Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-01
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aea Aapio Aneaoent octn
rei 10 me LIE Of the ife Of Mr.. l. w.
J1ewls, " husnsyivanis,O u, cousin to
tno e9itor nf the News. She had been
.naIreo ABOUT tnfee years without
ISSUE. AZ mian1ght OF Nost mbef 24th
iasts sne WINS tsken IN convuisiODs, by
the agony OF which her hugband was
Iewskens0. Alter the eonvul-ions sub-
sioeq sne lay as 10 adeep sleep, When
tne DOCTOR arrived, s1e awoKe-and was
taskeo 'oy ner nusoand n she was sick ?
one replied why mol" and locked
SUI rPtiseo atztne question. In fofty
minutes sne coommeneed working Ia
lauesnef conyulsion, Alter which the
tine between them iessened until at
tns enc VI SIX bours, when one spell
ioaowed another without infermission,
her enin, nus. aud lips, assuming q
purple hue: Mr. Lewis Insisted on the
ooctor 70 oieeo her, buf ne refused.
aver refusing hnal demand, Mr..
ts9ls sent Ior another physician, who
oiea ner upon ms arrival. The c0nvul-
Esions wers reauced to forty minutes
eosxeeh speiis. she vns eied the second
ood tune, wnich reduced tha ePeiis to
one noufs lnfermiasion. Amer being
oieo the tnird Time the convulsions
csaseu entirety over halt gallon OF
od9ou was taken nom her OF very dark
colof ana 'oi Jeiiey eonsistsnce. This
was tweive hours alter she was first
.aken, curing which time she worked
~ oyer eignty convuislons. After this
sne lay rs though 10 trance for twelve
Iouts more ano IN two hours after this
sue give oirtn 70 an eight months boy,
SUI oofn. After the birth OF the
1a M sne ,n',sa; .sy ~ ow4 weeks without NOV
lns usc,e VI uet own accurd, but
wouid swallow anything put into her
noae Ouslng tne thiru week she
sase s'sns % revival ny clearing her
,s ~ th;s e;,u e;,ua M1sins ~ nsi leil limos. UP
s.'ah .5' pIe mh sue s3ulq not see, near nor
spe.S. "a - Ing ~ iouita week see commenc-
- ~ say .sIe9 orIoul WORDS ata time
auu s.na,d tePsa. "a snem py the noar, and
monla o,'en lePeat everything she
,,sss nsaLu spoAsn 10 me room. Al the end
o.s y, .ns ,oustn nrek sne pegan 70 under.
seanu 81 Wnss was saio 70 her and iabored
W lePly, put G9uio NOT iorm words into
senIenee; Her rignt side now begins
~ snow his. Duflng the nftn week
sne was aole 70 % helped out Of bed
ano 20 tne surprise OF all was able to
stano up. Inc sixth week she could
wa,k M aoo9t the house and sic at the
laole, pus uld not know how 70 handle
spooh .. Iofk. Durlpg the NTH week
sne taike9 aDout ner cradle and then
neI trundie-Ded and knew. her father
anu notner. AS sne progressed during
the SIKH week she knew her oldest
Drotner ana talked about going to
scnooi, out did not recognize any Of her
Dfotners ana sisters younger than she
But as she apparently grew in mind,
sne oegan 70 recognize the children
younger than herself. just as though
sne was living her childhood over
again. ihey oftepzrecognized the age
OF her mind by the songs and hymns
sne would sing: The first thing she
spoke was the Lords Prayer, and the
nrst thing she sang was the 23d psalm.
she would sing her little childish songs
as when three years old up 60 twelve,
wnicn would help the anxious watch
ers to learn the propress Of her mind.
All THIS time she did not know her
nusoand, and when she had lived up
10 me age ot twelve years. which was
aooat her age when she inst knew Mr..
Lesie, sne femefnDered Walker Lewis
rs clerk IN Gregg s stofe ID Eushsylvs-
MA. snd would not admit that she was
married- Hould eay she was too
yolng 70 Ilrrys and then would blush
lngiy laugh just ike modest girl Of II
years woui1 do. At the FIST OF the 9Th
week her mother ts'ld her that she and
MI: Lewis were married she could not
understand IL, but said, umother, you
VIII not tell me story, i believe you,
but ! can not remember anything
about it." She then thought she was
only sixteen years old. (She was
twenty when she was married.) She
repeated her little Irayer night and
morning from the first time she began
70 talk and continues to do so up to
this time. She talks and recognizes
persons as she knew them when young,
out cannot tell their names. Names
and words bother her very much. She
looks well, weighs as much as ever
and eats and sleeps well. But she will
have to learn everything oyer again.
MI: Lewis asked her, not long ago, to
md page 81 in her book, but she could
not. She did not understand numbers,
but after i've minutes explanation she
could md any number asked for. he
asked her how much times eight
would make, but she knew nothing
about multiplication. After five min
utes explanation she could tell any
thing Ia the table, She reads like .
girl Of eight years old. She has for
gotten all about her pisno. and all the
instructions they can give does not re-
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