The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-06-26
KNOCKED OUT BY A BLOW.


The Feclinr Described BY One Who Has
Experienced h Sensations.
DID you evsr lose consciousnsssp asks =
writer in the Breeder and Spostsman. OF
courac. you have often been asleep. but ]
mean were you ever put to sleep" BY q
blow or accident of any nAturef have.
md l wna 80 impressed BY the new aenaa-
tons to which I was introduced that ] am
persuaded TO note them down before the
accommodating days shall have sfIaced the
faint md subtle delinsations made on my
mind at that time. Peculiar state OF Affairs
and somewhat pA~radoxical. ! am m
pressed, you will ask when you read these
winding sentences. Did l lose conscious
ness? Let me state my experience and then
o may judge whether ! did or not,
Some weeks ago. when attending the
field trials conducted under the manage
ment Of the Pacific Coast Field Trials club.
l met will an unusual experience. Three
gentlemen and myself were rlding q 70
unusually cool. A damp. thick fog laid
oyer the valley, rendering the drive m
what chilly. In order to vary the monosony
of the drive and give expression to the Rrsnt
amount of animal spirits which We posses.
sed, an impromptu boxing matcn. witnous
rules or referee. was indulged in by myself
and another. the "other" being a regular
"Gentleman JIM"
Several rounds were enjoyed when ] was
caught with a good strong blew in she
right place." as the plugs" put IT. the re-
gion Of the heart.
Immediately l felt a warm. sickening SEN
aation in the region OF my stomach. and the
wave Of heat seemed to shoot upward. l
Immediately realized that l was going to
faint. The next instant ] had passed into
entirely different environments. into a new
state of being. From a state of chi!iiness !
became warm, and, while retaining my
power Of sensation, insomuch No ! can now
recall every object as it then seemed to me.
l was entirely different in feeling from the
sensation experienced in my normal condi-
ton. The sky and atmosphere seemed of
roseateStint. and / lay at ease. floating IN
consciously through the air. What seems
strange to me now is that I saw myself.
the luxury OF unefforted progress. as II !.
the observer. and I, the obss we'd, were two
separate and distinct beings-a segregated
duality. l had heard of tho sensation
being very common in dreams. but this
was my first experience OF the impress
sion. Below me / could SEQ but indistinctly
the forms of men on the ground. houses,
trees. lakes and rivers. The sensation
changed slowly. and the music that had 90
charmed me died softly away in the dis
tanec. and then / began to feel a shudder
pass over my body; then I heard family
the sound of voices. and next could make
out but dimly the forms of those about
me; then. like a flash. sight and hearing
were fully restored, and l heard my friend
the doctor say: We've saved him. He
will be all right
Then l was informed of tho fnct that my
heart had censed action for quite Il minute
and q half and that two minutes Of mac
ton was the limit to which it could have
extended and any rational hope have re-
manned of my recovery. Some good whisky
and exercise brought me about all right.
There was no Indication OF any pain what
ever. l had no thought of fear. But the
other fellows? Well, Sam never refers to
the subject without growing pale.