Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-10-08

One Of the most beautiful poems in
In Mens0rian speculates upon the kind
OF reception the dead would meet with
from their relatives, supposing that
they could resume their life once more,
with all their privileges of heirship and
OF marriage. As for the writer, he AYERS
that Whatever change the years have
wrought, he finds not yet one lonely
thought that cries against his wish for
his dead friend but, with regard to
others. there is some reasonable doubt
"Twas well, indeed, when warm with wine.
To pledge them with . kindly tear;
To talk them Ger; to wish them here;
To count their memories half divine;
"B1t Il they came who psss'd that way:
Behold their brides In other handsl
The hard heir strides about their lands
And viii not yield tnsn for . day"
And yet such resuscitations have hap
pened-not once only, but very many
times.
In 1886. a miller at Abbeville, passing
by the gallows where robber had been
suspended on the previous day, per-
ceived some signs of life in him. Being
moved with compassion, he managed,
with the assistance of his servant, to
take him down and convey him home
in his cart. Then he tended him care
fully until the felon was quite restored
to health, with the intention of dis
missing him with q sum of money, in
order that the poor wretch might be
enabled to recommence life in an honest
manner. Unfortunately, however, this.
good Samaritan delayed the execution
Of his design too long and on a certain
Sunday-of all days in the week.-Mrs.
ungrateful scoundrel left the hospitable
mill with as much of the money and
valuables of the owner as he could Law
his hands on. Now, it 80 happened
that hecurate of Abbeville had preached
an unusually short discourse, and the
miller and his men came home from
church in time to overtake the robber.
This they did; and, without wasting
any more valuable time in reforming
him, they took him to the gallows upon
which they had found him, with many
apologies for having disturbed him
in the first instance, and there they
hanged him with particular care
pulling his wicked legs" adds the
chronicler, 'to make sure that he should
thieve no mO1e." Nevertheless, the
doers of this most atrocious deed had
to flee the country until a pardon was
obtained for them from the most Chris
tian king.
This seems to confirm the poets the
ory that in most cases dead people
should remain so, keeping in mind the
excellence of the saying, "Let bygones
be bygones." Nevertheless, here is a
case to the contrary: In the Church of
the Apostles at Cologne there is large
picture descriptive of the restoration to
life of Reichmuth Adolch, the wife of
a counselor of that city. under circum-
stances which have been borrowed for
materials to construct many fictitious
stories of q similar kind. This lady
was supposed to have died of the plague
which devastated Cologne in l571 but,
being buried with q valuable ring on
her finger, the sexton of the church
thought it pity such good jewelry
should be wasted, and opened her coffin
on the very night Of her interment.
This conduct she resented by sitting up
and collaring him on the instant, where
upon he fled with excusable precipita-
tion, under the idea that he had irri-
tated en- inhabitant of the other world.
Mrs. Adolch, however, was far from
dead and, leaving the vault, shs at
once proceeded in her grave-clothes to
her own home. she was not, however,
''out OF the wood" yet, except in the
literal sense. The maid-servant, who
was reused by her ringing, declined to
let her in, although she narrated the
circumstances of her reappearance,
through the keyhole. in order to still
her fears. The girl was either really
too terrified, or preferred situation
without a female head to it-for she did
not open the door, but ran to her mas
ter's room. who informed her for her
pains that she was mad woman; and
all this time the poor lady was shiver-
ing in her shroud, and almost wishing
herself back again under cover. At
length she was admitted, and by means
Of proper treatment SO entirely recov-
cred that "she afterwards had three
sons who were clergymen."