
, !, WHO had jus. now resi- isnsd myself
u die b.; famine. imagined this no.
. m~n,ary mod. 4 dea,ll a hundred
Tins more formidable. The idea tina,
+. ! va. ~: yc, buried increased my
a anxiety 70 be heard from without. I
. called aloud and struck the sides and
I'D Of the coffin TO no purpose, ill I
=. was hoarse and fa,iyued, but all il.