The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-10-13


The Detroit Free Press Publishes quite
lengthy account about man named
Hart, who was recently awakened from
a trance at Great harrington, Mass. On
the 18th ult., says the Press. Hart sat
with his family and some neiehbors on
the verandah of his residence, conversine
together at times, and again listening TO
the voice of a young lady who was sing
ing and playing upon an accordion
Gradually, as The young lady sang, Gu
rious feeling came over bim as he sat in
a rocking chair, with his limbs stretched
out at length over stool. He describes
the feeling to have been like the strange
numbness that is felt when a member of
the body ''gets asleep" which all of Us
have experienced, only the feeling seemed
TO start first around the heart, spreading
thence all over the body. There was no
pain, no alarm, but the sensation was
rather agreeable, as it seemed to modify
all the sharp notes of the song, every
word of which could be distinctly beaTd by
Hart. After the song he heard the words
of admiration expressed, and WAS about
to make an effort to shake off he stupor,
when the white column of the verandah
just in front of him grew DINNER and
DINNER, until il faded away in the mist,
and then the mans eyelids fell, and he
sleep. Instead, he commenced TO think
more rapidly than he did before. and TO
feel that he ought TO start right up the
voices did not die away, and he heard the
farewell words of woman wko took her
leave.
As she went, the group arose to go into
the house, Mrs. Halt approaching her
husband with Come, John, let's 60 in. ;
He could not move; his whole body felt
as if asleep, and no exertion of strength
or will could stir finger Seeing that
be did not move, the wife laid ber hand
on bis shoulder, shook him lightly and re-
peated: ''Come, John, we are going to
bed" He tried to move, realizing that
he tried to, but he was like a stone, only
feeling that he lived, and that he knew all
that was transpiring around him. ''John's
really gone offinto nap" said the wife
to the others who stood near, at the same
time shaking him, and then she playfully
seized the chair by the back and pulled
it part way over, thinking that the fear OF
the fall would wake him. As the chair
tipped, Harris body fell over the arm to
one side, falling as would bag of sand,
his head striking heavily against Bently,
his brother in law, who had approached
The group became alarmed, feeling of his
heart, dashing water into his face, and
Mrs Hart commenced crying, saying that
| she believed John was dead, They picked
| him CD, carried him into the bedroom,
where his clothing were quickly removed.
Hart heard every word, knew just what
they did, but every feeling except that 10
his brain was benumbed, and he could
not even tell when his garments were
taken off, so numb and unleeling was bis
| flesh While his wife and sister were
getting blankets, liquor and the like,
BentIy ran to the gate and sent a boy foI
the doctor, and Hart, through the oper
window, distinctly heard the words, Tel
him not to lose single minute The
women were both weeping and lamenting
the wife reproaching herself for fanciec
carelessness, and Bently tried to cheer hel
up, saying that it was a fit OF some kind
which the doctor would easily throw of
Hart did not care much, feeling TO him
self that it would all turn out funny
joke that they could laugh over nor wa
he frightened when the doctor, after feel
ing his pulse, his heart, and trying in vail
to open his fast closed mouth, told Bentl,
that the man was dead of heart disease
and that no doctor on earth could rails
him. Perhaps all of us have heard th
walls and sobs that are uttered around th
couch of the dead and dying, and hav
ourselves felt the cutting grief that come
of seeing the light of lite fade out of th
body and soul of a dear friend, and ther