The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-02-21
A Remarkable Experience.

at seven o'clock Sunday morning
Grape hung by the door of the dwelling
No. 1913 Mary street, Il thoroughfare be-
tween Carpenter street and Washing
ton avenue, in the Second Ward. The
neighbOrs who knew the story of {:
long and painful illness said: "Poor
Mr. Schrack has gone at lastr' Word
was sent to the doctor that he need at
tend his patient no longer. The under
taker was visited. In Old Swedes'
GLORIA DeD Church Mr.. Schrack' S
death was announced, and the Sunday
School scholars commented upon the
death of the teacher they had learned
to love.
At eleven O'Clock, four hours later,
the Grape was torn down from beside
the dwelling in Mary street. The or
der for the undertaken was counter
manded. The doctor was told to hurry
to his patient. The Sunday-School
scholars in Old Swedes' Church were
about passing resolution of condo
lence with their teachers orphaned
boy. when the pastor, Rev. S. B.
Shines, was handed piece of paper
bearing the single word, hastily writ
ten: "Revived." The neighborhood
was soon thick with rumors, all having
for their purport the coming of the
dead to life. Among those who had
an inkling of the facts it was generally
agreed that something not far short of a
miracle had happened. The story is a
remarkable one.
j. Harry Schrack, once wealthy
merchant, lost nearly all his fortune
by indorslng the notes of others, who
were either ingrates or were themselves
unfortunate. With his only son, his wife
and two children having died, he has
for some time past resided in a neat
little house on Mary street, above
Front. For the last four months he
has been seriously ill, with nervous
spasms of the heart. During the latter
part of last week he himself gave up
all hope of living. and the attending
physician, DR.. James H. Cantreil, ex-
pected his patients death momentarily.
Apparently Mr.. Schrack died at
twenty minutes of seven O'Clock on
Sunday morning. His limbs became
cold and rigid, his lips colored purple,
and around his mouth was the blue
mark, generally supposed to betoken
death. A hand mirror was placed over
his mouth, but it's shining surface was
not dimmed. His friends and neigh
bors who stood around pronounced
him dead and grieved for him. A few
hours afterward tie body was COM
pletcly stripped that it might be pre-
pared for The undcrtaker's hands. Be-
fore washing the corpse it was neces-
sary to remove it from the bed. A
neighbour, Mr.. Charles Shankland, lift
ed the body, when, to his alarm, he
distinctly heard q feeble groan. A hur-
ricd examination developed the fact
that the man was not dead. The body
was wrapped in blankets and bottles OF
hot water placed between them. mr..
Shankland hurried for the doctor, anu
returning quickly, acted under the IN
structions he had received until the
doctor arrived. In II short time Mr.
ScIrack had regained consciousness,
and was sitting up in bed, but more
than that. the man who before was ly-
inc ut deaths door, and who was ter
r;5lv afflicted with disease, was almost
&c sound and well as ever he was in
his life. Mr.. Schrack dreaded the idea
of having his peculiar case being made
public, but, if the particulars were to
be related, he said he would prefer mar
rating them himself, SO that the state
mept might be correct. A Times rep