, 1869-06-10
REMARKABLE CASE OF Re-
STORED ANIMATION,
| A Woman Supposed to he Dcaa
| Crentea a Midnight Pnulc.

CrenteS a Midnight Pnulc.
From u4 .Sesp Tori Star, Junse
Oue Of the most remarkable instances OF re-
BtuTed animation which has eveT taken plaee In
ktreet near McDouEal, the par1culara OF which are
An aged lady, named Rebecca Townsend, who
w1s supposed, On sunday. morning last fhat she
really wa& dead no ono who saw her fur . moment
hast1tated to believe Tho set eJeo4ia the rigid
% ~ ponted @ IL g IL supposed fses hat dsata asa
come 10 the rencf Of the tnvslId.
Accordingly. On Sunday the sofrnwing house
preparations for the burial Of tho body. 4 burial
permit waz obtatued, conn ordered and the t.
mains rere temporarily laid out upon the hcd 10
which the old LAZY WAS supposed 10 have died,
and the services Of i watcher q young femals It.
s:tlr9 II uc:ghbof1ng horke} weEc secured 70 IT,
teEd The BODY during Sunday night
bcys Of The household retired, leaving rrc watcher
aloEe 10 her d1sa1rteahle ta1t- IL The youn2
!ady states, she became asoTsy about oclocs u II
chair, thoI distance from tho corpse, soon fell
into q doxe. She had not slept above An hour,
which apparently iszuel from the coneh upou
which lay the supposed coFpse- Startled By the
strange roIsc, the watcher Immediately sprang
purpose oi nscerfaininx the eaase Of tic mys:e-
IioI:s Sounds AT this no2ent the nosse sudden
u ceased There Lay the corpse Just ~ lho watch-
death, The limbs still rigid, and not sign Of life
visible. .......'-. ..
Believing the sounds which she fancdcd she had
heard were but fanctes cortuted up By the uncou-
for1nhle position In which she was placed, the
watcher returned to her scat and resumed her nsp
She had not remained In this position more than
half An hour when she wns again aroused By
q sound similar to those which had previously
alarmed her, AeSaia She spranH from her chair
and approached the bedside, Wher, Oh horror Of
horrors. her eyes met the wandering gaze OF the
supposed CORPSE. Could It be possible that ste
VAS dreaming: She passed her hands to her eyes
to convince heiseif th2t abe did not sleep. Slowly
| the eyes Of the corpse commenced rolling In their
soGkets the muscles Of the face rea1ed, the Jaws
contracted, md aS the dlmJ eyebafls rested rpoh
The countcnance Of the 2ppa1etl watcher. they sp-
| he1
Horror rtveted the watcher 70 the spot. She A.
tempted to SCREAM for assistance, hut her tongue
| refused her utterance. ~ she continued to gaze
and the right hand was slow!y lifted 70 the mouth
| Is If the corpee 1mplored drink The cosrac next
! commenced assuming an upright position, and.
nuali! after IN enort Of se1e1A minutes sat bolt
| UPRIGHT IN bed
This last movement proved too much for the
nerves Of ihe frtghs-sueken wn1eher, and, staExer
Tho nose occasioned By the fail axoke the IN
| E1Ates OF the house. who fastened to the room.
There sat the Woman still upright in bed, Al the
foot Of which lay the conFalsed form Of the terror
| stricken watcher
Discovering the state ot at1aizs, tho household
! Immediately despatched servant for the nearest
physician, who shortly after arrived upon The
scene, and y que Application Of restoEaases anc
| u to en.h1e her to rcsptre freely. The watcher
! by the administration Of the proper restor3ttves
wH, after much dlf1calty, also restored to COO
setousness, buk her nerves received shock whlct
VIII probably tell upon her constitution until he
dying day. She aEowa she will never again serF,
as watcher Of = corpse, and no wonder At H.