New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-25
4 STRANGE HALLUCISATIOM

,,,. p,,u Corr,,pond,ncs Of The Philadelphia PTcsa
DR.. lyman Snntee. resident or Luzrrne
Mace has hHd perhaps the most renarknOlo experience
on record. The Doctor Is a man OF medium sLe ABOUT
veracity Though theirs nothing IN MS manner 70 s1s
gest anything unusui yot tne mDEia or wnG9 be
moves could not % Dn, 10 "'"' 'i'O'' 'D''
ON M sapes Was ten years younger he day
Mhon -. s.ccnding an emincnco OF considerable
height nj : me distance from bis fathers house Tho
We" nom ~, "S reward The north aud Far below
the admrng youth swept along the broad river beyond
IL xrre line rolling hills. Will farther on sweed Into
49, rn,ed Mountains where range beyond range rose
higher aud higher iii the last hay sqmilis mingled
In The day and the great red sun hung In the golden
west. ,t ..,v u,. VIVA .ome,rbat civep
o., idis fances on the solitary mountain betook himself
In ths strange task OF contrasting tDo size Oh MS sie
Win the magnitude OF the scene before hlmi ana IL
s.smad IN him that he Was only manihn clnging TO
the cl1 above the plain. While indulgns III TINS aud
i,r tbonghts he became bewidered, and The size OF
srerythinr abound him suddenly diminished to one
trnik of its former dimensions Inc great pine az MS
~ ,od hu little mound the river below appeared onl
thread and the setting sun but tlbLny star IN
the aEy The great earth tsel FROM horizon 70 horizon
ssemei only few acres in extent while the SKY ap-
"csrcd Ia have fallen toward the earth.
Llarmei at this strange occurrence, the Doctor re-
,rt"d i'm conversation the other day LEFT the
mann tain and hurried homeward The roan seemed no
wie ,hs. biSb came TO horse and carriage stand
I'M bv the roadside The horse looked w. small az
nno'e and the buggy by means AS large AS baby
p oOu, '"u Farther IN met man-here was struck
, ~ lie WAS the first fellOw-InOrta had
80 s'nce had been transferred TO this llllpntan
orid lie was surely than ak Inches In helgh
gazed on 10y frame aud saw tbat WAS Vi TUG S@io
insignificant stature A.. dt,n,n,,v. ohi.cts
with ,1hich I found myself surrounded. the Doctor
eYnIaned when use the denomlnatlon NEIL REFER
10 An inch AS II appears to ana MS had appeared "
re iii NV life Likewise In comparing tho morse 10
"noode and Tue buggy TO baby carriage refer 10
a nondle and baby carriage as they appear 10 YOU
az course 10 me, these objects were now lhhhlley
small - - ,-.,,.o. ~ r,r aantac continual
q ,vhen entered my fathers house. Everything was
an ,ain tully small The house itself was only so ngh-
A. he uttered the last sentences he helo MS manu- ABOUT
,o feet and "A half above the ground then' Mter o
ment, lao went on: ,.., o,hor sr,oilar than mvself
uoving around IKE animated doll, preparing pur
evenIne meal Then my father came ~, u lhlsoraDIo
dwsrf like myself. There the table ana the tiny
d,es containing our plain food, the little chairs etc
all larger than the toys h"u p"'' WIN - "'
ra ri morning when Mr. Santee awoke no was graf
dad IN find that objects had recovered ther proper
Soon after this lie began the study OF heu-
tnne and graduated In Philadelphia In 1879 he, now
ever preferred the life OF teacher TO that OF Pny
from the start stood foem 0st In the Ranks Of sue
cessful instructors l., .o..ht,r nr eantee again
.uddeuly found Himself transferred To woli
m. ma .ince dwelt there surrounded ny apyRmy ch
tt.nce He seldom andes to his strange experience
n 'hen only TO his most intimate friends He e0nllh
anu 80 ,aach and his work followed with It's usual gooi
ua, 70 H. has 5ecome accustomed TO tho remarkable
s;ste of things around him. not aetuay secvns,eu ~
his lot and scarcely hopos to revisit he oiu woto ne So
well remembers, but which he Is permitted 10 SEQ on "
hfa dreu