Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-02-04
miscellaneous.
D II1p Tho DI.y oto. uods,sn, of bristol, England.
BURIED ALIVE.

-EuhRhIihe' VIII % tue more Interesting 10 oui
s1tsaders, As IL said to be a true accodnt, and una.
dultesated with a particle Of fiction. Il should
1eerve as q fearful warning to those who hasten &c
..bnry their dead out of their sight
bad been subject to e~pileptic fits from my
youth upward, which though they did not deprive
me Of animation in the sight of those about me
completely annihilased my own consciousness.
used to be attacked at all times and seasons, bu|
most commonly abou; the full Of the moon. | gen,
orally had a warning of a peculiar nature wher
these attacks we're coming on, that it would bt
difficult to describe. 1t was a sensation that, tc
be known must be experienced. My excellent
wife Martha. II mean ny first wife, who has been
dead now for the last fprty years. used to say that
che observed an unusual paleness over my com.
plezion, otherwise ruddy, for a day or two before
the fit came on. Bless her soul, she never let me
be one moment out of her sight, from the instant
she had a suspicion of my approaching malady,
TThe benevolent caution on her part, was a great
means Of enabling her to subduo the violence Of
the fit when it came, for which purpose her expe-
rience had pointed out 70 her several useful appli-
cations. | married again after her Gecease, b.
cause | was oppressed beyond bearing by my lon
liness, which none but persons in such a situation
II mean a widower's-can tell. My second wife
whom | also buried, was not so penetrating 10 the
faculty of observation. She was a woman of ad.
mirable thrift, and to her economy 1t was that,
under God, | owe my preser walton in the terrible
event | am about to detail. Had | been buried in
!sad is would have boen all over with me.
Our family buryirg place in Bristol is in
church. where there is a general vault in which
ali paranoo rho n coo tba oG,;,l. Lii .uo..l
may be placed until their friends forget them
which, for that matter in trading towns is not q
very long time. but this is only granted provided
they are buried in lead. suppose they are turn
cd out of their metal cofius in the cad, as they are
in London and other places, that the old lead may
buy q carousal for the church wardens and sex
tons, and make room for new ten ants to be served
In the same manner. But to my stJry. To my
excellent wife l owe my preservati'n n. Willing to
save as much money as possible at my funeral she
had my body, with all the usual and proper grief
attendant on the ceremony, put into q stont fir
coffin, the weight of which was increased by a
couple of hundred weights, placed one at my head,
the other at my feet. Thus the thing passed off
we'll, and money was saved to my heirs. 1 here
cast no reflections upon my dear departed wife's
toeoto v . 4 wac SObNluCGuy uo L OIu utT,
that her motive was good and we'll did it turn
out for me that she was thrifty and considerable.
She was a true Bristol woman, and the good citi-
sens there generally are, pretty keen and close
figured but it is error on the right side. She was
called Susannah. the daughter Of an opulsnt and
ancient councilman, and l got my freedom of the
city BY marrying her. She was plain in her per-
sen, as all Bristol women wers-but l wander
again from my story.
l had made O mosl excellent dinner-of this |
had q perfect recollection. Of more than this l
can recollect nothing, until coming out Of my fits
- / supposs-for / quickly imagined-feeling the
usual sensations that | vas recovering from one of
them., / say that on coming to myself l was sur
prised to feel pinioned, and in utter darkness.
/ had no space to stir, if l would, as I soon found,
while stru ggling to loose q sheet, or some such
thing in " hch l vas scantly envelOped. My hand
would not reach my head when l attempted to do
90, by reason of my elbow touching the bottom,
and my hand to the top of the enclosure around
me. 1t was the attempting to do this, and finding
myself naked, except with the aforesaid covering.
that struck me | had been entombed alive. The
thought rnshed suddenly upon me. My first sen.
sations were those OF simple surprise. l was like
q child aroused out of deep s~leep,and not sufficient.
Iy awake to recognize its attendants.
When the truth flashed upon me with all it's fear
full energy, | never can forget the thrill of horror
shat that thought struck through me. 1t was as if
. bulle. had penetrated my heart, and the bl ,od
in my body had gushed through the wound. New
er, never can hell be more terrible than the sensa-
tious Of that moment. lay motionless for a
time natriEeA with terror Then a clam M damn
ness burst forth from every part OF my body. My
doom seemed inevitable and SO strong at length
became this impression. so bereft of hope appear
cd my situation, that ultimately recovered from
it only to plunge into a calm. resolute despair. As
not the faintest ray of hope could penetrate the
darkness around my soul, resignation to my fate
followed.
began to think Of death cody, and 10 calculate
how long | might survive before famine closed the
hours of my existence. l prayed that | might have
fortitude to die without repinipg. Clammy as l
then felt, tried to r%emember how long q man
could exist without food. Thus the tranquility of
nay despair made me comparatively easy, if not
eonteoted with the situation ia which | felt myself
afterwards. when hope began to glimmer upon me.
NJ days must in the end lie numbered-I must
die at last-I was only p~erishing a little sooner
than ] Otherwise would have done. Even from
tbis thought derived consolation and now |
/ think the night had closed calmly upon me, il
the papgs Of hunger had been at all bearaLle; and
! have often been told that they are much more SO
than commonly believed.
II my memory serves me correctly, this calm
state of mind did not last long. Reason soon be-.
gan to whisper to me, that it | had been buried
and the earth closed around my coffin, | could not
be Able to respire. which | could new do with ease.
l did not Of coarse dream of the vault 10 which |
uss placed, but considered at first. l had been
buried 10 tho earth. The freedom Of respiration
gave me the idea that after all l was not carried
forth for interment. but that ! was about to te
borne sothe grave and that there | should be suf-
focs<sd inesitably. Such is the Inconsistency Of
che N mind. that ]. who had Just now resign
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