The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-11-28
Cholera Incident,

ilrely lfeS, many brave hearts were
struck with terror lest it should enter
their own domestic circle. y lil,o IN
cidcnt has just reached our ears, posses.
sing sufficient Of tho strange and start.
ling to make it worthy OF note, through
both time and space sdmonish us that
brcvity must be observed in its reel
sal.
On one of the streets running para
icl with, and not far lr,m Broadway.
h,cd II married couple who had no,
travelled together very smoothly since
they had been made ono Ilr<h. The
husband, though not 4 bad man, occa
tslunatly took Il drop too much, and on
such occa sions happiness was the cx.
ccpton in the household. The wife
had thousand dollars in grccnhacks,
which she had saved and always carri
I'd with her, and being ma$,cr.Sriri, OF
tho firm, she would not allow it to be
ncroached upon, but, on the contrary,
trndcavofed TO augment it.
The wife took the cholera, and her
husband, obtaining permit, had her
sent to tho City Hospital. /, is no,
known that he accompanied her thi,hcr,
though he must have visited her Onr
morning. the nurse being ont OF the
room for some time, returned to The bed
Sido OF the poor woman, and discovered
her, to all appearance, dead. The Doc.
tor was nolfiud and made his obs"rva-
ton. No pul>ntion of the heart, ~,
breathing, nuLhin%lo dissipatc the ain
SION and assr rrtion that the patient was
dead, was discovered, and The learned
disciple tf Ai$culaplus pronounced her
dead. She was forthwith ,l,srobctl,
placed in rough coffin furnished by lhe
city, and conveyed 10 the de- house,
or rather dcadloon. For hours shc
|ilav, apparently. 4 corpse, with all the
surroundings OF death. After the shad
ows of night had closed in, The watch
man took i look into the room to Sc G.
that all was right From The inside Of
one OF the collins pcrceplibc Knocking
WAS heard. Superstition seized him he
slammed the door after him anL went
TO notify other parties OF Ike mysterious
rappnG, aud several accompanied this
man TO tho temporary receptacle Of tho
dead.
When the door opened, n sight met
the gaze of the party which made the
roots OF thcir'hair tinSc and caused
them to feel a weakness in their knees.
] The corpse" had raised the lid OF the
col'in and was sitting upright in ii.
"Whcrc am p says she. The matter
was explained to her brieay. rllrd
with anger, all illness having seemingly
departed, shn let loose the flood gates of
her rassidh'at tic ilea Of being enclosed
in such a cohtcmftiLlt ,rccptrclc. She
had thousand dollars when she wen,
to'thc hospital she said, and she de.
mandod to know where il had gone
he amount would have given her de-
cent sepnliurc, The attendants were
unable to explain The whereabouts OF
Tie missing money, and tho woman de-
nandcd'to be .t>torrdto to herself once
more, that she might pursue tho thief
who had robbed her, and secure to her
body, if she were 10 die, descent burial
The "Iosurrcctcd" one was helped on,
OF her narrow prison house and4akcn TO
more genial chamber But here an
other dilllcul'y aroac--hcr clothes had
been destroyed Suitable apparel how.
ever, was furnished, aud on finding her.
sell once more Of the flesh flesh, and the
blood b!ood, she insisted on starting at
once in search Of lrr Husband, who, size
thoughI-amd 'pcrhalis CORRECTLY. was
comsoling himself with the thousand dol.
lara ard the idea that some ether
daughter Of Eve would console hi. lone
ly hours
The Surgeon, observing that madam
was comparatively well, and thinking it
might do lier mora harm TO retain her
| t'lan permit her departure, had .he iron
gate open for her exit.
Darkness had get in ere she reached
her husbands place OF domicilation. She
knocked at tho door, and her husband
opened it. With eyes fairly starting
from their sockets he gazed- words laI
ed'iiA-he was paralyzcl with fear at
the supposed arparition: At lcngll,
The wife demanded why lie had robbed
her, insisting at the same time that she
was not dead as he no doubt horcd she
was, 'Gnd she had come ltomc : h. would
fihdit harder Than that to'gct rid Of her.
Tie husband was too astonisI,ri, horr
fed. to believe his eyes, and ho begged
the "gllosL" To leave she might have
the money. but for Gods sake goawuy
and not destroy him. Az this The man,
viii fear and trembling, handed her tho
missing money, Which she took; but sic
was not to be driven from her home, and
entered tho house. She had no sooner
done 50 than her husband. minus coat
and hat, rushed out ,f The back door
into the yard, and over The fence, and
that is the last that either his wife or his
friends have secn o. him.--,Sl Lrais
Times.
a singular case Of suicide occurred
near Chicago on Tuesday evening. An
unknown Woman Was seen to stand so
Icar the track that tho train as it Vas
approaching The city, brushed her dress.
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