Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-01-13
SUSPENDED AHlMAT1os.
Astonlshtng E1perience OF az Indi.n,
1Tlr 80 Farmer. - =

robust health. and on this evening Il
wa. noticed that he was in particuiarl,
good spirits.
After tho guests had departed he
remarked to his wife that he felt moro
lk. singing and dancing than going 70
bed. Thcy rctiroI about half past II
O'Clock, aud She was asleep before mid.
night.
Tho farmer was always out If bal nj
o'clock. hut on the morning following
tho party tn. wife awoke at 6 and found
him still sleeping. When she attempted
IL arouse him she discovered that ir
was dead
A doctor WAS sent for. and he arrives,
N .re course OF an noar 10 pronounce 1:
man :ni bear lead thres hours when
the wifi, nw.aa The undertaken came
and prepared r. IN ~ for burial
Il was remats :; .hat the corpse IT,
te! 81 q il!e-.iks appearance. ard TIM.
HOBO Of tho limbs grew rigid. but tho
two other physicians called In vigorously
combat,e1 the idea that he WAS In G.
trance and lc!ght be restored to life
Nevrrthe.e 5. the wife and sons had
secret hopo thut death had not rally
como 10 him. and tho funeral was put
two DAYS ahead.
The burial was to tako plnca In n
country graveyard, and most OF the
vehicles gathering at the house belonged
Ia farmers The usual ceremonies took
place over the dead. AMI tho coffin wns
brought out and placed in the hesrse
While the procession wa5 forming.
team ut nched to RI empty wa2 came
down tas road. running away. Tn,
wagon collids1 with me hsnrs3 AMI tn.
hitter Ten!s.e WAS upset and the eolrir
flung on. Fur or five men ran 70 pick
1t up. but before hand la touched
II, voice was henri, saying:
=" For Gods sake. let mo out OF
this - .
Tha people a. Grst moved back In
alright. but US tho voice continued to
address them tho coffin was righted and
opeEet. and Wellington was found
struggling to get out.
With i!t.ls assistance he pulled him
self out Of tie box and walked into the
hou . and sat down in a chair. In half
an hour he had his clothes on and WAS
moving a-ound among tho amosed
people. to whom no related ehis OK
perience.
- did not fall asleep untilBomn time
after midn ght When awoke tho
clock wa striking 5. made n movo TO
get out OF bed, but. to my grent amaze
ment. could stir neither hand NOR foot
i had the full use OF my ears. but
could not open my ayes.
:" argued ut first that 1 wns not got
wide awake. but when my wife shook rae
and called me by name and I could not
resp HI by even moving nj eyelid. be-
came satisfied TINT I was In trnnco.
My mind WAS never clearer, and my
hearing was painfully acute.
made effort after effort to throw of
the great weight which seemed 10 be
holding ne down, but could not bent
toe or crook finger. However. II
was only after the doctor had pronounced
me dead that felt any alarm.
Up TO that time 1t had seemed "a T.
coaid soon manage to get rid Of tn.
weight. Had o pistol been fired In the
room / am sure the spell would have
been broken. After the DOCTORS ultima
tum 1 felt sure that should be buried
alive.
= But was I alivc7 All OF sudden
thi' quarry flashed across my brair, and
i was trouble more than can tell you.
As had never died before how was /
TO know the sensations? Could the dead
hear and think? Was the mind OF
corpse In active operation? It was q
problem 1 could not solve.
Not word was spoken near mo
which I did not catch and fully un-
derstand. When the two other doctors
pronounced mo dead made up my mind
that was dead, and TINT the end hal
come Ind been taught TO believe that
the spirit Of tho dead ascend.;l TO
heaven, and that the dead were dead in
mind rs well Us body. 1t was base
deception. felt indignant That it
WAS SO.
AS nm instance of tho nc ,tcnsss ofmy
hearing. let mo explain that after was
placed In the coffin tho receptacle wns
moved over tn nh open Window in the
rnrlor. where 1t was supported on saw
horses.
Two OF my neighhors took scnts on
n wagon box In the barnyard, fully 40
fret away. and for Ill hour conversed OF
my death i'll ordinary tone OF volca.
did Tot miss ono single word OF the
con, er3ati II, rs both aftorward al
mitt..d.
~ could hoar every tick of tho
Kitchen clock and much OF the CONVEX
sutton OF the women In the up stairs
rooms.
/ q On the night previous to the funeral,
nbout hnlf-pnst ten o'clock. and while
tn" two mon sitting up with the corps,
were reading, / heard two men climb
the fen y into tho barnyard. cross tho
yard. and enter the barn. Alter few
minutes they came out. ami heard tho
Jingle OF something carried by one Of
the pair. / could not make out what
WAS going on, but learned afterward.
The two men stole horse from fold
opposite my barn. and they entered my
premises In search OF n hridlo.
'' hearl the people assemble for tho
funeral. and as I caught word from
thi. one or that ono identified them by
name To my elf. i listened CLOSELY to
the sermon. but when tho minister spoke
OF mo could not take it rs personal It
was Is IL the name and person belonged
to some one ! had known years
before
e. knew whom was carried out and
placed In tho hearse. anu l nm Certain
that heard the CHATTER OF tho team run
ming away before anybody sighted them.
When the people began 10 call ont in
alright fol TINT same fear of being
hurt that any lire man does. / heurI
them trying to back tho hearso out OF
the way 10 let tho team go by, but they
vera not quick enough.
g AS tho collision camo my eyes
opened and my speech was restored.
and from that momons was ali
right"