The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-10-01
sUoFbNDBD ANIMATION.
Astonishing Experience of an Indiana
Farmer.

Astonishins Experience of an Indiana
Farmer.
On the evening OF June 1S, 1868.
George yelling on, an Indiana farmer. |
had gathering of friends at his house
He was man - yeaEs of age, and OF
robust health, AID on this evening 1t
was noticed that he was in particularly /
good spirits.
After the guests had departed he |
remarked to his wife that he felt more /
Ik" singing ant dancing than going TO /
bed. They retired about half past IL /
O'Clock, and she was asleep before mid /
night
The farmer was always out of bed at
. o o'clock, hut on the morning following
the party the wife awoke at 6 and found
him still sleeping. When she attempted
TO arouse him she discovered that he
was dead
A doctor was sent for, and he arrived
n the course of an lo'Ir to pronounce it
8 case OF heart Cisease He said the
man Ead been dead three hours when
the wife awoke The undertaken came
and prepared the body for burial.
L was remarked that the corpse re-
tailed Hfe-1ke appearance, and that
none Of the limbs grew rigid. but the
two other physicians called In vigorously
combatted the idea that he was in
trance and might &c restored to life.
Nevertheless, the wife and sons had
SECRET hope that death had not really
come TO him, and the funeral was put
two days ahead.
The burial was to take place In a
country graveyard, and most OF the
vehicles gathering at the house belonged
10 farmers The usual ceremonies took
place over the dead, and the coffin was
Urought out and placed in the hearse.
While the procession was forming a
team attached to an empty wag n came
wagon cOllided with the hear5e and the
4atter vehicle was upset and the coffin
dung out. Four or FIVE men ran to pick
I up, but before a hand had touched
+ it, voice was heard, saying:
For Gods sake, let me out OF
this :"
s The people at first moved back in
alright, but as the voice continued to
address them the coffin was righted and
/ opened and Wellington was found
/ struggling TO get out
With a little assistance he pulled him
/ Sef out Of the box and walked into the
! Que and sat down in a chair. In half
m hour he had his clothes on and was
moving around among the amazed
gsOple, to whom he related this ex-
.acTIeuce.
90 did not fall asleep until some time
fter mdn ght When 1 awOke the
lock was striking s. 1 made move to
ut out Of bed, but, to my great amaze
.ant ! could stir neither hand nor foot.
had the full use of my ears, but
nd not open my eyes.
% I argued at first that l was not yet
vide awake, but when my wife shook me
and called me by name and l could not
. Tsp Dy even moving an eyelld, l be-
mo sat SIZED that [ was in a trance.
.iy mind was never clearer, and my
earring was painfully acute.
o. made .ffOrt after effort TO throw of
ne great weight which seemed TO be
slding ne down. but l cou.d rot bend
toe or crook g finger. However II
as only after the doctor had pronounced
dead that I felt any a.arm.
.- ID - trat time il had seemed a if
-rEid soon manage to got rid oil the
ita, Had pistol been fired in ne
ON / an sure the spell would have
been f.r-,k ken. after the UprL. ut.- t.' Il
TIM! / felt sure that l should be burle'
alive.
But was alive? All Of saade'
this uu4ry flashed across nay brain, an
I vrlG troubled more than ! 'tn TIL sou
u had never died before 'Ow was
10 know the sensations Could the 1ca
hear and think? Was the mind OF
corpse in active operation? 1t was
problem / could not solve.
Not a word was spoken near m
which I did not catch and fully VI
derstand When the two other doeto,
pronounced me dead / made up my MN
that 1 was dead, and that the cn1 ia
come 1 had been taught TO ..eilrEe h5
the spirit of the dead ascen11i
heaven. and that the dead were doIa
mind as well as body 1t was Ia,
deception. 1 felt indignant that
was so.
as an instance of the ac .tenass ofn
hearing, let me explain that a.ber w
placed in the coffin the re epucie w
moved over to an open window III u
parIor. where 1t was supported on Sa
horses.
Two of my neighbors took seats {
q Wagon, box in the barnyard, ful'y =
feet away. and for an hour oonyerSed
nv death in ordinary tone OF Eolc9.
- did not miss one single woru OF
conversati, n, as both aiterward
mitted. .,.,- % 4.
kitchen clock and much OF Jhe coiiN
sation of the women IN the up 7'a
Dur On the night previous to the funer
eis, about haIf-past ten o'clock, ana WhI
ty the two men sitting up with the COZ COZ !
end we're reading, l heard Two men clii
~ 81 the fence into the banyard cross !
les vard and enter the barn. After a I
-: -: minutes they came out and heilru
on. Jingle of something carried ~ one
Va me pair. 1 could not make out WI
gvas going on, but learned aitefWd
I rCne two men stole a horse from a IL
1 oDposite nv barn, and they ehJeIeu
nreroises in search of a bride.
=. 1 heard the people assemble LOT
funeral. and as l caught Word Al
tbIe one or that one 1 identified them
name TO my elf. l listened closely
the eernon, but whom the minister sP'
Of me [ could not take it as personal.
= was as If the name and person oeloh
TO some one / had known yt
before - -,
9 knew when 1 was carried out
" nIaced in the hearSe, ana am cer'
~, tbat | heard the clattor OF the team
ming away before anybody slghted tI'
When the people began TO ci'h out ~
aFfricht | felt that same fear o. Dt
e. hurt that any live man does. ! ne
:, them irving to back the hearse ou
n the vav to let the team go by, but I
were not quick enough.
-. As the collision came my
or,ened and my speech was reste
-" aud from that moment was
'thers right"
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