Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-03-15

a YouyG Man AT IFS Ovy FUNERAL -
MARROW Escars FROM BURIAL - The For
Wayne Gud) Satuc, tells the following re
lnsrkab.e story
Among the more Tr-mi-aut visitors who 81,
/ with iheir friends ami r,atiyes z this city il
Mr.. Cecil c., o.. Brlwe1t0n, y y. About
/ five years ago llr. c. went boating on Oneida
Lake with Two If his companions. They IN
moorel the boat and roveI for distance OF
two miles 10 an island that lifted itself from
the wsycg Here they spent few hours in
cJlecdn- h5tzuic speeimeug. unit. q black.
taunder-lsieu cloud ID the wett warned them
Jhst violent storm Fss brewing, a1I they
speedily set out upon their return They had
hearty reached the mainland when their little
Graf, WIS turned keel upward by & slusl, aud
the party was leit Ftru g-l!nE and painting in
the water. Alr- c. ssw hIs two companions
swimming toward the th0-e and attempted TO
follow them, but Ia vain. A delightful Eenaa-
non q rerose took possession OF him. Then all
was chaos Bland lie was rescued by his com
psnl1nF, and upon his return 20 consciousness
he attempted TO open his eyes, to move bis hands,
70 spesk, buJ found himself unable to command
a muscle
As he ley in this condition, memory pictured
70 him all that had trauepirei up 10 the mo
msnt When he became nfensib.e Then he mar
yelled whether he was alive or deSd. What
meant this hush, this chill, this backness Of
darkness thSt envelope3 him Where was he
What wAs he? Would be be always thus
Time passed on ami he felt his thoughts and
IDEAS contracting In a narrower and narrower
sphere, until nothing but the central knowledge
Of existence continued to cesert itself But sud
Hou1v n crash e al tho V7rs, .b-r.r,- ID
had blown their trumpets in unison. smote upon
his hearing deluga Of light like the concen-
trstel rays Of million suns burst upon his Wis
ION, there was A severing Of soul and sense, and
be stood in spirit beside his violet-streEn coffin,
and read the inscription
" Cecil G., Born IN Baltimore, Nd,
Jane %, 1916. Died at Brewerton, n. =,
June %, 1866. Aged % years"
Through the oval glass at the head OF the
casket be could zee his face frozen into the white
rigdity Of death. His friends and relatives
were seated srount the room, snd the pastor
was preaching touching funeral sermon, inter
ruptad noW and then by the Eobs Of the listen
ers Through the open window the glory Of q
sumner Day was drifting IN, fragrant with the
sweet breath from the clover field, and musical
With the songs Of birds. He saw latent beau
" in everything he looked upon, and latent
?
lied how crude anu imperfect are all our dreams
OF hspginess IN the flesh, SIS compared with
those which the imnorta,s know. But like 4
1sSh Of lightning, there came loss Of identity
agsin-utJer humiliation for an uncertain lapse
Of time-ard when he again sWoke to sense of
his condition, his spirit once more tenanted his
body-his cofin hsd been borne to the cemetery
and be heard the Isxton preparing to lower
him to his last resting place in the dust.
Now, for the first time, great horror fell up
on him. lie was to be entombed .live-to be
left alone with the night. and the terror and the
grim company Of skeletons moulderinr around
him. He would regain consciousness when too
lste-would strike the clo.e walls Of his prison
but to no purpose-caIl, and there would be no
answer-pray, and the very heavens would be
pitless-thriek, tear his flesh with hi. fingers,
curse, and, rsving, die. Summoning up all hi,
Will, be utilized it in last effort to break the
spell that had seized him, snd with Success He
was rescued from his impending doom, and
weeEs OF vstchful nursing brought him back to
the full enjoyment Of his former health.