Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-04-29
IA Strange Story Of the Great
Plague Of Memphis; i'.;

-" Indianappsoalis SeniiLel. =.
"A strange story came to th'
ears Of q Sentinel reporter yes
SteIday, whiehshad been related
ItosaJgroupzof men atone of oul
hotels. ka'1'he gentleman who
gave the narratiye was immedi-
ately hunted up and asked tc
repeat it,,irO On account of the
factItllat itmight possibly injure
his business, and that he might
be embarrassed by strangers
calling on him who, would read
the Incident, we omit his name
,as.well as the place where he is
noMSstcp pingsit He saiidlthatih
klS77, when the first yellow fever
appeared in Memphis he was
there on business. He had been
there for several weeks and
then first experienced a drowsy
sensations, This was, followed in
a week; or ten days by the fever
in all its fury, which rendered
nm nm uilcollscioppsiitl t,g qs3p siitloll te l.,Ie,g.
He lay for some time in this
condition, his life, being in a
iareeaFiohs State, dAfter a time
he seetned a top be overcome BY
thesa aisease, and gradually grew
weaker, until at last all puIsa-
ton had stopped and the breath
ngwasnoIllohger appareiity AT
thattimelitG1was the chstom to
hurry the corpse tetlie grave
yardWi thout,any ceremony. He
Mas placed inna rude box and
hurried awayytO the cemetery,
followed .by9a single friena9 On
the way tothe grave, however,
this friend felt a conviction that
he was not dead and ordered the
little procession to stop, The
box was taken back to the place
of starting, biRl his body again
placed on the cot lAftei' a few
hours .ofGpatienta 6 watching, "a
slight movement iofthe face and
upper portions of tlieibodyl was
observed. 9di in,li bise Il il
= An examination was made of }
the pplse, which. was o'fOqndiIto
ben family beating, while res-
piration WAS 4 APPARENT In "a
few hours more the gentleman
was; aroused, and in less than
thlrty7six hours, he was sitting
upT He recovered rapidly. and
in the, course of a few days was
able to get up and move around.
Meanwhile the associated press
dispatches had contained an ac-
count of his death from the fe-
yer, and his family in NewY ork
City, and one son, working on
the Bee Line Road, had mourn
ed for him as gone from the
face of the earth. After his re-
eoyeryEl Elne went to- Texas, and
from there hei crossed over into
New Mexico He was gone on
this trip about two months, dur
lhgwhichItimel lie wrote TO his
relatives, announcing his Festo-
ration to health. lie soon after
ward came North, and eventual
ly, landed in this city where he
met his son, who was as much
rejoieed at the meeting as, If his
father had been raised from the
dead. 1t was learned that his
letters had been miscarried, and
he wrote at. once to New York,
again annouhcing his recovery,
The gentlemaif who told this
strange story is a man Of pow
|erful frame. His weight used
to. be 2l5slpohnds; butiit will
now lexccedo 49, which leaves
him yet .al NcfyIshearty Ilrobust
manao HeIis,aboatiififtyiy years
oftage, and is VERY intelligcnt.'
He saiduheEwas satisfied that
numbers ofiPersonsSiwere mot
dead swhotlwereIabu inO'theI
yellow districts ofithod South,l
but had continued nntil inter
ment in, a comatose stale. And
the neral flthis may be- BE
sure you Oare right, then 9 go an
head, especially inT the dmatter
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