Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1876-04-26
WOODSTOCK, VT.. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1875.

ham, his neighbors and others were
officially examined, The examlna-
tons lasting for a few weeks, but, to
be brief, nothing came of the investl-
cation, the matter remained as deep
mystery as ever. and the physicians
c,,ntented themselves with declaring
it to be a psychological puzzle, a reve-
lation of the human soul which could
not be explained. Abraham told the
professor that although his name IS
Abraham, it is not Abraham Chorkoy,
but Abraham Durham, and that he
had no other desire than to 60 back
to his family. One morning, when
his wife arose she found his place
empty he was gone, had d'sap-
pcared. The marvellous story soon
reached the ears Of the Russian EN-
pero,. who forthwith ordered dllligent
search to be made after the lost one
bnt it was of no avail-thc man could
not be found, and at last it was gener-
allv believed that he had been insane,
aud IN his insanity sought death III
the river Neva..
In the spring of the year 1875 Pro-
fessor Orlow, of Saint Petersburg,
visited Philadelphia, at the request OF
his government, to arrange the pre-
)iminaries of the Russian dcpartmen,
of the centennial exhibition. One
day, reading a newspaper, the follow
inc arrested his atteution:
In New Westminster an occurrence
recently took place, causing a great
sensation throughout the whole terri
tory Of British Columbia. On the
.22l day of September, 1874, fur
dealer Of said cit, was in a dying
condition, suffering from typhoid
fever. and no one, not even his ply
sician, seemed to entertain any hope
as to the possibility of his recovery
Nevertheless the patient rallied ana
fully recovered. But, wonderful tt
relate, the patient, who was an lntelh
cent Englishman, bad forgotten his
, mother tongue and speaks language
which is understood by no one aro1n'
him, but which at last is recognize(
bv an inhabitant Of the city to be
. iarcon of bad Jewlsh-German. Th
" patient, before his sickness 4 short
stout fellow, and blonde, is nov
thin and lean like Il stick, refuses t
y rpcornize his wife and child, but II
y sists that he has q wife and sewers
', children somewhere else. The ma
- ia believed to be insane. All at ono
~ European traveller arrives, marke
- with a genuine Hebrew face, an
, claims to be the husband of the Wi
- Of the fur dealer. He speaks to II
- =, woman in the same language her hu
~" ~ band was wont to speak to her; !
-. gives her and even his parents WI
w u, live in said city, but who, of cours
" ~" do not recognize him as their son, Il
w. ~ most detailed and minutest descrl
20 ton OF bygone events, and insists II
ON beiuo the woman's husband al
=. the parents son. The poor wom
49,, is almost in peril of her reason t
% efft ct Of the trying ordeal. She
-, cpssantly asks, ''who is this ieIioN
~ how does he come to claim to be !
Ill. 'N''
' husband 2" When she hears h
~ ~ sneak and does not look at his tigu
she is ready to think he is her h'
pos band. but as soon as she looks at n
.rs the spell is broken, for, surely,
to stranger with the Jewish face cam
of he her husband whom she had j
Dr. Lursed in his sickness. But the m
am continues to press his claim, and te
sh her the most delicate and secret fac
mo evidently known only to husband q
Dd. wife"
sor Professor Orlow recollected now
ery about the occurrence last fall, and
solve this psychological pheno'
his non," he decided upon going to n
to Westminster. To his great surpl
his he really found there the same bl'
Abraham whom half year ago
as had seen in st. Petersburg. lie asl
ms the blonde fur dealer in Russian
had guage whence he came, and was
sian swered, from Orenburg; and W
lish asked for the name of his wife
and gave the name Of Jewish wol
lar who had called upon him with
UNI husband, now before him, in st.
tive tersburg. When asked what
nave name was, he answered, 'They
and me here Abraham Durham; but
O. or rioht name is Abraham Clorkoy.