The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-01-08
Remarkable S,spersftfiOs..

The Monongahela Repubticdn has the fol
lowing: Not very long ago, the young and
beautiful wife of one of our citizens was
called to her final account, leaving her hus-
band sad, disconsolate, and bereft. She
was buried in the adjacent cemetery, and
tho hnaha,s1 rotu.z.ctt TO his deeolated homo
but not to forget the loved one. She was
present with him by day, in spirit, and in
his dreams at night. One peculiarly of
his dreams and ono that haunted him
being repeated night after night-was this:
that the spirit of his wife came to his bed
side and told him that the undertaken had
removed from her face the square piece of
muslin or napkin, which had been used to
cover her face after death but had screwed
down her coffin-l;d with it upon her, and
that she could not breath in her grave,
but was unrest ON account of the Napkin
he tried to drive the dream away, but it
bided with him by night, and troubled
him by day. He sought the consolation of
religion, and his pastor prayed with him
and assured him that it was wicked to in
dulge such morbid fancy. 1t was the sub
ject of his own petition, before the Throne
of Grace; but still the spirit came and told
anew the story of her suffocation. In des-
pair, he sought the undertaken, Mr.. Dicky,
who told him that the napkin had not been
removed, but urged him to forget the SIR
Cumstance, as it could not be any possible
annoyance to inanimate clay. While the
gentleman frankly acknowledged this, he
could not avoid the apparition, and the
continual stress upon his mind began to
tell upon his health. At length he deter
mined to have the body disinterred, and
visited the undertaken for that purpose
Here he was met with the same advice and
persuasion, and convinced once more of his
folly, the haunted man returned to his home
That night, more vivid than ever, more
terribly real than before, she came to his
bedside and uphraided him for his want
of affection, and would not leave him until
he had promised TO remove the cause of all
her suffering. The next night, with
friend, he repaired to the sexton, who
was prevailed upon to accompany them,
and there, by the light of the cold, round
moon, the body was lifted from its bed,
the coffin-lid mscrewed, and the napkin
removed from the face ofthe corpse. That
night she came to his bedside once more,
but for the last time. Thanking him for
his kindness, she pressed her cold lips to
his cheek, and came again no more.
Rea;itvcr tins IS q true story can you ex-
plain the mystery of drcamsa ~
ANIMALS In HINDosTAN.--The Hindoo
extends hospitality alike to friends and
enemies. When he eats lie shares his food
with whatever creature presents itself He
refrains from honey from reluctance to de-
prive bees of their nourishment. He will
not eat flesh because he shrinks from caus-
ing the death of any animal. He avoids
lighting acandle at night lest insects should
be drawn into the flame, and he filters the
water he drinks lest he should incautiously
swallow some creature. Hindoos will die
rather than to taste beef--a fact which has
often been proved on board ofvessels where
all the provisions were expended except
salt beef Indeed, all animals have de-
gree of sacredness to q devout Hindoo.-
Those that subsist on vegetables are sup
posed to be favored by divine beings
They believe every animal is endowed with
thought and memory, and has some mode
of communicating ideas to its own species.
AT Surat is Bantam hospital where dis
easd and aged animals are watched with
tenderest care. Kindness towards animals
inculcated in all the sacred books, and
everywhere practised rs religious duty,
forms lovely feature in Asiatic religion
which Christianity would do well to imi-
tate. True, it is founded on sympathy pro-
duced by belief in the transmigration of
souls. But a friendly relation Between
men and animals is beautiful and good
and though Christians do not believe the
soul ofan ancestor may have passed into
horse, they might practice humanity from
q higher motive. Tenderness towards the
dumb creatures of God would harmonic
with the spirit of the religion they profess;
and to require it they merely need to, APP
ply the first and most obvious rule of
of natural religion: '.How should like
to be treated if wse horse 9"--Lsdia
Maria Child.