The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-01-09
From the ST. Joseph CMo) Gazette.
Remarkable Escape from Tei TRIBE
Death.

From the St. Joseph Qfo.) Gazette. |
Remarkable Escape from Tei rible
Death.
In the northern part of the city
lives carpenter, with his family, |
who are natives of France, and have |
been in this country eight years.
One of their children is a little girl ,
named Mary, the subject of this sim
gular story. The child was born in 1
Paris, aud was eleven years old on
the 26th day of June last. She
speaks French, German and English
fuently, and in conversation exhib-
its an uncommon intensity of mental
action and Yividness of mental Wis
ion. She is fair complexioned and
very beautiful, with lustrous eyes
and sunny hair, and look of spirit
ual maturity in her countenance.
She has sometimes said that she
could see the forms of persons who
have died, and, as her sincerity could
not be doubted, this occasioned some
alarm in the minds of her parents.
The health of the child has not
been good for several months, and,
on Saturday morning three weeks
ago, she surprised her mother by say
ing that she could sec her dead sis.
ter Louise, who approached her in
an angel form and spoke to her tell
ing her that she would ma le her
well so that she would never be sick
any more. Her mother tried to per-
suade her to dismiss the subject
from her mind, but she could not
stop talking, and continued deserib-
ing her sister, saying that she was
standing near, dressed in pure white,
her face bright and shining, her hair
illumined with silver light, and gold
en- deW-drops dripping from her
wings. She could also see her dead
brother, who came close to her sis
ter's side. While talking, her strength
gave way, and she sank away IS in
death.
The worst forebodings of the pa
rents had been realized, and they
prepared the body for burial. No.
physician had been called, as they
supposed that death had already fall
en- upon their child. 1t was about
i ten o'clock in the morning when the
apparent death occurred. The hody
was kept until Sunday afternoon
about four o'clock, nearly thirty-six
hours, during which time no sign of
returning life had been noticed. The
final look at the remains was taken,
the coffin sealed up and placed in the
hearse, and the little cortege started
for the grave, the parents following
in carriage.
After proceeding some distance,
and coming down on Third street,
the quick ear Of the saddened moth
er caught the echo of a familiar cry,
and she gave expression to the sus-
picion that it came from the coffin of
erchlld. Her suspicion was over
ruled, but in few moments a sec
ond cry was heard, and in compliance
with the wishes Of the mother, the
hearse was stopped and the coffin
drawn out. The struggles of what
was supposed to be the ifeless body
could now be plainly heard. The
coffin was quickly opened, and the
child found to be alive, to the amaze
! ment and unspeaksble delight of the
parents. In her struggles she had
nearly torn from herself her death
robes.
She was quickly taken from the
coffin and carried to the house of a
French lady at hand, where they
bathed her in vinegar. She recoV-
cred her strength rapidly, and in a
short time was taken to the home
which she had left only a few hours
before, an apparent corpse. Since
that time she has been as well as for
the last few months. Her parents
make every effort to keep her mind
from reyertiDg to the terrible episode
in her young life, fearing that there
is fearful fascination in it to her.
She says that while others thought
her dead, she could feel their touch
and hear distinctly every word that
was said, but could not move a sin
gle muscle, or make the slightest
sign. She knew when they dressed
her for the coffin, when she was laid
in Ii, land heard the terrible lid fast
ened down, and was utterly power
less until the hearse had gone some
distance, when the physical forces
were probably set in motion again
by the motion of the vehicle.
She describes with singular en-
thusiasm and power, for one so
young, the beatifc sights that she
saw while entranced, many different
beings appearing to her in wonder
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