The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1868-01-30

The people living Ia the vicinity of
Whiteladd, johnson county, have u.
Gently been iyeryibucll excited over /,
matter which, TO say the leasssiis vets
strange Several Teeks since Miss Van
1Arsdale, q youog woman about aeyen.
teen years old, living at the bouae IL !
family near Whitehead in the capacity
of servant, was tzkeB sick Win sot,,t.
thing like Mysteries 81 Sha 1ba,l, bsan
ecnhpesd 70 her bed q little oyer a.week
when, TO all appearances. she dia9 Tla
body, however, did not entirely lose IA IN
Warmth ana As'yery Slight 'Sdlss a.
mainede The people .mithp whom sshe
hsed supposed that she was dead and
we're making preparations TO bury bar
when the physician ibtorfareJ ,.9s KIT
ding any such stepssstA asaP Wssr
q After rennainisgsin tllis state atss,so
hours conseleusae aeassretarued, aand M
girl pronounced herself much ba.,or
she then went on TO describe her ~
saticn aud experiences during ,Io
trance, averriug that shg had yisifeJ
iieaFen and lcll, and had 'congersed
.Eithathes Savior, aud many persa.s
whom she had known on earth gh.
spoke oi seeing persons ip both places
who had recentIy died. n heaven =
young man lnasned Qfinu, who. alsbo,,cb
atlens tiHas.a n professor ofIrelirSon hsd
~ the last year o. two Of his life. lea I
bad HE; IN he'll, the two men Ua,eLall
and Patterson, who Rtfc iyncbed ~
trhnklih on the nightiof October a
ior the marder di Lyons al q reaowood'
Miss Van AFsdnle sent Cor A nam her se
p persons '' v !ls eeigAb1Fhood, aud not
oqiy impaired TO them news OF lost
friends but told Of sins committed bv
them supposed toFbcfluaknpWn by lssy
ore Amoag others vas a man who
Nad participated in the. execution Of tho
inen named above; She told him him
that lis had been there ithat MON.
which he aekplTietgsd !, and had. 10
sight of '6ed, t5inhilged dlhm hhmnrdcT
PreYiors to tiis tie mines n Tho
baod hadshoen's psofoand seeref 8 Sbd
the nan had eoe bees luspeesad She
p9Fraalcdaa good many strange things
relating mainly TO individuals both. IN
this world and Che Other ,nauy ~
which Il would have beSn afu1ost 5mn6s
sible ior hsr tp haze fayeused. ~
hae the sifAngess part ofgthe story Is
yet g q9nss A few hours after the ox.
plrailon OF The hrst trance she predict
Cd shcwonld have another. and tsld -
a Hlnnte The time AZ which IL would
ccttalniy com mdnee, ihad atwhlch would
end Everything ipruad ont rs shs had
SAID; q the exact time Ahe fell into the
same slate. III al ordinary tranco ~
caialepiic state, respiration Il not aus
pended, but N this easo bYeatb;u,,
eoald not be observed. She was 10 aII
appearances deadi but tho, pulse bea.
iaintly' and the body, was not cold. AN
sensation was gone.
The'physieiah ihade numerous cxrcr.
inehts, prickin8 the Lody, opening tho
veins, and - forth, TO discover II sherc
could be any, deception. La the eni bo
was perfectly convinced that there va,
none At the expiration OF the time
ser BY Herself she came 70, and IA .
tew hours vas we'll enough TO- leave
her bed and so about The house. Tho
story Of her cxperieuca in the second
trance was similar to the first one. and
was confined almost wholly to indIyid.
nals --sshc gcchfsd unable to describe
the places shea liaa bStHin, but gavo
histories Of events and perAons with
remarkable nliaatenessai She also said
that she would peyer hayea recnronce
o. the trance unless she should commit
some Migrant sin; her authority forthis
prediction was that the Lord himsclr
bad told her so. aai 4itAgsea4 A
Ihls . certainly strange thing. The
girI = uneducaied, aud has lived about
as servant ever since she was able 10
work. She has always borne 4 GOOD
character for truthfalness, aud 4 n,em.
Der Of church. She il almost the
last person 70 the world to have manu-.
tactnred such stories, aud one thing cs.
pecially noticeable Is the fact Of her SEN.
ding for persons to whom, before her
likeness, she would have boei afraid to
have spoken, and convcrsing with them
without The least restraint; aud telling
them stories and iacs not tho mos. pai.
atablc to worldly people. she was Wis.
tied BY great many people, some of
tho . elniucanys arespectablo, who
youehed for many of the statements Of
her Illness, The physician in ,aiten-
dcncc is positive as to her condition du.
ring the whole time and had Il not
been for himshe would have been bur
led aliye.-- Indianapolis Herald e4.
How NATURE CovERs UP BATTLE
FIEIss,--Did lever tell you, says
corlosposdeat 90 gaAs : Eastern paper.
among the affecting little things one il
always seeing IN these battle fields, how
o. the groupd upon which tho battle Of
Bull Run was fought, / saw pretty.
pure, delicate flowers growing out Of the
empty athmpiiition boxes; aud a Wild
rose thrusting its graceful lioad through
the top Of a broken drum, which doubt
less sounded its last charge Ia that bat
tie; and a cunning scarlet vrtbenA peep
ing out Of a fragment Of b1rstcd dsheil,
ID which strange pot it''was planted.
Wasn't thu peace growing ont Of ,war.,
The WESTON MANlA-Little girl:
Are you going to,wak 70 Tshhicago, Mr..
Meowl? 't s1.4Fsi sYe0f s
The Rev MI MoOwhssYhy no my
daughter; Whit on Garth, putt that into