Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-10

If uE3 nvsv discern The EsgnTneT 81 .fSAi
!. ora gszIly, h0wevgr, Objects oSysE &c s.
s1lrsse Shape before nv eyes "! ae2-4..S
Eisurho6 S. frs BY caaii@- s. q
Thousand engines rushing A-o11o a. l-oi
track sgike3 u the inside q uly c-3LElllz-
wss restored hy degrees e. Is 0o-Ea2l con
di-i1n, AID 81 Ass became ga.--sI,--l
sc-tE-
Limited as Was ny range q! wIsldz
q coaIprehcnceG s pO-1oL OF The wA.A
az room covered wIiA ZINE tables, an,
lined w5fh the inevitable row Of seals
which told he Tbs. was II The waiting
room Of one Of the Erie Railroad sisSi0ls
or ;he pisafa-n without hoard the hhstl
trad nf feed and otsez excited voices, an
csuid occasionally gather such words s
collision, misplaced switch, kI.i tx
and wounded. and the Ike By s83e
long glance perceived on the floor shasi
" OBJECTS. which soan caoclnoed we-s
dead bodies horribly IEtilEsed LyInE
nea- nae vAs body. winch secoDG
glance Convinced he was LEI 81 the red
haired c1znpsnian who had shared the sea
N the Car with me. BIS face was biAach
Cd, bui not 1isfg1red, and ne IVES evident
ly dead
Twas now satisfied that YVES in The
roon alone with the bodies Ct those WHO
hsd been killed by the railroad scci3ent
anG that / mad been brought there while
insensole, under the sEpposition thxi
wAs dead Ny first impulse vas 20 cal tc
those without. aid make known the fac
thai ] Was alive, bai my tongue resusod 10
move.
hs5 now al abundance Of time fl
mediation, AID think two or three hour
I passed while was so occ1pisd- Iarriged
al the conclusion that had mat with such
= coDcEssson Of the brsia that / was fol
Z the time paralyZe6 that my condition
now, whether from tie shock or othe,
+ causes, WAS 81 lesgt similar 10 that q
which had often read, called "csiAlep
I sy !" srd tia. might expect, after q res-
( sonaole time, 10 recover from it.
/ In this rather gloomy situation / await
I e events. Occasionally some Of the Gu
/ ricus ones on the platform without, would
/ stretch their necks 10 gaze over the curtain
/ which had been drawn across the window
and get view of the dead bodies in the
waiting -room. Besides this, nothing Of
interest occurred until after long tune
when heard the distant whistle Of an ap.
| preaching engine, the rumble Of wheels,
and the usual chatter and confusion as a
train rushed into the depot and came to a
| stop without.
/ Ny suspense was brought to an end by
the rafting of key in the door and
/ the entrance Of three individuals, who
soou learned, were a coroner and two
physicians from Jersey City. The Oldest
Of the two physicians had sandy hair, and
such ford complexion ss would suggest
too frequent tasting of some Of the more
conc ntrated alcoholic tinctures The
younger physician who seemed an assIs-
tant of the older, carried in his hand a
small mahogany box.
Well, coroner, which are they!" said
the older physician.
Thin two, said the coroner, punch
ing the toe Of his boot into my ribs, and
pointing at the same time 10 my auburn
haired friend. Neither Of EN- has got a
scratch upon him, and p'raps theys died
of heart disease, or somethin' suddint that
kim upon 'em in the cars before the C lis
ion. If they did, the company's not re-
sponable for their indings, at any rate.
You kin pos mortem thin, sure"
"Come, Grunt, let's &c, to work: we've
no time to lose. Coroner, send in the
table"
The coroner disappeared, and in few
moments two attendants entered, bfiDg1p
pine table six feet long by three in
width. On the table were pals, sponges
and saw.
"This Journey hasn't amounted to much,
has it, dOc.r" said the younger surgeon
-" not even an amputation among all the
wounded, nor case for the hospital. Ii
don't pay to come SO far for such game"
"NOt If there is much TO do in the city,
l.,,4 In hill tt,ut hot
have plenty of time. How's practice with
your"
Miserable-nothing doing. If the
weather keeps as cool as this, there won't
be case of cholera morbus nor any sick
ness among children this summer. Still
| we may have some typhoid early in the
fall Well, which one shall we take
frstS"
"Try the red-head; he's the nearest
Catch hold of the feet-I1l take the
shoulders"
Say ing this. they approached the body
of my late companion; one seized it by
the head, the other by the feet, and with
swinging motion they laid it on table
just brought in. The body gave heavy
thud and the head clear. resonant thumI
rs they came to their resting place upon
the deal table.
"Well, Grunt, you have the knives
pitch in" said the elder Abernethy.
The young surgeon opened his mahog
any case, selected two or three knives o
different sizes, felt the edges of one will
his thumb, and approached the head o
the corpse before him. Separating thu
hair, he made an incision through tn,
skin from one ear over the top of the
head TO the other. Having separated the
scalp from the skull, he turned one por
ton inside out over the nose and face
the other over the back Of the head ant
neck. The round, glistening hemisphere
of the Uranium was now exposed, like al
immense ostrich egg protruding from III
nest. He next took the saw and com
menced the circuit of the skull, saving
through the bone as he progressed.
"Look out for your fingers, Grunt
That saw slips sometimes" said the sym
pathizing physician Of the ford complex
ion
While this horrid scene was beinl
enacted before my eyes, which ! could
neither close or avert, l fully understood
the danger was In. 1t was certain, from
the words Of the coroner, that was also
to become subject of dissection. made
a desperate effort to move or scream, bu
the smell COuld not he broken NV only