The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-01-02


4 The people living in the vicinity of
i White an:, Johnson county. have recently
heen very much existed crcr liter which
10 say the leist. Is very stran.c. Several
weeks since Miss Van Ars ia!e young
woman about sceenten years old. living at
the hoEsc OF Il family near Whiteianl. In
the capacity Of a servant. vas taken sick
with something Ike Mysteries. She had
been confined to her be little over 4
week. when to all appearances she died.
The b1ty, however, did not entirely lo-e
t It's warmth. and 4 very slight pulse remain
ct. The people with whom she was livin-,
supp &c th,, she WAS dead. aal ware ma
K ng preparations tn bury her. when 'h,
physician iaterferei. .farbidling any such
step. After rem.niny in this state twelve
hours cpnsousncsS returned and the girl
pronounced herself much better She
then went on to describe her sensations,
and experiences during the trance. avering
thas she had visited heaven aud he'll. and
/ had convcrsel with the Savior. ana m1nv
persons whom she hal known on e,r'h
She spoke oi seeing prrS pns in both places
who hal recently died in heaven young
man named Q .inn. who although ut one
time a professor OF religion. had in the
last year or two of his life lei bal life
in he'll the two men fI1'chelI anl P,';er-
son who were lvuched at Franklin on the
n "ht of October 81. for the murder o.
Lyons, at Greenwood. II IS Van Arslase
sent for number Of persons in The ne gl,-
bprho,d. and nos only impir:ct to them
news of lo>t friends. but told Of sius com-
mitte'l by theln, supposed to be unknown
by any one. AmDr@ others was man
who had participated in the execution OF
the men named ablve she toll him that
he had been there tll,t night, (Which he
acknow el -,ed, aud had IN the sight OF tiod
committed murler Previous to th, the
names Of the band had been kept pro-
found secret anl this man had not even
been suspected. She nsrrated IA good
many strange things, relating mainly to
individuals both In this world and the
other, many OF which it would have been
almost impossible for her to have invent
ed
Bat the strangest part Of the story is
yet to come. \ few hours after The exp-
ration Of the first trance. the pre- lice1
that she would have another, and told 10 Il
minute the time at which it would cou,-
nence. aud ut which it wonll eni Every
thing turnel out rs she had said ut tho
exact time she teil into the same state
In an ordinary trance. or casaleptic state
respiration Is not suspended. but in thi>
case breathing could not be observed
She WAS 10 al abpearinccs dea! but the
pulse beat family and the body was not
cold. All Seusaton was gone The phy-
slclan made numerous experiments. prick
!nE the bDly. opening vcius ani 50 forth
- discover If there could be any deception
In this cnl he was per cctly convinced that
there wisn none. At the expiration OF the
| time set by herself she came to, anI in
few hours was we'll enough to leave her
be aud 20 ab ut the house The ster,
oi her experience. in the seconl trance
WAS similar to the first one and was con
iined almost wholly to iniividuals She
secmel unable to describe the places she
had been in, but gave histories Of events
and persons with enlrk able m;natene.s.
a recurrence Of the trance unless the
>hDuii commit some Aasrant sin; her au-
ihor,ty far this pre- iiction was that the
Lori himself hal told her so
THIS Is certainly u strange thing. Tie
siri Is ule luci'ei an'i has live i about as
a servant ever since She vas able to work
She has always b,rue IA god character f.,
trttf ~ Of h
church She Is almost :he lass person In
The world to h've manufactured such
stor:c'. and one thiay especially nofice-
able is the fact %: her sending for person
80 whom. before her illness she would have
peen afraid To haze Sp ikea. ani converS-
ing W: n them wthout the least restraint
aud telIin. them stories ana facts not the
inp-t i.atatahe to worldly people She va
visited by a great many people. some oi
them emnen;ly respectable. who vouci,
for miny Of iha statements of her illness
The physician IN atten lance is positive as
to her condition during the whole time
aud had it not been far him she would
have been buried alive
Instances OF person, lyingin frances and
protesting To nave NsSitcl the otner world |
are nat uncommen. but generally ~ par
ticniar> have ever been rested The case |
of Nr Tenant. Il minister. of New JERSEY |
who was seem'nSly dead for several days |
i ia ali the circuns;snces one of the most !
mysterious on rccor j., aside from his state |
caea,s thar he h d been in heaven An
investigation NJ this case in Johnson coun |
~ would certainly repay any curious mind |
ed person.
PoLITIcs IN INDIANA AND ILLINOIS,
Tie Washington correspondent of the
New York Uerald, under date of the 9th