The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-01-18

NV IeVT' living ~ VIC Flcluitt u
Whiteland, johnson county, have re.
csauy been very much excited over
matter which, To .ny the least, Is very
strange Several weeks sincc, NisN
Van Arsdslc, a young ~oman ibour
seventeen years old living Al the
house Of family near Whi,olsnd, in
the capacity Of q servant, YEAS taken
sick with sDnething Ike Mysteries
She had been confined to her bod
little over a wesk when, to all ap.
resrspces, she died The body, bow
ever, did not eatirely lose is warmth
and very slight pulse remsined The
people with whom she was living sup
posed ths, ,ho wss deed, aud we're
making preparations TO bury her,
when the physician i1'erf'r"d, for.
bidding any such step
Amer remaining in this state twelve
hour, consciousness returned aud
the girl pronounced herself much
better. shc then vent on to describe
her sensations and experience. during
the trance. ayerring that she had Wis
tied Heaven and hell, and had con
vcrsed with the Savior, aud many
persons she had known on earth. She
spoke Of seeing persops in both places
who had recently died in Heavens
young man named Quinn, who, al.
though a, one time a professor Of 70.
ligion, had in the las, year or two Of
his life lei bad life ia hell, the two
men, iIa,chell and Patterson. Who
were lynched al Franklin, on tbs
night Of October 3ls,, for ,hs murder
Of Lyons, at Grecn~ood Mas Van
Arsdalc sent for = number Of persons
in the peiphborhood, and not only
impaired to them news Of lost friends,
bat told Of aims committed by them,
supposed to be unknown BY any one
Among Others vas man Who hsd
participated In the execution Of III.
men named above She told he had
been there tbs, night, (~hich he sc
/ now lcdscd) aud had. in sight Of
oou 'oWutitteu mutuct
Previous TO this, the names Of the
baud had been kept q profcsnd {.
cret, aud this nsn hsd not even been
She narrated a good nsny
strange things, relating mtinly to 10
both In ihi, world and the
other, many Of which il would have
been sls'ost impossible for her To
have invented
hut the strangess part of the story
II yet "a come A few hours afs~v ~.
81 pirs.ion Of the hrss trance, she pre-.
dicted that she would have smother.
and told 10 a minute the tine Al
which I, would commence, an Il
which it would end E,rrythilg
lurnod cut ~ she h.d said and At
The esac, time she fell into the same
state. In an ordinary trance, OF cst.
slsPsic state, respiration 10 not us
pended, but In this osse krss,Alng
,ould not bc observed She wa 10
III appearances dead ba, tho rulsc
'sst hintly, and the body ws- 80,
,old. All ssnsation Wa goss.
The physician made numsrou- -
psriinsnts, riehing tho body, ops' ng
he veins and 40 forth, to disco,c, II
here cosld bs ssy dscsp,ioa. IL be
snd. h waa perfectly cosv,acsd hat
'Aers - Bohe At The expiration
II the time set by herself shr can, fo.
md In . few hours was welI enough
o lsevc her bed and so about NJ.
house. The story Of hes espAr,ucc
n tho second trance was s,mils, 10
hc hrst oos, snd was confined slmor,
'holiy to individuals She seemed
Unable 10 describe The places shs bad
,ccn In, but gave histories Of events
nd persons with remarkable minute
,sss She s'ao said she wosld never
ave . recurrence Of the trance ~
css she should commit some Aagrspt
in her authority for H.. predict ton
sss that the Lord himself had ,old
Ter 30.
This IL certainly a strange ding
The girl il uneducstcd, and Ass lived
bout b. a servant ever aimee she VIVA
bic " work, She has always borne
good character for ,puthfulusss, aud
> . member Of church She i. al
post tho las. person in tho world 10
ave manufactured such stories, aud
ne thing e.rceially noticesb's il The
act Of her sending FL. 2srxoa. to
shom, before her illness, she woe!d
'sve been sfrsid 10 have spoken, end
with them withost The
sAst restraint, snd telling 'hsa stories
nd facts not the least pslassbie "
'@ldly people, she was vis.ssd b,
',st many people. scms OF ,hsn EN-
neatly respectable, Who vouchsd for
many Of the statements Of her III
lees. The physician 10 attendance
= positive Is 10 her condition during
he whole ti1s, snd had Il not been
or him she would have bees bss,sd
iive.--h'f'anope6s Herald, Lteem
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