Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-11-27
Fremont Journal.



was quite restored 10 health, with the intention
Of disnissing him with sum of money, in or
der that the poor wretch might be enabled to
rccomncnce life in an honest manner. Unfor-
tunately, however, this good Samaritan delayed
the execution Of his design to long; aud on a
certain Sunday-of all days in the week.-Mrs.
ungrateful scoundrcl left the hospitabe mill
with as much Of the money and valuablcs Of the
owner as he could lay his hands on Now it so
happened that the curate of Abbeville had
preached an unusually short DISCOURSE aud the
miller aud his men came home from church in
time 10 overtake the robber. This they did,
aud without wasting any more valuable time in
reforming him, they took him to the gallows up
on which they had found him, with many apol-
ogies for having disturbed him there in the first
Instance, and there they hanged him without
particular care; "pulling his wicked legs" adds
the chrOncler "to make sure that he should
thieve no more" Nevertheless, the dOers of
this most righteous deed had to flee the country,
until pardon was obtained for them from the
most Christian king.
This seems to confirm the poets theory, that
in most cases dead people should remain so;-
keeping In mind the excellence Of the saying,
"Let bygones be bygones;" nevertheless, here is
a case To the contrary. In the Church of the
Apostles at Cologne, there is a large picture de-
scriptve Of the restoration to life of Reichmuth
Adolch the wife of counsellor of that city, un-
der circumstances which have been borrowed
for materials TO construct many ficticous stories
ofa similar kind. This lady was suppose to
have died Of plague which devastated Cologne
in 1871; but being buried with valuable ring
on her finger, the sexton Of the church thought
it "a pity such good jewelry should be wasted,
and opened her coffin on the very night of her
interment, This conduct she resented by sitting
up and collaring him on the instant whereupon
he fled with excusable precipitation, under the
idea that he had irritated an inhabitant of the
other world Mrs. AdOlch however was far
from dead; and leaving the vault, at once pro-
ceeded, in her grave Clothes to her own house.
She was not, however, out of the wood yet ex-
cept in the literal sense The maid-servant, who
was reused by her ringing, declined to let her in,
although she narraicd the circumstances of her
reappearance, through the keyhole, in order 10
still her fears. The girl was either really too
terrified or preferred a situation without fe-
male head to it, for she did not open the door,
but ran to her masters room, who informed her
for her palms, that she was a mad woman; and
all this time the poor lady was shiverng in her
shroud, and almost wishing herself back again
under cover. AT length she was admitted, and
by means of proper treatment so entirely recov-
cred that she afterward had three sons who were
clergymen
An undoubtedly true experience of resus;ta-
ton is that of Margaret Dixon of Musselburgh,
WHO WAS 0dnBeu EulnOuIR LOT CDllu DnTQer
in l72S. There seems to be great doubt as to
her being guilty of the offence of which she was
charged, and therefore her narrow escape is as
satisfactory as strange. At the place of execu-
tion, while owning to many SINS she avowed her
total innocence of the crime in question, and her
husband, who had much to fOrgive-implicitly
believed that statement. After the body had
been suspended the usual time, it was delivered
to her friends, who put it in coffin, and sent it
in cart to be inferred in her native place. The
persons in charge stopped 10 drink at public
house on the way. and while they were refresh
ing themselves, Mrs. Dixon gave indications to
the bystanders that she would like to take lit
tie something, or at all events to get out also.
Most of them ran away in terror, but one had the
presence of mind to bleed her, and got her put
to bed; and by the following morning she was
well enough 10 walk TO her destination. By the
Scottish law, it seems, that person upon whom
Judgment has been once executed, cannot suffer
second time, while the marriage of the party
supposed to have been executed is held to be
dissolved. All that the Kings advocate could
do, therefore, was to file bill in the high court
of justiciary against the unfortunate sheriff for
emitting to fulfill the law, which was according
dy done. The husband of the revived lady mar
ired her publicly within few days of her re-
suscitation, and she was living so late as the
year 1853.
In the second series of Capt Gronows Recol-
lections Just published, there is a curious narra-
tive of escape from premature interment. In the
retreat OF the French army he tells us that GEN
eral Ornano Oorscan, second husband of the
beautiful Comtesse Walewska, and a distant re-
lation of the Bonaparte family, received severe
wound from the bursting ofa shell, which killed
his horse and several who were soldiers near
him The Generals aid-de-camp, on looking
round observed Ornano lying on his back, to all
appearance dead, with the blood flowing from
his mouth. surgeon soon arrived and declar-
ed that life was extinct. The aid -de-camp and
few soldiers commenced digging grave; but
theground was so hard owning to the terrible
cold that prevailed that they could not make it
deep enough to cover the body, and being press
ed for time they arranged the supposed corpse
in decent order and covered it with snow instead
of earth. After this was done, the aid de camp
reported to the Emperor Napoleon, who was
not far off, the loss that the army had sustained
in General Ornano, who was only twenty-six
years of age, and the youngest officer of his rank
in the army. The emperor who was very fond
of the general was deeply greiyed, and exclaim-
ed: "Poor fellowl He was one of my best cav
airy ofhcers" and turning to one of his order
lies desired him to go Immediately and find out
all about the wound which had caused his death.
The officer in order to satisfy himself upon this
point had the dead man taken out of the snow,
and on looking at the wound, observed that the
body was still warm. Furs aud fannels were
accordingly heaped upon the corpse, which was
placed upon a shutter and taken to headquarters.
After much care and perseverance, he was re-
stored to life, to the Joy of the emperor and the
whole army. General Ornano,' concludes Cap
tain Grownow, is now (l663) marshal of
France and governor of the Invalides, and relat-
ed the above anecdote to one of my friends last
summer
The most striking Of all known cases of pre-
mature internent, however is that related il the
Causes Celebres, and which has formed the text
Of many tale, and the trelis.work of many a
moving ballad Shelley, for instance, has en-
balmed it in his Ginevra and Leigh Hunt in his
beautiful Legend of Florence.
Two tradesmen of the Rue st Honore in Par
is, being old friends and possessing one a son,
and the other daughter, had early determined,
as their betters have often done, upon the mar-
riage Of these two young people. They looked
forward to thus uniting their two establish
ments with the same pride that two country
gentlemen sometimes feel in joining their ada
cent estates by the union Of the young squire
with the heiress, while they were more fortunate
than fathers in a similar position sometimes find
themselves, since that which they had set their
minds upon, their offspring were equally anxious
70 accomplish also. Not very long however,
before the time actually fixed for the celebra-
tion Of these nuptials, rich banker took fan
ey TO the young lady, and having won golden
opinions from her parents obtained her hand, all
previous contracts and promises notwithstand-
ing. They discovered that uniting the two es-
tablishments was not of such paramount impor-
lance after all, aud that carriage exercise was