The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1866, 1866-06-15
A Resurrection Story

A Resurrection Story
Some years. since an eccentric olSl
geaius named Barnes, WAS employed
BY a farmer living in a town some :siSs
or seven mikes westerly from the, Pepase
scot river, Maine, to dig a we'll ass i
soil and substratum being niosts
sand, old Barnes, after having ngpp0gTsssi
ed downward about forty feaS, ioassel, 81, I,
one morning, upon going TO week y sls;s: slsi
the vell;llad essentially caved fif, asss3;
was nearly full 10 the top. SoS hay5isMl
the desire which menshaye ofAno#sass
what: viii be said of them sllSs. |
are dead, and no unet beng yen asssss
concealed: himself q q ask
bnIdoeks bE Il q SD SD s Of lE bon
|aeE his frsclS and fi.s 55,is
over the we'll. At length, BIZ 8
being ready, a boy was dispate a: 4:
call him to his meal, when loi apd:sRs
hold! it was seon that Barnes Aty
buried in grave uneonsciously dugskt
his own hands. The alarm being giv:l
and tile family assembled, it was asf
cided to first eat breakfast and they
send for the coroner: the minister, an5
his wife and children. Sucir apath.i
did not fatter Barnes seH-esteem a.lesE
BUT ho waited patiently, determined. III
hear what would be said, ana see whtA
was to be seen. !.
Presently all parties arrived, aBss
began prospecting the scene of the cgs!
tastrophe, as people usually do in si,cfSa
cases. At length, theyedrew together
to exchange opinions as to what Shout
be done. The minister at once g&
his opinion that they had better leSs
up tho we'll and let Barnes remain s
''for," said he, she is now beyond tnt
temptation of sin, and in the day #
Judgment it will make no differently
whether lie is buried fyo feet unde4
ground or fifty; for he is bound to CONF
forth in either case" The eoronsS'
likewise agreed that it would be needS
less expense to his family Or the toE4t
TO disinter him when he was effectuall5 +
buried, and therefore coincided witty
the minister. 3
: His wife thought that as she haSsy
left his hat and coat, it would hardly.
be worth while to get him utfor the res.
of his clothes" and SO it YVES, decidsS
10 let linn remain. But poor old Barns
Bi4=+44 ~ :! d 4zg ;;:essg hzss5tas.' aEa ~
INQUEST, lay quiet until tho shades Of
evening stole over the landscape, when
he departed to parts unknown. Attsr
remaining incogllito for about three
years, one morning he suddenly appear
cd (latltss and coatless as ho vent o..
the door of the farmer. t'r whom he;
had agreed to dig the unfortunate well
TO SAY that an avalanche Of question:
were rained upon him as to his mystic;
rious rearpcarance, etc, would ccnHe
but O feeble idea Of the excitemeIrs
which his bodily presence created. but
the old man bore it quietly, and at
length informed them that on finding
himself buried, he waited to be dug
out again, until his patience was ex'
haustcd, when lie set to work to dig
himself out, and had only the day BE-,
fore succeeded, for. his IDEAS being veg
much confused, he had dug very much
at random, and instead Of coming dl-
rectlv to the surface, he came cut in
the town of Holden, six miles east OF
the Penobscot river.
No further explanation was asked
for by those who were so distressed.
and sorrowful over his supposed final
resting place.