Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1865-11-16
Proprietor.
no. 81
Pelrifaelion Of Human Bodies.
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Bremen is a vault, the atmosphere
of which possesses the peculiar
Fpropertyof preserving from decay
all bodies that may be placed
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| Visitors are shown eight human
bodies, besides a number of eats,
dogs, monkeys, birds, &c all Of
which, hy mere exposure to tho
atmosphere, have become dried
aad free from all offensive eMeyia,
resembling g in appearance coarse
parchment.
The body nearest the dcor IS
that of an English major, said to
have lain here one hundred and
eighteen years. asu .ela
The second that Of German
student, who lost his life in a duel.
The hard, dry flesh still shows the
sabre wounds on his throat and
arm. The body has been here
one hundred and seventy years
The third, that of a. Swedish
countess, whose body has remain
ed free from the taint of common
mortals for one hundred and forty
years.
The fourth, that Of aSwedisli
general, who was killed in the
I"Thirty Years War;" and whose
throat still exhibits the mark Of
the wound of which he died.
The fifth IS that Of his aid,de-
camp, who lost his life at the same
time, BY cannon ball striking
him in the side. The destruction
OF the parts is plainly visible
The sixth body isthatof a work
man, who fell from the steeple of
the church when near its compile
tion-four hundred years ago
and broke his neck. Owing to this
accident, the peculiar properties
of this vault became known; for
The body of the deceased workman
was laid in this vault for few
days, and, having evinced no sign
of decomposition, the singularity
of the fact induced the authorities
to permit it to remain, and here it
has remained during all that time.
The seventh is that of an Eng
lish lady, who died one hundred
and thirty years since, of a cancer
on the lower jaw; the ravages Of
the disease are still perceptible in
the liberated flesh. g. raf3
The eighth is the body of
working man who has lain here
for sixty years.
In a marble sarcophagus, stand
ing in the middle of the vault, are
said to repose the mortal remains
of the Swedish Chancellor, Van
Englebrechten; but they are. not
permitted to be exposed to public
view, on account Of some still sur
yiying relatives Of the family.
Eachof these bodies retains to a
great degree the appearance recu-
liar to itself in life. Thus the
Swedish general was a short round
faced man, inclined to corpulency;
his aid-de-camp was a slender,
well proportioned man, in the
prime Of lie. As in general APP
pearance 50 also in facial express
sion do these bodies differ; the
parchment like skin, though drawn
tightly over the bones, still shows
something ofthe manner in which
the muscles beneath once worked.
The only reasonable solution CT
the popularity Of this result-for
no other part Of the church posses
ses lt-that have heard, is, that
here all the plumbers work of the
binding was executed, in melting
and otherwise preparing the ma
terisls for the root. We can only
suppose, then that the entire cham
berbecame SO surcharged with lead,
that il. has continued ever since to
give forth yapors, which, forming
an antiseptie chemical compound
of lead, have operated upon the
! eadayera exposed to its influence.
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