Volcano weekly ledger., 1855-10-27
A Fable.

A vine was growing beside thrifty oak,
and had reached that height at which it re-
qnired support
Oak" said the vince, bend your trunk
so that you may be support to me-
My support" replied the oak, " Is natn-
rally yours aud you may depend on my strength
to bear you up, but ] am too large and too
solid to bend. Put your arms around me, my
pretty vine, and | win manfully support and
cherish you, if You have ambition to climb as
high as the clouds while thus hold youup,
YOU will ornament my rough trunk with your
pretty green leaves and shining scarlet ber-
res. They win be as frontlets to my head,
as | stand in the forest like glorious warrior,
with all his plumes. We were made by the
great Master to grow together, and that by
our union the weak may become strong, and
the strong render aid to the weak"
"But wish to grow independently, said
the vine " why cannot you twine around me,
and let me grow up straight, and not be
mere dependant upon you !"
mature" answered the oak, did not de-
sign it, It's impossible that you should grow
to any height alone and if you try it, the
winds and rains, if not your own weight, viii
bring you to the ground Neither is il prop
er for you to run nyour arms hither and thith-
er among the trees. The trees will begin TO
say. it is not my vine--it is stranger--get
thee gone | will not cherish thee BY this
time thou wilt be so entangled among the diff
ferent branches that thou canst not get back
to the oak and nobody will admire or pity
theep
"Ah me !" said The vine, let me escape
from such a destiny !" and with this she twi-
ned herself around the oak, ald both grew
and aourished happily together.
b6~ The annexed account of " Barying
Ahire" is undoubtedly authentic. II was first
published in 1888, in volume printed at
Boston, entitled Records of Travel" The
subject was a lady Of Lyons, in France, who,
under the influence of a violent nervous dis
order fell into state of seeming death, from
which she forsunately aroused herself, just as
she was about to be nailed up in her coffin
Her sensations, as related, by her to the au-
thor, are thus described:
1t seemed to me that / was really dead,
yet was perfectly conscious of all that hap
pened around me in this dreadful state dis
tinctly heard my friends speaking andlament-
ing my death at the side of my coffin i felt
them pull on my dead clothes, and lay me in
it. This feeling produced mental anxiety,
a horror that is indescribablc. l tried to cry
aloud, but my soul was without power, and
could not act upon my body. had the con
Trajectory feeling as if [ were in my own
body, and yet not in it at the same time.
at was equally as impossible for me to
stretch out my arm, or to open my eyes, as
to cry, although continually endeavored to
do so. The internal anguish Of my mind,
however, was at its height, its utmost height,
when the funeral-hymn began to be sung, and
when the lid of the coffin was about TO be
nailed on The thought that ! was to be
buried alive, was the first one which gave ac-
tivity to my soul, and caused it to operate
on my corporeal frame !"
Most readers will doubtless remember the
case of the Rev. Mr. Tennent, of New Jer-
sey, which occurred so many long years ago,
who lay in trance for three days, and all the
while was supposed to be dead, and was only
saved from being buried alive by the pertinaci-
ty of a relative, who insisted that there was
animal warmth in portions Of his body, and
that he should not be committed to the earth.
Mr.. Tennent recovered and lived for many
years afterward, in entire health.
JooosENEss IN THE OSfNIBUs.~-One even
ing this week when riding was IN great request
from the sloppy condition Of the sidewalks,
gentleman who had forced himself through
the narrow passage by dint Of great exertion,
to vacant seat at the head of a small omni-
bus,-remarked TO q friend" This reminds
me Of one of our Western tribes of Indian"
What tribe2 said the other 90, the
Pdo-knees' Upon looking round to observe
the effect of the joke he was somewhat
struck by the appearance of the countenance
Of another acquaintance, which was just re-
laxed from sordonc grin from his stepping
ON his corns-but which changed to faint
smile as he calculated Ot0esp Another
gentleman who was obliged to work his pas
sage up the coach in a similar manner, re-
marked that he had for sometime been OPP
posed to awarding medals TO our schools, but
that if any pupils ever had to work so hard
TO get cup to the head" as he had been
forced to, he must say that he thought they
might be entitled to onel
nSy@ mt Charity has been to WASHINGTON