The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-04-17
REMARKABLE ENDURANCE,
4 week in Mud and water with
out NourislifncEt.

lFF0m ils u'I'i NaFaias HaF4ll

from thv tu-a Muraas Herald
Early in tho morning Of Saturday. tic
2l,t Instant. Mr, Fred HAik mysirri-
ou.ly disappeared rom home. Search
wa unaNai.ingiy made Tor her in every
direction. until The comrinsihR THAI >hr
had made way with herself forced iisclt
upon the mnd- OF Mr.. iiaak ANA bis
friends. Last saturday afternoon mn
started across lots fOr the C0uni,
lIunsc from the farm Of VI. Samuel
Birll,v about two mics from ZONE in
a southerly dircctium.l re was "a tfaV-
elcr and had q boy compamion. At Mr..
Iiriby's he Obtained sonc food. aud in-
quired the nearest and most direct road
10 the County House. Waen perhaps =
third of the way over. he canle upon
the PROSTATE form oi "A woman. ON
swampy land. 10 jhe north Of i.ie New
York Central Rlilroga- Al first he
couia scarcely tell whether the woman
was dead or asleep; bat .e hastily eimp-
tied some toharco oui ~ q box. aud rim
>ing.ihr box. filed il Mi.h water from a
n.igh boring stream. and huiding 10 10
the wonlan ips. she oIened her ewes
anl drlHk. lie lhrn sent lay 10 Mr.
BielbN's ior help. aa,l -ari-,i lire hv
which. whcA The hslp arsly !. iie was
cudcayorinc 10 dry ile g.onian rlofs-
ing. ii Wa soon asgeriain,ri tnat si.r
woman could not sy,uk iA..ii.i- AMI q
German living nni lar aWat MAS 50 u
fDr. and learned iaai her husbaEl work
cd tor Armstrong. in Rome. Aiter iii.s
revealing her identity. she ,wOoHcd. auii
dill nei recover coMsriousnrs~ until TIC
following morning. Mr. iiaak was rt
ouce srni irr. a:il. taking carfilge
went after hi- wife. and viii The as-i--
ttnce ot friends. CARRIE, her about q
quarter OF a miie 10 il. carriage After
reaching the city DR.. "A. q. West. wA-
summoned. who found Mrs. Eaak Ia a
most depiorable condition. physically -
Her body 1nd limbs were badly swollen.
and thc latter greatly inxamcd. Aitcr re-
covering consciousness sle wa~ power
less To move her linlbs. from " wilich lite
had apparently permanently departed.
She recognized her husband. aud bcin I.
asked WHY she lett home a. silc did. said
all She knew was that she went up The
New York Central track the morning
of her disappearance. aud in some way
rot her clothing wet -owh. shesipes not
know --and awaking suddenly 10 a sense
of her condition. she was SO ashamed
that she went into the woods AZ the right
of the track. intending To STAY there un-
iii night. when She could return home
unseen. Dn awaking sabbath morning.
she found herself unable 10 move. Al.
she remembers since then j. hearing the
church bell sunday morning and even
ing. From Saturday forenoon. the 2lsi.
~ L.. ~.
unfortunate woman repn-ed on a piccs
oi marsh land without any susfenance 81
any Kind Whatsoever. and expo I'd Il
The Alternating iros's and storms ~ srv.
en DAYS and seven nights. HAD She mo-
been u person of remark ble ,onSiifil.
iion il j. plain She could i.oi have eNi-
tod 50 long under such circum stances
without even lie rrofer,iun o dpns.
evergreen foliage. which mev q tDu
not far from The seen, cf her .rt riaw-
Nc.trr.lav she seemed somewhat irn
proved. and life had anr arplfls rt-ani
mated her limbs ~ iar down n. hei
knees. .>he commenced taking her iir-
nourishmcnt vesier'lay--a i.e r.... bra
item. once in -ix hours aud har attend
ing physician hopes, Should Sic hr al,i
20 retain this nouri~ilmeui. 20 e, irr r..
stored 10 perfect health. All ir iii. II /
ccriainly one OF the most reuarkahl
cases on record. For several manrt
-hc has AZ times -howr symptom \
insanity. and her troubles lrsi ~. \
. 'farasci hy herself show thas IS aii
temporarily insane shc wandered iros
! home.