Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-05-15
TIE DEAD ALIVE.

Ia 1855. = miller ut Abbeville, pass
Ing by the gallows where q rObber hat
been suspended on the previous day
'"icciycd some signs of life in him
eng moved with compassion, he man
aged, with the assistance of his ser
wants, to take him down and convey
him home in his cart. The he tended
linn carefully until the fclon was quite
restored to health, with the intention
Of diSmissing him with a sum Of money
III order that the poor wretch might
be enabled to rccOmmence life in al
honest manner. Unfortunately, how
ever, this good Samaritan delayed the
execution of his desi gn too long, and
the week.-Mrs. ungrateful scoundrcl
left the hospitablc mill with Us much
Of the money and valuables Of the
owner as he could lay his hands OH.
Now. 1t so happened that the curate
of Abbevillc had preached al unusu-
ally short discourse, and the miller
and his men came home from church
in time to Cvcrtake the rObber. This
they did, and without wasting any
more valuable time III reforming him,
they took him to the gallows upon
which they had fouad him, with many
apologies for having disturbed him
there in the first instance, and there
they hanged him with particular care,
..pnlling his wicked legs" adds the
chrOnicler, "tO make sure that he
should tlievc no more.' Nevertheless,
the doors Of this most atrOciOuS deed
had to flee the country until a pardon
was obtained from tie most Christian
King.
This seems to confirm the poets
theory that in most cases dead people
should remain so, keeping in mind the
excellence the saying, ''Let by cones
be by gones;" nevertheless, here is a
case to the contrary.
In the Church Of the Apostles at
Cologne there isa large picture de-
scriptive of the restoration to life of
Reichmuth Adolcll, the wife Of :. coun-
selor Of that city, under circumstances
which have been borrowed for materi-
ais to construct many fictitious stories
Of q similar kind. This lady was sup
posed to have died Of the plague which
devastated Cologne in 1911; but being
buried with valuable ring on her
finger, the sexton of the church thought
it a pity such good jewclry should be
wasted, and opened the coffin Oh the
very night OF her interment. This con-
duet she resented by sitting up and
collaring him on the instant, where
upon he fed with excusable preciMta-
ton. under the idea that he had irri-
tated an inhabitant Of the other world.
Mrs. AldOlch was far from dead, and
leaving the vault, at once proceeded
in her grave clothes to her own home
She was not, however, "Out Of the
wood yct,- except in the literal sense.
The maid-scrvant, who was aroused
by her ringing, declined to let her in,
although she narrated the circum-
stances of her temperance, through
the KEY hole, III order to still her fears.
The girl was either really too terrified,
or preferred situation without fe-
male head to it, for she did not open
the door, but ran to her mo sto:s room,
tie poor lady HHa Mas sor sh nefa f ihhS tim ne
shroul, and almost wishing herself
back again under cover. At length $
she was admitted, and by means Of i
proper treatment SO entirely recovered !,
that "she afterwards had three sons !.
who were clergymen.' Il
\ still more wonderful death in life :
is that of Francois de Civ. T.
lille, who, to use his own words, was :,
8. thrice dead. thrice inferred and !,
thrice, by the grace OF God. restored =
to life The mother of this gentleman ;, :.
having died in pregnancy, was buried :
in he husbands absence without any -
attempt to save her offspring; but up !,
III the return Of the good man. immc ~ ~
tiatcly aftcrward, he caused her to be =
lisinterred, when. 10y means of the T.
H;cs:,ran operation, a living child re- I,
yarded his pious care. This Child was o.
ycand-t twenty years Old and cap. !, !,
ain i::i i.ouen when that city wa, taken ~ ~
y Charles IN. Being dreadfully y
and having fallen from the =,
Gmpart into tho ditch, some pioneers g. g.
brew him, with dead body, into a w.
ole, and covered him up with earth. - I.
Icrc he lay for seven hours, until his ~. .s
lithful servant came at dusk and dug =, -
i'm up, when, finding some sign Of g.
re, lie was taken to lis own home. ]"
here he lay for five days and nights 10 !"
sensible and spccchlcss. The CITY ~, =.
eiAg taken by assault, the beseigers, ~,
no required his apartment for their f a'
WI use, threw him out OF the window 'ra
pom dunshill; and from his couch, 81
hich seems to possess none of those ~,
advantageous qualities which mod H ,,;'
II science ascribes to it, he was res ~ nfS
led after a few days by relative, ,a -.
ho removed him to a place Of safety. ~
here he obtained perfect cure. Ex- w ~
as this story appears, it ~ ~
ems to have considerable foundation: nc nc
" was Francois de Civille Gascon. ~ ~,
may be supposed, but gentleman p Il"
Normandy. -
An undoubtedly true experience of ma
is that of Margaret Dixon. co,
Musselburgh, who was hanged at to
for child murder in 17oS. Vim
lerc seemed to be great doubt of her wit
ing guilty Of the oifense Of which r.
G WAS charged, and therefore her ha,
rrOw escape was as satisfactory as her
was strange. At the place Of exc If ,