The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-05
/" But, I shall not. believe spirit"

you. REMEMBER /"
She then closed her eyes, and straight
way sank into her former state.
In few moments--as soon as we had
somewhat recovered from the shock of
this most extraol dinary scene--her two
children were brought into the room, to
receive her dying blessing. She par
tally reused herself, and placing hand
on the head of each, she put up faint
prayer to the throne of grace--faint in
voice, indeed, but prayer in which all
the strength of her great unpublished soul,
heart and mind was exerted to its utmost
dying limit--such prayer as seraph
might attempt, but none but a dying wife
and mother could accomplish. From that
moment her breathing grew rapidly weak
er and more difficult; and at twelve o.
clock she expired apparently without a
struggle.
lclosed hereyes, Strengthened and COM
posed her limbs, and was about to leave
the house, when Mrs. Green requested
me to send over two young ladies from
my boarding house to watch with the
dead. All this occupied some ten min
utes.
Suddenly Mrs. Miles screamed, and
Mr.. Hayden started up from the bedside,
where he had been sitting. The suppos-
ed corpse was sitting erect in the bed,
and struggling to speak Her eyes were
closed and, save her open mouth and
quivering tongue, there were all the looks
of death in her face. With great heaye
of the chest, at last the single word came
forth:
REMEMBERl /"
Her jaw fell back in its place, and she
again lay down as before. now exam
ined her minutely. That she was dead,
there could be no further possible shadow
of doubt; and so left the house.
On the following day, Or. Williams
made post mortem examination of the
body. 1 was prevented by business from
attending but was, and am informed
by the Doctor, that he found her brain
but very slightly affected IAN unusual
fact in persons. dying of typhus fever :,
but that her lungs were torn and rent ex
tensively, and sufused, partially, will
coagnlated blood. These were all The
noticeable features of the case. She was
buried on the afternoon of the same day
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About two weeks after the death O.
his wife, I was called to visit Mr.. Hay.
den. On my way met. DR.. Williams,
and told him my errand, expressing some
surprise at the preference for myself, as
[ knew him to be a safe and experienced
practitioner. He replied that nothing
could hire him to enter that house again
He chad seen things that--well, I would
find out, when I got there" I was con-
siderably amused by the Doctors man
ner and warmth, and beguiled my way
by fancying what had alarmed him--a
physician--from his duty.
On my arrival, found no person pres
ent with the patient except Mrs. Green,
who informed me that the spirits had
been playing such pranks that not soul,
DR.. Williams included, could be induced
to remain. The children had been gone
some time. They were at her house.
Found the patient very low. and with
no prospect of surviving the attack. He
was, however, quite free from pain. though
very weak. While I was in the house
noticed many manifestations of the pres
ence of that power called spiritualism.--
Tables and chairs were moved and re-
moved billets of wood thrown upon the
fire, and doors opened and shut, withou
any apparent agency. | heard struggles
and unaccountable noises, too /; and fell
an unusual sensation, caused, no doubt
by the mysteries which surrounded and
Knocked me.
Noticing my manner, the patient OBJ
served:
cit is nothing. You must get used
to it, Doctor
"I should not be content unless coul6
explain them, as well as become indiffer
ent to them," I replied.
This opened the way to long conver
sation, during which | probed my pat'ent''
mind 10 the bottom, but without detect
ing shadow of belief. Speaking of hil
wife, he said:
"You heard Ellen promise to war;
me of my time to die %
Il did, ut do you believe her %
mo. Ifit is possible, she will kee
her word in spite of heaven and hell
But it is simply impossible. She promis
ed to come in the body and speak to me-
l shall accept no other warning from he
except the literal meaning of her words.
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