Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-05

earnestly Of his experience, but was
viyacious and smiling, and at times
joked about the expressions Of the
doctor when he found him alive.
He tells the story as follows;
THE DEAD MANS STORY.
Last September | had a terrible
attack of hemorrhage of the lungs,
and since then l have not been able |
to do anything except for one period |
of three weeks. My health at times
was fair, but three weeks ago felt
that l was going fast. Ny flesh |
left my body. My entire appear
ance changed. Ny appetite was
gone. Everything | swallowed was
thrown off my stomach. Last
Thursday week / found l would
have to give it up. / felt as though
the power of action in my limbs
was leaving me. l was fearful of
going to bed, so | sat up in chair
three days and three nights. Il
then cup my mind | would have
to die and asked to be put to bed.
Wednesday night l was taken with
something like a chill and spasms
at the heart. After coming through
that, seemed to revive until Sat
urday. Every hour during that
day ! experienced a change. While
the left hand would be purple the
right hand would be white. When
the left hand became dark the right
hand would be white again. The
entire left side Of my body became
numb and almost useless. Aoout
10 o'clock Saturday night my eye
sight began failing me. lost my
hearing and my speech became
thick, my tongue being greatly
swollen. l had fully made up my
mind that | had to die. At about
4 o'clock on Sunday morning the
tips of my fingers became Ike lead
MY sight was now entirely gone.
Ny stomach was terribly swollen
and was greatlyinAamed. Each sue
ceeding cramp was more severe and
reached higher up into the stom-
ach. All the passages of my throat
seemed to be closed. Shortly be-
fore Z o'clock | asked to be moved
to the foot of the bed. Ny head
had scarcely touched the pillow
when l exclaimed: 'Throw me
over!' and then-I found myself
in another land. The vision /
looked upon was the most beautiful
that man ever saw. 1t would be
impossible for me to give descrip-
tion that would do it justice. MY
: first feeling was that Of falling
! down a great hight, and then |
found myself in valley. l walked
along until / came to a terrible,
dark, black river, at the sight of
! which | feared. Beyond ME and
: beyond the river was black cloud.
: Others were walking over the river,
and, although ! dreaded it, some
thing urged me on and | felt that
had to 60 on with the Others. AS
got nearer to the dark cloud it be.
came bright and beautiful, and ex-
panding it opened and disclosed
the most beautiful sight. The first
| saw was Jesus. / saw a great
temple and a great throne. | saw
my little boy, who was drowned
two years ago, and my other dead
child. | saw my dead wife; but
could not touch them. | saw peo-
pie whom | had almost forgotten.
| saw my old gray-haired grand
father, who died when | was but
two years old. There. were many
whom | looked for, but l did not
see them.
t MR.. scHRACK's DISAPPOINTMENT.
J "Then the vision began receding,
and never can describe the terri
BILE disappointment ! felt when
found myself again in bed. / felt,
indeed, grieved. 1t was II O'Clock
/. when | regained consciousness, and
5 at once | felt as though my life had
been renewed. was new man.
! | had not then, nor have now, any
ache or a pain. My eyesight, my
5 hearing and my speech had fully
Z returned, and l feel now as well as
| | ever did in my life"
DIR. James II. Can trell, the at
7 tending physician, said that Mr..
Schrack was attacked with nervous
, spasms of the heart. 81 expected
, death at any moment. He was in
. such a condition since Sunday a
week that did not dare to make
+, ali examination Of his lungs, as
knew he could not stand it. Mr..
Schrack told me that during the
four hours of his Inconsistencies
he had but one foot on earth, and
, he was very sorry that had brought
| him back because he was so happy
!, where he was"
! Showing how fully he had recov-
S cred, Mr.. Schrack said laughingly
a yesterday that if he was to become
g the subject Of notoriety perhaps
: people would be flocking to see him.
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