Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-12-07
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WHOLE NUMBER 241.
A Man Falls Dead and Revfves Again.

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From the Virginia City CNev) Enterprise, Nov. 10TH
A new importation to this city kicked
up such a row about town night before
last that the police and many others be-
gan to think about half the people in
town were dropping down dead in their
tracks. First, a man had dropped down
dead at house on such street, then
man had fallen down in dying condi-
ton in another place, and soon it was in
another place that man clay dying"
At length it was discovered that one
man was doing all the dying. He had
then died about half dozen times, and
had been as often restored to life that
he was almost too drunk to die naturally.
He first went into house on D Street,
took fit and fell so dead that with all
the stimulants that could be poured
down his gullet he refused to come to
life until the woman of the house be-
came half frightened out of her wits,
and blew her whistle for policeman,
when 10 a miracle, the dead man got
upon his pins and ran away. He next
went into another house of the same
class and the same street and died there,
falling headlong to the floor with such
utter abandon as to shake the whole
house. The women were terribly
frightened; they poured water on his
face, bathed his head, and as fast as he
revived q little, turned brandy (the
only thing besides whisky or gin that
he could swallow down his throat. He
went for brandy like kitten after new
milk, and as soon as he had swallowed
all in sight relapsed in the hope of h.
ing revived again with the congenial
resuscitator. Finding that physician
had been sent for, he recovered, and
got out of the house. When he next
fell dead we do not know, but during
the night he went to Storr's dance
house, on South G Street, and fell,
dead as door-naiI. Water outside and
brandy inside, with talk of bringing in
policeman, sat him on his pins, and
he departed. He afterward went to
Evans chop-house, corner of @ and
Union streets, and, going back to the
filter, drew glass of water, and, while
trying to drink, took two or three steps
backward, jumped high in the air, then
came down like thousand of brick
between two tables, to the great con-
sternation of the two walters. There
he lay at full length, his head thrown
back, and only the whites of his eyes
visible, to all appearance as dead as a
door-nail. The boys sopped him and
mopped him with cold water, rubbed
Ills n0du, duO ulo all Lu0y COulo 1OF
him, but he was to all appearance stone
dead. His face was white, no pulse
could be felt, and his eyes were set in
his head with not bit of speculation"
in theml One of the walters was about
going for doctor, when the dead man
suddenly lifted his head and began
laughing. Leaving the dumfounded
walters, he stalked away, ne doubt to
die in some place where his favorite
revivers were more likely to be found.
they would have sworn that he was dy-
ing and then a dead man, not believing
such piece of acting possible with any
human being. He seemed, they say, to
have the power of instantly stopping
the beating of his pulse, and of chang
ing the healthful appearance of his
face to the pallor of death.