The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1853-10-01

""'i.'nt contrntcl sort of a ti,rlinr vb;,I
l'rec'irs the sleep produced hv tatiru,. Tho
'nc senses were thus dcadrnr,I. mt 50 IL,
li''hn i'> activity seemed 10 te in,irorated
III RATIO which drfcs all descriptions. 70,
'""nshf rose after thought with a ra,i,litv of
>''''''>i'n that Is not only irdc>crihaLIc bu,
probably lnconrcival,ic bv orc who has NO,
'''" !" similar situation. The course of
'h">" thoughts can even now IN ., rro,.
measure retrarc; the event which had ;,..
''N'" P''-th@ awkwarlnc>s that pro,lrr-
ca 1.-THE hustle it must have orcasion,d ,,,r
! had observed two pcl.Sc l. ;umn for ,b.,
'i'ih> the effect 1t wonli have on 7 mos,
a"e'tonate fathcr-thc manner in which :,
would tie disclosed to the rest Of tho f,u;I,
ana thousand other circumstances mi
n"t'iy associated with home. were ,bc first
series Of reflections that occurr.J Tho,
'".'N n wid"r range: our last crui-.--a torm.r
>"Ha"e and Shipwreck-m school-thr nrog-
r'Ss l matic 'h"rc.and the time | had miis<pcnt
and even all my boyi>h pursuits and adyeu-
lures
'h''~ travelling backward. every past incl
deht of my life seemed TO ulanrc across M,
recollection in rctrorradc sprces>;,,. ,,,,
however /. mere outline ,S her. .,,.oI L..
the picture filled np with every m;pu,e ,n1
collateral feature: in short the wLol., -.a
'' m! eN'>t"nc" seemed to he placed before
"c Ill Il KIND OF panoramic review. and "a =
"c' o' / seemed Ia he accompanied hy \ con-
>''"'>n">> of ri.ht wror-. or hv some
II '''''''h on 't> case or it, consequences
'".. ..ecd' many ,fitiin. even, which had lc.n
long forgotten crow !rd into my IMAGINATION
and with the character of recent tap;l;,r;,,
MAY not all th.>r lc some Indication ot H..
almost infinite power of memory. with witch
We MAY awaken in another world and ,br,
10" r"fn'"llr'l to contemplate onr n,-. lives
But however that n,av he one riir,nm>,anc.
WIS hl"hI! remarkable: the innumcr,L,,.
ideas whirE flashed into nv mind wor,. al
rrtr"~p"ctlvr vet had been religlou>Iv bro,
ny; my hopes and fears ofthe next wnrIJ hal
lost nothing ofth"ir early strength. arI At =
ny other period intense interest AMI aw,nl
ANXIETY would have been cxrirrd bv the mrr,.
that was floating on The threshold
10. eternity. yet a; ;ha; .ncXrH a!l,. mo,n..,,
when hal a.. coi.,i-fiou tl,, iL,5 .ro....l
that threshold. not a >nsl, ,bonab, wander
rd INTO the. fu,rr..-I was wr,r,,.J c,,,;,,.l,
in the past Th, lrrrrh of time that va. o.-
.upici l,y this lclugc Of IDEAS. or rather ;b,.
'hortnesS OF time into which thcr were con-
t"n>"d. | cannot now state with precision. VET
certainty two minutes could not have ELAPSED
rom he moment OF >uilocation 10 that of nv
'ring hauled lp.
The strength Of the tlaol-tiic made il ex-
'odcnt pgll the boat at once .o another
h!p.w here underwent the usual ,nlrar pro-
o. of rmp,in- the water hy l,.,rinr m,
mead hang downward. then hlre,linr rhatir,,
md even administering -in: hu. INV 9,..,.-
,ion had hr,n really - lricf. that arroriin.,
10 the account OF the locker, oa. W.T. Wy,
quickly restored L. animation.
My feelings Will lie was returning were
h' Very reverse in every point OF those Which
ave been described above. One >inrlc. bat
'"ntn>''l idra-a miserable belief that VT,
irownln--dwclt upon mv mind. instead Of
he multitude OF clear ami definite ideas
which had recent. Y rushed through tia hrl,-
t. anAlcty-a KIND ni continuous nightmare
seemed 10 press heavily on every >,.ll>c.ani
10 prevent the formation Of any distinct tho',.
tnd i was with difficulty that bc,am con
Slnrcd tl.at was really I.l,c.
-\ealn,in>tcad of ben absolutely free from
'"d''. l'a'n, a. IN my browning state, | W.,
-,
,nJ b.,y, often sulu,;,,..., - .,.,..r. .,~,;..l
r..i,lipr ~, p,, -uti...,... ,r..r. ?. .L,, ,;,
mr. ,~,.;,t,.r- =, l.,., u, .,..,,r.,I .I;.,r a..
,nr occasion M, Shot IN tho. Linus and ~.