Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-04-23
WOODSTOCK VT., THURSDAY, APRIL %, 1884,

of place or circumstance, The story
of young Montague, whom chimney
sweep had stolen, and whose aristo-
cratic birth was at las discovered by
his recognizing his olt nursery-room,
into which he had decended, is an il
lustration true to nature Of the recur-
renee of former impressions from asso-
Citations of place, A very striking in
stance of the revival d an early i'm
preston, to all appearances wholly OBJ
liberated from the memory, through
the person being placedh the situation
which originally gave it bith, is men
toned by DR.. Haslam. a lady taken
to the country in the last stage Of an
incurable disorder requested that her
youngest child, a girl about fou years
of age, might be sent for to visit her,
which was accordingly done The
child remained with her mother about
three days, and then returned to town.
She grew up without any trace or rec
objection of the visit, or Of her mother,
or of the name of the village in which
she had last seen her. After growing
up to majority, had, occasion, dong
with Dr. Haslam, who had attended
her mother in her last illness, to visit
the house in which her mother lied,
without knowing 1t to have been So.
On entering the room where her moth
er had been confined, her eye anxious
ly trayersed the apartment, and she
said: II have been here before: the
prospect from the window is quite Ia,
miliar to me. and I remember that in
this part Of the room there was q bed,
and sick lady, who kissed me, and
wept." An illustration from the realm
of fiction will occur to the reader IN
the case of Guy Mannering. His re
turn to the scenes of his childhood a
wakens a train Of "reminiscences which
conduce to the development of his his
tory and legitimate claims, But there
are other associations equally power
ful with those Of locality to awaken
the long-dormant forms of the past
A troop of cavalry which had served
on the Continent was disbanded i'll
York. Sir Robert Clayton turned Out
the old horses in Knavesmire to have
their run for life. One day, while gra-
zing apart from each other, Storm
gathered, and when the thunder pealec
and the lightning flashed they were
seen to get together in perfect order as
if they had their old masters on their
backs. The following case is hardly
one of revived memory, but Is given
simply to illustrate the ludicrous effect
of a malaprop presert'tion OF An idc'
which had shortly before been strong
ly impressed on amind perhaps slight
ly affected with post prandial exa!ta.
ton. 1t is related of Wharton, the
Professor of Poetry in Oxford, that
after partaking of a Sunday dinner
with friend he re paired to his ser
vice at the church. On his way he
was powerfully saluted with the cry o.
Give mackerel Duringthe singing
of the psalm he slumbered in the pull
pit, and, on the organ ceasing, he arose
half awake, and instead Of commencing
the prayer startled the people by civ
ing in loud voice q part Of the CT!
still singing in his ears "All alive, al
alive, o."
But the subject of the obliteration
of the records of memory under Ger
tain conditions is as curious as that o
their unexpected revival. The two
kinds Of changes are, indeed, in some
cases, simultaneous while one set o
impressions is recalled, another i.
coincidently erased Or lost. A well
known living physician not long ago
recorded the case Of a lady who, "
to her sixteenth year, had lived ii
France, and spoke only French
After this, she came to England, learn
ed the language, married an American
at twenty, and for the next twent!
years lived partly in America, anc
partly in England, speaking Englisl
habitually, French scarcely ever
She then became i'll, forgot her Eng
lish, and all about her married life
and if asked who she was gave he
maiden name, and mentioned, ii
French, the street in Paris i'll whicI
she had lived as girl. SO complete
ly had she forgotten her English tina
it was necessary to change an Englisi
for French maid. In some Of th(
cases of partial loss Of memory from
injury or disease of the brain it woulC
be very puzzing to account satitactorl
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