The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-02-14
Almost a Corpse.

Almost a Corpse. + '' ..#
4 foUNG MAN HEARS HIS OWN FUNERAL
SERMON.
Among the moro prominent visitors
who are passing the holidays with
their friends and relatives in this city
is Nj. Cecil C~---,. who went boating
on Oaedia Lake with two of his oom.
panions. They unmoored tho boat
and rowel for tho distance OF t#d
miles to an island. that lifted itself
from the waves. Here they spent
few hours in collecting shells and
Botanic specimens, Until q black thun
der-laden cloud in the west warned
them that q violent storm was brew
Ing, land they. speedily set out upon
their return. They had nearly reach-
ed the mainland when their little
craft turned keel upward by q r>squall
and the party wac loft struggling aud
panting in the water. s..0.. .a.
Mr.. C==H. saw Ais tvs companions
swimming towards the shore and
attempted to follow them, but in vain.
A delightful sehsAtion of reposs took
possession Of him. Then all was
chaos. Blank . .,"..." t-,-.. .
He was ressscd by lis companions,
and upon his re,urn to consciousness,
he attempted to. open his eyes, move
his hands-to speak, but found him.
self unable to couim and muscle.
Az he lay in this condition, memo.
ry pictured to him ai that had traNs-
pired up to, the moment when he be.
Game insensible. Then ahe lmarveled
whether he. was alive or dead. What
meant thfs hush this chill this dark.
ness of biaokness that. enveloped him ?
Where was he3 What was he'9
Would it be always thus
Time passed Oh, and he felt his
thoughts and ideas contracting into a.
narrower spheres. until nothing but
the one central knowledge Of exis-
tence continued to exert itself. =
But suddenly a crash, us if all the
Titan thunder; gods bad blown their
truwpets in unison smote upon his
hear,ug-a deiuge Of light like the
concentrated rays Of n million suns
burst upon his vision there was a
severing Of soul and sense and he
stood in spirit, beside his violet. .strewb
coffin, and read tho inscription I
-. Cecil c.,
Born IN Baltimore, Mdn
,.s June 80, 1876. r..
Died ut Brewerton, N. Y, ''-
., JUNE 20, 1866. %. .
u.y Aged twenty years.
Through the oval glass ut the hend
6ftAe- basket he uoGld Bee his fate
frozen into tho white rigidity oYdeath.
His friends and relatives wbre seat.
ed around the rbbm, and the pastor
was preaching touching funeral SER!
mon, Interrupted nov and then BY tho
sobs of the lsteners. Through the
open window the glory of sumsher
day was driItiug, iu fragrant with the
sweet bfeath from the clover Halds
end musical With the songs of birds.
II soy latent beatty in eVerythibgte
looked upon, and latent melody in
every sound he heard---and he realiz-
cd how crude and imperfect arc all
our dreams of happiness in the flesh
as compared with those which the ims
mortals know.
But, like fash of lightning, thore
cat,s loss of identity again-uttcf.
hnhihilation for an uncertain lapse Of
time--and when he again awoke to a
SENSE of bis condition, his spirit onee
morS tenanted his body--his ocfiu
had beeti borho to the oemetery--und
he heard the sexton preparing to
lower him to his last resting place in
the dust. '"'
Now for the first time, great hor-
row fell upon him. lie was to be
entombed alive--to DO left alone with
the night, ara thy terror, and tho grim
company Of Skeletons @ inoulderiag
around him. He would regain conoiouss
f,ess when COO late would strike the
close walls Of his pIison, but to no pur-
pose -oall, and there would be no an
bwer-pray, and ths very hoavens
would b6 pitiless -shriek, tear bis
hssh with bis flngors, carse, snd,
taviug, die. .a.s, .,......,.,. .,.,.,..
Utilized it in . last effort to btedk tho
spell that seiaed him, and With sdos
cess. lie was resoued gfto'il his i'm.
pending. ds0rti aud weeks Of ssatchful
iiprdihg brought him back to the full
enjoyment Of his former health
Indiana SsntiaeL. 20 -" 7nErrl n.
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Virgins, With q population Of 7OO,.'
900, has Q State University, 4 State
Military Mil 1iy;,i,;i iastisnt9 and