Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-08-03
VOLUME XXVI.
MY WIFE'S PRESENTIMENT.

| veyance that was to take me. to the ferry
! "What is it, my dear? You seem to
have the blues this morning. l shall be
back in week, you know.
| l noticed that my wife, after bidding ne
goodbye" more than once, seemed still
unwilling to have me go, and was inclined
| to adopt any little device to detain me q
expectedly, observed her brushing a teal
from her eyes. Her conduct was unusual
for she had been accustomed to my absence
on tours much longer than the pr, sent
| was intended to be.
"Oh, nothing at all, I suppose" she
said, endeavoring to smile Il know you
must think it foolish, but I do dread this
| prese Mt journey of yours, and for no good
reason that can think of. think l must
be little nervous, that's ALL I don't be,
lieve in presentiments. Do your"
endeavored to reassure her, but was
only partially successful. / had no time
to ask the nature of the troublesome pfc.
sentiment before the vehicle arrived
which l forthwith entered. As it turned
corner l saw my wife still gazing intent.
ly after it.
1 crossed the ferry at Chambers street.
and took seat on the Erie train, which
emerging from the darkness Of the Bergun
| Tunnel, was soon shooting across the
! liHackenssck meadows and through the
hills beyond The morning was foggy
and disagreeable. I myself felt gloomy
and depressed, because my wife, usually
SO cheerful, had seemed low-spirit. d. 1t
was remarkable that she should speak of
presentiments, for she had always been
accustomed to ridicule such notions. The
car which 1 had entered was filed with
A OF >S.aA l,xy
my side who had such remarkably red
hair as to attract my notice. He was
reading one of the New York dailies. At
ter ride of an hour or two in silence, he
| offered me the paper and made remark
with reference to the state of the weather
l was SO irritable that l answered curtly,
and l fear rudely.. Seated by the open
window, with MY ears filled with the
never -ceasing clatter of the engine,
mechanically fixed my eyes upon paint
ing on one of the panels at the front end
of the car. Suddenly there was a jar, q
grating, crashing sound: the panel on
which my gaze had been directed was
| gore, and in its place huge timbers of 8
shattered car came driving through and in
the midst of the human forms in front OF
me. Seats, heads, cushions, glass, legs
| and arms seemed collected in an avalanche
| and descending upon the particular seat
which l and my red haired friend had Sc.
| lected.
| When consciousness returned 1 found
myself lying on my back on hard, un
| carpeted floor. l endeavored to move, but
not a muscle could be brought into action
| Gulliver, when he awoke in the morning
on the island of Lilliput bound hand and
| 1nt ho1, ri,
than I. My vision was so indistinct thai
could only discern the giimmer of light
gradually, however. objects began to as
sumo shape before my eyes. My hearing
disturbed at first by a clatter as of 6
thousand engines rushing around an iron
| track spiked to the inside of my Uranium
was restored by degrees to its normal con
dition, and at last became painfully
acute.
Limited as was my range of vision
it comprehended portion of the walls
of a room covered with time tables, and
lined with the inevitable row of seats
which told me that was in the waiting
room of one of the Erie Railroad stations
On the platform without I heard the hasty
tread of feed, and often excited voices, and
could occasionally gather such words as
collision" misplaced switch, =" killed
ID
long glance perceived on the floor ghast.
ly objects, which 1 soon concluded were
dead bodies horribly mutilated. Lying
near me was a body, which second
glance convinced me was that of the red
haired companion who had shared the seat
in the Car with me. His face was blanch
ed, but not disfigured, and he was evident
ly dead.
I was now satisfied that I was in the
room alone with the bodies of those who
had been killed by the railroad accident
| and that I had been brought there while
insensible, under the supposition that
was dead. My first impulse was to call tc
those without, and make known the fac
that was alive, but my tongue refused tt
move.
had now an abundance of time fol
meditation, and think two or three hours
passed while I was so occupied. Iarrivec
at the conclusion that had met with sucl
a conclusion of the brain that I was fol
the time paralyzed; that my condition
now, whether from the shock OF othel
causes, was at least similar to that O
which I had often read, called "cataIep
| sy;' and that might expect, after a rea
sonable time, to recover from it.
In this rather gloomy situation I await
ed events. Occasionally some of the Gu
rlous ones on the platform without, would
stretch their necks to gaze over the curtain
Which had been drawn across the window
and get view of the dead bodies in the
Waitlng-roOm. Besides this, nothing @
interest occurred until after long time
when heard the distant whistle of an ap
preaching engine, the rumble of wheels
and the usual clatter and confusion as
train rushed into the depot and came to
stop without.
My suspense was brought to an end b,
the rattling of key in the door AM
the entrance of three individuals, who
L soon learned, were coroner and tw,
physicians from Jersey City. The oldes
OF the two physicians had sandy hair, an,
such f1orid complexion as would sugges
a too frequent tasting of some Of the NOR
conc ntrated alcoholic tinctures. Th
younger physician who seemed an assis
| tant of the older, carried in his hand
small mahogany box.
| We'll, coroner, which are they!" sal
the older ply sician
Thin two," said the coroner, punch
ing the toe of his boot into my ribs, an
pointing at the same time to my auburn
haired driend. "Neither of 'em has got
scratch upon him, and p'raps theys die
of heart disease, or somethin' suddint tha
kim upon 'em in the cars before the ellis
ion. If they did, the company's not re
sponsible for their indings, at any rate
You kin pos mortem thin, sure"
"Come. Grunt, let's get to work: we'v
no time to lose. Coroner, send in tn
table,"
The coroner disappeared, and in a fey
moments two attendants entered, bringin
a pine table six feet long by three i
width. On the table were pals, sponge
and saw.
This Journey hasn't amounted to mucl
has it, doc.s" said the younger surgeo
81 not even an amputation among ali th
wounded, nor case for the hospital.
don't pay to come SO far for such game"
"Not if there is much to do in the CITY
but business is so dull Just now that
have plenty of time. How's practice wit
your"
misunderstanding doing. If tn
weather keeps as cool as this, there won
be case of cholera morbus nor any sicl
ness among children this summer. Still
we may have some typhoid early in th
| fall, Well, which one shall we tax