Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1853-01-08
A Csdt,iOus story.

interesting facts ationg The particulars ol
her own psychological experience. After
| speaking Of a course or unwilling nsyli.
coogical inlractibns and vietnlizaiIon, by
which she los, her health, and hecahe Il
confirmed dsspep;ic.. she proceeds thus:
/" 1t was at this period, when the enfp.
bled origins rejected the most simple hour.
ishmert, nlld the morbid appetite was
more slamofors than WHEN in health, that
| became quite noted tor sleep Wal.iug. !
would get ,ip at night. so softlT Tito the
pan'ry, and help myself fIentitnlly TO all
tlts good things could fnd. Tie mo.
ment lawoke IN the moriiug coiiriisnc.
eh vomiting, and threw up many things
that knew positively had neyet swal.
lowed. | had ITO knowledge Of what |
did iu my sleep.
"Iliis was constant prattice for some
weeks. MY friends had betame Greatly
alarmed. They thought was playing
of the grossest deception. What Else
Gould they think In vain they threat
ened and eiIreated. Vain were all my
protestatou OF iiiocence. The proof Of
my guilt was before It's, and yet, Iii the
purity Of my soul, | could say, in this
thing am inoce,t
"Oue night, after several weeks df tiain-
fnl anxiety, my fntlier, as lie lay awake,
heard 4 Slight noise on ite stairs. Get
ting Up 10 see what it might be. he. saw
me IN my night dress sealing along TO-.
whras the pantry. He saw ut h glthre
that ] was utterly uneonciotls Of what
was doing. lie did not wake me, lioWev-
er, but waited TO see what would do
entered the closet and made Il hearty
neal ; aud he said he never in lis life
saw a person eat When 1t seetfled to do
them SO much good. He said lie was
very much amlised to see how much art
! used 10 remove all evidence Of my lights
work and so aaeetually did / do thls
that no one ever suspected it till / was
cauglt in the act. Next morning
awoke MS Usual too siek to raise my head
from The pillow and o how thankful
was |, wien my father entered my room
with a smile, saying he could now explain
The mystery.
For rnany years after this, on retiring
ut night had Il cord fastened around nie
mud secured to tie bed-post In stich way
| that could bot fafriove II inysblf How
many times | awoke and found myself
tngglng away with might aud main to
break the restraining cord IF this was
omitted, was sure TO get up aud do some
mischief. At one time | broke all the
teeth from y valuable hair comb another
time prepared breakfast, made tile coffee,
aud after arranging every thing more prop.
erly than could have done it when was
awake, called the family, and wept be.
cause tley did not come. This was lie
last Of MY sleepwalking From this time
| was hot permitted TO sleep alone.
/" But kpw comes the sirangest part Of
my storyT From that period up 10 the
present N1e, have very often seen III
my sleeFfuansactions. that after d few
weeks OF fays transpired exactly III accor-
dance with my dreans At one time
dreamed t1at horrible disease had pros.
irated one Of our neighbors--&a lady who
was then iu good health saw in my
sleep The doctors borss stop at the gate,
saw the lady die, ard heard my sisters
express tlieir fears uf taking the disease i'll
they went III 10 dress the corps. Bit |
though, that they did go, and that ore Of
them caught the disease | saw her III n |
dark room, her whole person covered
with loathsone eruption / saw her get |
better, go to the door and take cold. |
Then came relapse, but in a somewhat |
different form. Then one and another Of |
our family came down with the same dis.
ease, until we were all sick together. TIE
neighbors all stood aioof, for fear of the |
contageon, and we were almost alone In
our affection.
{ "Sach was tue dream I related 1t |
in the morning, but thought no more of 1t |
Two weeks passed by, and the same lady |
was takeisick with measles in its most
malignant and contagious form. The
neigibors all fled from the house In terror,
except my two sisters. The lady died,
and then heard again the same remarks
about blessing the corpse that heard III
my sleep. spoke of il at the tine as d
strange coincidence. and one OF them
said she wondered If the rest would come
true also. Suffice il TO say, il did, even 10 /
the most triAing particular. My sister
took the disease, and was very sick. Re.
covering. she went to the doof and took
cold. The same day she was exposed to
the small pox, and again SHE was brought
to the very brink of the grave. We all I
took the disease from her, and were all |
sick together.
Another time Twas away from home,
and dreamed that All invalid sister was
sick and dying. 1 saw her laid ont after
death, in my sleep, and witnessed post
lnortem examination, The bndy, before
burial, and the grave, after the funeral,
were closely watched, lest the corpse
should be stolen by medical students Thi~,
and other circumstances too numercus to
mention, | saw ID my dream The very
next day the news came that my sister
was dead And not only 80, but eyrey-
thing tratlspired Just as / saw it 10 sIeer.
A few days since. We engaged a girl
to do our homework. The next night n
dreamed that she was sick and cone not
come. But | saw another doing the
work. whom we called Li1zy Nextl
morning. / told my sitters that Miss G. |
would not come 10 rs, that sickness wonad
prevent They did not believe me, OIL
course, until 4 vote came, saying that she
had severe cold, and could not come.
But we have now another girl, and her
llafne Is Ljxzy