The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1878-02-21

lilhess' but caused by his catching q
slight cold in. consequence oflbe per.
spiration he was thrown into by the
remedies employed to revive him.
lie spoke earnestly ofhis experience;
but was vivaci0ns and smiling, and
at times ] ked about the expression
of the doctor when he found him
alive. He tells his story as follows:
TIE DEAD MANS STORY. ...
I "Last September l had terrible
attack of hemorrhage of the lungs
and since then I have not been able
TO do anything, except for one period
of three weeks. My health at times
was fair, but three weeks ago l felt
that was going fast. My flesh lett
my body. My entire appearance
changed. My appetite was gone.-
Everything swallowed was at once
thrown off my stomach. Last Thurs
day week | found l would have to
give it up. I felt as though the
power OF action in my limbs was
leaving me. was fearful of going
to bed and SO | sat in a chair for
three days and three nights. then
made up my mind that I ould have
to die and asked to be put to bed
Wedne esday night | was taken with
something like a chill and spasms at
the heart. After coming through
that lseemed to revive until last
Saturday. Every hour during that
day | experienced change. While
the ri@lH hand would be purple the
LETT would be white. When the left
hand became dark The right became
white again The entire left side of
my body was numb and almost uee-
less. Abont 0 o'clock On Saturday
night my eyes'ght began failing me.
lost NY hearing al d my speech be-
came thick, my tongue being greatly
swollen. l had full y made up my
mind that | had to die. Al about 4
o'clock on Sunday morning the tips
OF my fingers became like lead. Nv
sight was now entirely gone. My
stomach was terribly swollen and
was greatly infamed. Each suc-
ceedlng cramp was more severe and
reach higher np into the stomach.-
All the passages Of my throat seemed
to be closed. Shortly before 7 o'clock
asked to be moved to the foot of the
bed. My head had scarcely touched
the pillow when I,eXclaimed, "Throw
me over!" and them found myself
in another land. The vision | looked
upon was the most beautiful that
man ever saw. 1t would he ilnpOs-
sible for me TO give description that
would do it justice. My first feeling
was that of talli1 g down q great
height, and then found myself in a
valley | walked along mil came
to terrible, dark, black river, at
sight OF which 3huddered and fear.
eJ. Before me and beyond the riv-
CT was a black cloud. Others were
walking over the river, and, although
l,dreaded it, something urged nc on
and felt that I had to 60 with the
others. AS | got nearer to the dark
cloud it became bright and
beautiful, and expanding it opened
disc oScd the most beautiful sight,
The first thing | saw was Jesus. |
saw great temple and a great
throne. | saw my lille boy, who
was drowned two years ago, and my
other dead child. l saw my dead
wife; but | could not touch them. 7
saw people whom l had almost for
gotten. | saw my old gIay,headed
grandfather, who died when I was
but two years old. There were mauv
whom [ looked for, but l did not see
them.
MR.. soHrAcKs DISAPPOINTMENT.
"Then the vision began receding.
and never can describe tue terrible
dieappOintment I lelt when fnnna