Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-15
/ s.IlEI IA III S SEN STATIONS.
I MAN WHO RAcTlcALLY DIED.
THREE TIMES IN ONE YEAR.

t.aEE TIMES IN ONE YEAR.
) spessonaI Experiences with Death Go to
y snow That the Moment of Final Disso-
& Hon Is insolutely Painless and With
out Fear OF Future Life.
though neither physician nor g
Eclerss man 7 wish TO 'corroborate the
Sviews of the physicians contradlctlng
4Rev. Dr. Epworth under the heading,
hat Is Death?n in your Sunday issue.
AS a Federal soldier, May 81, 1852, /
was one Of those who fought against
The surprise of General Johnston, at
the time commander of the Confed-
Eerate army, at Fair Oaks. The sur
prise was made at noontime, while
sour boys were eating lunch. 1 reniem-
Der one soldier being struck in vital
part and killed while leaning upright
against tree in the act of carrying
.flapiackt to his mouth, remaining after.
death in precisely the same position.
S When I saw him standing there mis-
took him for a live man, especially as
he seemed to me intent only on eating
: his Ffapiack, but the illusion was dis
pelled when touching him, because as
an officer wanted him to join his COM
rades.
MY, own personal experience in the
matter confirms the physicians also.
The Goth of April, 1886, a fire was rag
ing in my factory in San Francisco. By
Z some means was about $50 feet from
the main entrance in. the burning build
ing when, to my dismay, I beheld the
Eve story wall topple over me through a
I skyIght. Passiveiy lowered my head,
thinking only of my coming death and
wishing it would be swift. In less than
a second thousands of bricks fell on me,
sounding like big drumstick beating
on a big bass drum. 1 remember a
crash, ,S5hen nothing, but when / came to
) my senses i was wedged in between
heavy timbers, the upper part OF my
asbody only being free. =
About dozen steps back of me was a
stranger to me who had not received a
scratch, but ascertaining that my leg
was broken, and also my utter inability
TO save myself, he crawled over to me
and attempted to pull me out Of my ter
rible situation. But all his efforts only
increased my suffering, and as / saw the
flames come up entreated him to leave
me to my fate and try to save himself.
Finally lie crawled away, promising,
s however, to return with help and axes.
81 must have been bewildered, for no act
/ of my past life came to my memory, but
suddenly thinking of my small, mother
less children | shouted for help, whis-
Ting at intervals through my fingers. :
Some iremen must have heard, for
presently there were several streams OF
water poured on me. then realized
!, my danger, yet I, who had never gone
4 I into battle without pang, felt none
whatever while in that dearhtrap. The
;;SSsswater and smoke combined must have
J asphyxiated me, for when my stranger
!. returned leading brave party Of fire
men and policemen laid as one dead.
Believing me dead, and being in a very
8 dangerous position, they cut away part
Of the tilnbers and rudely but safely
Z passed me over the debris in the street.
IA deafening shout from an immense
throng which had witnessed the gallant
rescue, streams of cold water and fresh
: air revived me, and 1 begged of them to
j be careful with my limbs, which were
4 dangling from my body.
After many weeks of suffering the
!. physicians decided to break my leg
again, but being unable to do it well
while 1 had my senses they decided to
\ chloroform me. Being subject to heart
8 disease I objected, but the matter being
urgent. finally consented to take the
1 anasthetic. Fully convinced, however,
! that l should die under its influence, but
knowing that either yay: I would have
to die, / agreed to take the only chance
of life had and laid myself resignedly
on my back; yet, although convinced
that my last hour had come, / had not
& the slightest recollection Of my former
deeds. AS heard the physicians whis-
pers gradually lost in the distance I was
only wondering what would come next
recovered, however; but, breaking
my leg~a third time on account of some
adhesions in my knee, it was decided
that should undergo another operation,
which necessitated the use of anesthet-
les again. This time the physicians
: thought ] was goner sure, for it took
them nearly two hours to revive me;
yet, although certain of my last hour, !
could not recall my past life, and in
neither case did fear death when I had
squarely to face it.
Ineach instance the passing away was
painless, while in the fire sufocation
came almost unconsciously, while al
most the same sensation came in the
; other cases. In the case Of the soldier
Z at Fair Oaks Seven Pines) a certain time
must have elapsed between his decease
and my notice Of him, yet heaven or
hades did not seem to bother him; his
aapjack seemed to be what he wanted
his eyes were on it and his mouth was
open ready to receive it. In my own
& case could claim to have died three
times within year, yet I do not think ]
had any other but sensation Of rest.
DR.. Epwor lin his assertion also that
either look of horror or beatitude
overspreads !. deceased persons face,
seems to forget that the Scriptures teach
us that the soul leaves our terrestrial
envelope at once on dissolution; hence
the body cannot show what reception.
the soul had on the other side Of the
Styx.-An Interested Reader in New
York Press.
Louis Philippe and the Queen.
Louis Philippe and Queen Victoria
were once walking in the garden at Eu,
when he offered her peach. The queen
seemed rather embarrassed how to shta
it, when Louis Philippe took a las0s
! cIaspknife from his pocket. "Whsa Q
man has been a poor devil like myself"
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