Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-15
remarkable Case of Catalepsy-A
Child Restored to Life After
Being COffined for the Grave.

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case which recently occurred in tn.
city. A child eleven years old, th
: daughter Of French parents, unusua
ly precocious, had created much ur
easiness In the minds of her parent
by frequently declaring her ability
see the forms of persons who ha
departed this life On Saturday, Nc
vember 20. the child being quite il
she startled her mother by declarin
her dead sister hsd come to her i
angel form and said she would N ak
her well, so she would never be il
again. She described her as stand
ing near. dressed in pure white, he
face bright and shining, her hair il
lumined with silver light, and COLDER
dew drops dripping from her wings
She could also see her dead brother
who came close to her sisters side
While talking her strength gave way
and she sank away as in death, Or
Sunday afternoon, thirty hours aftel
her supposed death, the body wa:
cofined, the lid screwed down, and
the funeral cortege set out for the
cemetery. The Gazette's story con
cludes as follows:
After proceeding some distance and
coming down on Third street the
quick ear of the saddened mother
caught the echo of a familiar cry and
she gave expression to her suspicion
that it came from the coffin of her
child. Her suspicion was overruled,
but in q few moments a second 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 lifeless body could now be
plainly heard. The coffin was quick
ly opened, and the child found to be
alive, to the Amusement and unspeak
able delight of the parents In her
struggles she had nearly torn from
herself her death robes.
She was quickly taken from her
coffin and carried into 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 token to the home
which she had left only 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 reYerting to the terrible episode
in her yonng 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 all that was said,
but could not move single muscle
or make the slightest sign. She
knew when they dressed her tor the
coflin, when she was laid in it, and
heard the terrible lid fastened down.
but could not make q motion anA
was utterly powerless until the hearse
had gone some distance, when the
physical forces were probably get in
motion again Dy the motion OF the
She describes with singular enthu-
siasm and power, for one so young,
the beatifc sights that she saw
while entranced, many different be
ings appearing to her in wonderful
beauty.
As we stated, the family have dis
liked the affair to become public, and
have tins far endeavored to keep it
secret, and it was only yesterday that
it came to our ears.
@The Louisville COurier-Jour-
nal says: "The Editors Drawer in
Harper's Monthly, the depository
)f the largest collection of stale and
stupid anecdotes IN the world, tells
If a negro man who recently de |
ceased in Bangor at the age of one
hundred and ten years. There
lsed 10 be young man in this Of
ice who was addicted to the vice of
deceased when he should |
nave written died, but we had him
aiken out and shot"
EEA local editor says there is
not a girl in Page County, Iowa,
who will mary an editor. AS he is
he only editor in the county, and
&c is not celebrated for his beauty,
t isn't astonishing that he thinks as
le does. If baId-headed editor
hat we've heard talk in bar rooms
n this city were to go out there,
avery woman in the place would
want to elope with him, even if his
purse were as empty as his head and
ug are. IF anybody doubts that
Page County would be overcome.
ct that vile skeptic listen to our
,ald headed editors talk for a while
md he'll doubt no more. Over five
housand women have committed
uicide on his account already, and
till his destinations are not used up.
TEA AND PRAYERs.-Fashionable
Christianity in london is growing to
'e amusing. People are now invited
o prayer meetings precisely as in
rited to a social soiree or an evening
,arty. The Newcastle Chronicle prints
he following transcript of a card
which it has received: "Mr. and
Hiss propose D. v. to hold
Bible reading on - evening at u
,'clock, when the company of friends
8 requested. Subject. Rev. II. Read
ng from u to 81 Morning dress"
\ writer in the Broad Churchnaan
tates that he got card of invitation,
which, as far as the body Of IL was
might have applied to
lance or card party, but in the cor
ler we're the characters "Tea and P"
after while he discovered that the
abalistic sign stood for Tea and
He went, and when he
ound them handing Bibles round on
tray, he left disgusted.
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