Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-08-06

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!, tenors and baritones of the second class are
poorer than church mcc.-N Y. Ger B0s-
ton Gazette.
Buried Alive.
, INSTANCES ~ WHICH THE VICTIMS HAVE BEEN
RESCUED.
Excellent material for a sensation story is
furnished by the following well-established
facts; Nictorine Lafourcade young beauti-
ful and accomplished, had great number
Of admirers. Among them was journalist
named Jules Bjssouet, whose chances of
being the successful suitor seemed to be the
best, when suddenly Victorine contrary to
all accepted the hand of rich banker named
Renelle. B3ssouet was incOnsolable. and
his honest heart ached all the more when
he learned that the marriage of his lady
love was unhappy. Renelle neglected his
wife in every possible way. and finally be-
gan to maltreat her.
This state of things lasted two years. when
Vic;orine died-at least so it was thought
She was enton5cd in vault of the GENE
terY Of her native town. Jules Bossouet
assisted at the ceremony. Sill true to his
love and well iigh beside himself with grief.
he conceived the romantic idea of breaking
open the vault and securing lock OF the
deceased's hair. That night. therefore,
when all was still. hc scaled the wall OF the
cemetery, and by Il cIrcuitous route. ap-
preached the vault. When he had broken
4 /.
lighted candle and proceeded 10 open the
coffin.
At the moment when he bent over the
supposed corpse, scissors IN hand, Nict0rire
opened her eyes and stared him full in the
face. lie uttered cry and sprang back
and Immediately recovering his self-po>S,~-
sion he returned to the cutiin. covered IL
occupant lips with kisses, and soon had
the satisfaction ui seeing her in the posses
sion OF all her faculties. When NicIOrine
was sufficiently recovered they lett the
churchyart and went 10 Bissouet's resi-
dence. where e pby>lciln administered such
remedies Us wee necessary to effect the
complete recovery oi the unfortunate wO-
man. This proof O! Bl>-ouet's love ma
turally made a deep impression on Veto
rine. She rrpeBiei her past tcklenesS. aud
resolved 10 fly wiki the romantic jules to
America There they lived happily tugc5h-
/ er, without. however. being. able 10 fully
overcome their longing t. return 10 their
native land. Finally their desire became -
strong 10 visit the Old scenes OF their youth
I that they decided t. brave the danger az
tendant on a return, anu embarked at New
/ York for lidvrc. " here they arrived in July,
| 1899. NictoFine, in the interim, had ua-
| turally changed very greatly, and jules
| felt confident that her former husband
would not recognize her. Reuelie had the
/ keen eye Of fnaneier. and recognized We
torlne at the first glance. This strange
drama ended with a sgit brought By the
banker for the recovery OF hi, vile. which
was decided against him on the ground that
his claim was oltlawei.
The scene of the following two cases with
which We shall end our review. - in Eng
land One Edward >tap.eton died-a> was
supposed-ot typhu- fever The disease
had been attended by such strange phenOm-
en- throughout. that the pny nyslcians were
de,irous 10 make post murtem Gamma
tion OF the case Iae relatives, however,
positively refused iAe.r consent. The phy-
sicians consequently decided % steal the /
bOdy-not an unusual thing 10 Enghnt-
in order to satisfy iaeir curiosity They
communicated with band of rl>c4ls. who +
bodies. and three dsy~ after the funeral hal /
the body OF Stapletun brought to the di-- 4
secting room Oi a neigahuring clinic. When I
they made the hr>t i0cl-l1n, which was I
across tue abdomen, they were struck with Z
the fresh appearance OF the flesh, and the .
iimpIdity ol the blood. One ot the phy-!- I
cians proposed that they should subject the .
body to the action OF galyanic battery.
This they DID, with abnormal results the .
movements AID cIatractIcns Ot the muscles .
were more powerful than are usually OBJ
served. Toward tyening 4 Young student
suggested thai they should make an incisun
In the pect0ral muscles. and Introduce the
poles OF the battery into the wound THIS
was done. when, TO tacir amazenent, the
body rolled from The table. remained
second or two ON IT. itet. stammered out
two or three unInJellIsIb.e words, and then
tell heavily to the floor For moment the
learned doctors were cln!ouudcd, but soon
regalnlng their prescuce OF mind. they saw
that Staplet0n was I'll. alive, although be
had again fallen INTO h.- former lethargy.
They now applied themselves 10 re,uscIla-
ting him IN which they Nere successful lie
aiterward said that he Va, fully conscious
of his condition. AID OF wat vas passing
around him Inc words Be attempted 10
utter. were '' | am alive \ >1mewh hat
arti1Ier,, N ,'e.' IN III -,
rad fr,ctrr,d III. Nh, ,,,l ~. ,-,,'an,.d'
he was in a t,ir vsv r, -. t~r ,,,',
day he fell into le,htr-y 30 profound that
he was thought 10 be dead. and in due time.
was bur,.d T,,. til.,,,.', t,,, hs-i,,. t,,,
or.ve IN ubi.h n. h,d ~, ,o,erred an
other citizen of London Wa buried. and at
last one Of the assistant, ,bancr5 10 Stand
nnit SYddsnlv tho m N ,.ri,t nm, thstb bc
teit rho ,,r1n,'d ~, ,,,-t.. 81. ,a.t
,br,.,h ,ne o-.e,,,,.-,, - ,t, 49,, 80,
"a h,s ys,, p, rsc - =, A., Tho
man was fborght f., he ,be vi,,im ,f ,,,
heIlncnstinr bn, tho e.,r..,re.. VIII
rb;rh he ner.istcd s,,r..ted ,ne s,tsnr;or
of a coDs,shle vh, c,,..d ,La ,rsr.t,La
onsned They tound tnar rho nfE.sr rad
,arced rho mn ia o,d ,,d nd. ,,or-
,iallv sncre.stuI et.',-t - ,xtri.a,. ,,,i-.i,
hnt :, shnrt t,me b,f,rc Is vss carr,et IN
a hosn raI near by. where ,br nbysi,.,an.
IT, ,.,,'. s,,o.".,',; p,'..',''',,.,
h,m
he 9'"teu 'u''' 10 az 'ioNi "e'oI0 NJ ia9t
s"Oon' nc was iu'S oohs'lou> o, a"'ui
situa.'1n nc va in' lno gray. hal i9ttu e.
na'eiS oeen VIZ n1Ssiis anu ii5u"y n.ieu
IVY oa 'ne ,Jas sIlsaS p.a 5 t5a 1,oA.u oS
80. DC n.r" a. ,ba -" IL -
80 ~ mate his cries hc,rt and foaIry
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o;o,, s,,,t, of .ir or5 ,a-,7,, i, cor-o
NieN' supp " 80 ~ ftt ~ -
quence oi tne mental agony ne SuucTeu, ne
b qd ia len into the unconscious state IN
which he was found.