Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-02-12
A STRANGE RESURRECTION.

not satisfactorily completed at last.
Death first laid his cold hand on my
right foot aud when the doctor was
called he said Ossfcation" then |
realized that | was petrifying and
must become a stone image 4 piece of
statuary, perhaps a rival of the Apollo
Bclvederc. In any event | would be a
curiosity.
The thought of being a curiosity, a
freak, A something to be put on exhi-
bition before 4 gaping crowd shocked
me, for | was of a modest disposition.
| besouxht my friends to spare me
from such fate.
Death overlook me with less than a
creeping pace. 1t was long years be-
fore lie entirely claimed me, for inch
by inch | slipped from life, and my
right hand aud right ear were the last
to receive the stony seal of that dread
visitor
The last words that | distinctly
heard were, He is dead"
They were wrong but had not the
power of correcting them, so | lay
and listened TO the sounds made in the
preparation for my funeral. | could
indistinctlv hear the mingling of sobs
and the preachers sermon.
Then | knew that the undertaken
was preparing to cover me from sight.
How very hard | tried to move my
right hand!
What is time? | can not answer. 1t
appeared like the smallest division of
second, but from what | have since
learned | know that 3 200 wears have
passed since | died.
My first knowledge of return to con-
seriousness was impaired to me by the
ear that held me longest 10 life before.
My first consciousness was of the sound
of human voices. My stony eyes were
as yet without sight aud my calcareous
nerves without feeling.
The fl~l word that | heard was
Strange! l thought so too-very
strange.
What dId it mean? What terrible
fate lad overtaken me?
The voice continued: Il have given
the find much study"
Did the voice refer to me? lis
tened with all NV power
ut is evidently the petritication of
human bosy that has been in the
ground not less than three thousand
years. 1t was covered at the last
glacial period"
was satisfied that l was a freak"
a find, an it At last this dread
ed fate had overtakeu NE. after three
thousand years.
Doctor, you should bore it through
ehe chest to satisfy yourself Of its gen-
uineueSS. said the other voice.
l nearly tainted, and could hear no
more for some time. | tried to think,
and spent perhaps weeks in the opera
ton. Then | had a slight sensation of
light in my right eye and bent every
energy in the effort to see.
heard the voice of Young lady.
1t said. This stone man is the most
wonderful thing in the museum"
In museum! Horrors! Yet 1 had
happy thought. | was returning to
my normal condition, and when That
was attained | would rush from the
place and return to the hole where 7
had been for three thousand years, and
pray for another glacial period. Then
L tried 10 open my eye, and actually
succeeded, but instantly it closed
again. l was startled by d scream
from the young lady which she fol-
loWeu Dy say ing:
He winked at me-
was he That wink cbanoed
me from an it to a man.
'All imagination, " said the doctor
as he struck me over the empty
stomach.
My hearing and sight both i'm
proved. realized that | was CHANG
ing, for the doctor frequently felt Of
me, and an attendant secured me with
whitening to restore NV former color.
kept the secret of nv racoverv for
some time. | intended 10 keen il until
| was able to leap from nv pedestal
thwarted.
On the day that l was first able to
move my right hand the doctor came
to me with a steel drill. and placino
its sharpened end agsinst my chest
began to bore. | raised nv hand and
pushed him from me. Tue secret was
ou.
After apologies and explanations th..
doctor said My dear friend The frsI
thing to do is to completely pasture
you to your normal CONDITION when
our advanced science will soon ,cc,3,-
plish."
Then began Il peculiar treatment
that greatly aided nature. ans | soon
found that my faculties and proper
texture were returning.
10 induce my recovery the doctor
placed nae In an environment as much
- possible like that of my former life.