The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1867-08-02

were angry mt the men for raising YOU,
and now you are angry at me- for endea-
vouring to repair their error by REIN
tcrring you"
" Butyou forget that was to come
alivc?"
" How the deuce was | to know that,
dear boy?"
"Ncry true. Go on, doctor, and ex-
cuse me for interrupting you so often.''
" WE'LL" continued he, "the man
carried you last night to deposit you in
your long home, when, rs fate would
have it, they were prevented by a ridi-
culous fellow of IA tailor, who, for a
triiling wager, had engaged to sit up
alone, during the whole night, in the
church-yard, exactly at the spot where
your grave lay. So they brought you
back to the college, resolving to inter
| you tonight, if the tailor, or the devil
himself, should stand in their way.
Your timely resuscitation viii save them
this trouble. At the same time, if YOU
are still offended at them, they will be
very happy to take You back, and you
may yet enjoy the felicity of being
/ buried alive"
Such was simple statement of the
fact, delivered in the professors good
humoured and satircal style; and
from it the reader may guess what a
narrow escape | had from the most
dreadful Of deaths, and how much am /
indebted, in the first instance, to the
stupid blundering ofthe rcsurrectionists,
and, in the second, to the tailor. | re-
turned to my own house as soon as
! possible, to the no small modification
OF my cousin, who was proceeding to
invest himself with all that belonged to
me. | made him refund without
ceremony, and altered my will, which
had been made in his favour; not for
| getting in so doing his refusal to let nv
body remain two days longer unburied.
y day or two afterwards sawa funeral
| pass by, which, on inquiry, | learned
to be WOlstang's. lie died suddenly,
as was informed, and some persons re-
marked it as q curious event that his
death happened at precisely the same
moment as my return to life. This was
merely mentioned as passing observa-
ton, but no inference was deduced from
it. The old domestic in Wolstang's
house gave a wonderful account of his
death, mentioning the hour at which he
said he was to die, and how it was veri.
fled by the event. She said nothing
however, about the hundred gilders
Many considered her story as piece OF
ctrumpcry. She had nevertheless &
number of believers.
With respect to myself, | excited 6
great talk, receiving invitations to dine
with almost all the respectable fumilie,
in Gottingen. had the honour of being
waited on by Doctor Dedmus Dunder
head, who, after shaking me by tn,
hand in the kindcst manner, made m,
give long account of my feelings a
the instant Of coming alive. OF course
| concealed every thing connected will
the Metempsychosis. and kept out man,
circumstances, which at the time did no
wish to be known. lie was nevertheless
highly delighted ,andga it as his opin
ion which, being oracular, was instant
ly acted upon,l that dccription of tn
whole should be insertcdin the annals O
the University. had the farther hOnou
Ofbeing invited to dinner ut his hous
an honour which | duly appreciated
knowing that tits almost neverconferret
except on the syndics, burgomasters
and deacOns Of the town, and n few q
the professors.
These events which are here related
at full, | can only attest by my owl
word except indeed the atlairofthe com
ing alive, which every body in Coffin
gen knows of. lfany doubt the NOR,
unlikely parts Of the detail, cannot hell
it. have not written this with tn,
view of empty fame, and still less o
profit. Philosophy has taught me t
dcspise the former, and my income
renders the latter an object of no i'm
portance. | merely oft to put my fel
low-Citizcns ON their guard against tht
machntiOnS of the old fellow with tht
snutl-coloured surtout, the scarlet waist
coat, and the wooden leg. Above all
they should carefully abstain from sign
ing any paper he may present to them
however plausible his offers may be
BY mere thoughtlessnessin this respect
! brought myself into multitude o
dangers and difficulties, from whicl
every one in the same predicament may
not escape SO easily rs have done.