The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-07-31
IN A TRANCE.

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The New York Sun prints the fol-
lowing story: On the evening of
June 18th, 1886, George Wellington,
an Indiana farmer, had II gathering
of friends at his house. He was a
mar forty-two years of age and of
robust health, and on this evening it
was noticed that he vas in particu-
larry good spirits. After the guests
had departed he remarked to his
wife that he felt more like singing
and dancing than going to bed. They
retired about II 80 O'Clock, and she
was asleep before midnight. The
farmer was always out Of bed at 5
o'clock, but on the morning follow
ing the party the wife awoke and
found him still sleeping. When she
attempted to arouse him she dlscov-
cred that he was dead. A doctor was
sent for, and he arrived in the course
Of an hour to pronounce it a case of
heart disease. He said the man had
been dead three hours when the wife
awoke. The undertaken came and
prepared the body for burial, 1t was
remarked that the body retained a
life-like appearance, and that none of
the limbs grew rigid, but the other
two physicians called in vigorously
combatted the idea that he was in a
trance and might be restored to life.
Nevertheless the wife and sons had q
secret hope that death had not really
come to him, and the funeral was
put off two days ahead. During the
interval the corpse was constantly
watched for signs of returning ANNA
nation, but nothing occurred to de-
lay the funeral arrangements. The
burial was to take place in a country
graveyard, and most of the vehicles
gathering at the house belonged to
farmers. The usual ceremonies took
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was brought out and placed in
the hearse. While the process
sion was forming a team attached
to an empty wagon came
down the road, running away. The
wagon collided with the hearse and
the latter vehicle was upset and the
coffin flung out. -Four or five men
ran to pick it up, but before a hand
touched il a voice was heard saying;
"For Gods sake, let me out of this.n
The people at first moved back in af-
fright, 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 himselfout
of the box and walked into the house
and sat down in a chair. In half an
hour he had his clothes on and was
moving among the amazed people, to
whom he related this experience:
81 did not fall asleep until some
time after midnight. When Iawoke
the clock was striking 5. l made Il
movement to get out Of bed, but, to
my great amazement, I could stir
neither hand nor foot. | had the full
use of my ears, but l could not open
my eyes. argued at first that / was
not yet wide awake, but when my
wife shook and called me by name and
I could not respond by even move
ing even an eyelid / became salts
fed that | was in a trance. My mind
was acute. | made effort after effort
to throw off the great weight which
seemed to be holding me down. but ]
could never bend a toe or crook q fin
ger; however,it was only after the
doctor had pronounced me dead that
I felt any alarm. Up to that time it
had seemed as if | could soon manage
to get rid of the weight. Had q piss
tol been fired in the room I I'm sure
the spell would have been broken.
After the Doctors ultimatum I felt
that ] was to be buried alive. 1t was
all of sudden this query flashed
across my brain, and / was troubled
more than | can tell you. AS | had
never died before, how was ! to know
the sensation? Was the mind of q
corps in active o%peration2 1t was q
problem you could not solve.h
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