The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-04

Yes, Il seemed as IL my body hung Ike
a rag, and was able to regard 1t as no
longer belonging to me. AS death APP
compared my state to the magnetic
needle seeking the north when dis
turbed by a cyclone. My senses were
transposed- one diseharging another's
duties. / had the impression Of read
ing a telegram my friend Charlotte
held 10 her hand through my fingers.
as death advanced nearer ! felt more
uneasiness than pain. was gliding
into the elements with two impress
sions-one that Of being carried away
on a stream and the other that Of dis
semlnation into space | felt my being
disintegrating into tiny molecules. Al
az aroma spreads itself In the air OF
coloring matter in water, so was | be
ing dissolved in space. Memories of
bygone days returned with great vivid
ity. In Caledonia during cyclone,
when the sky and ocean were of uni
form blackness save where the waves
threw up their white heads to assault
and storm the coast, / used to cling to
the rocks to resist the suction Of the
tempest, thinking that we ourselves
must have been born of the elements.
When dying | had the same idea-that
| was returning to the elements from
which | came At last could only
speak with difficulty
My voice was mere breath, hardly
capable of creating vibration in my
throat The sensation OF thirst disap-
peared; my limbs were as heavy as
stone Nevertheless my spirit was
quite calm, the process seemed quite
natural and my mind looked down
on my body as upon frame stretched
in front OF 1t. One wonders whether
it will be life or death. and that is
all. The world seemed so small--too
small. In fact, for the human race not
to be one people. | saw the different
races stretching In concentric circles
around the bubble caused by Times
dropped stone. Before my eyes was a
veil or fog. could only distinguish
persons in the room by their stature
They looked like large shadows.
had vision of war: the field. an
immense blot OF blood. covered with
the dying and the dead Riderless
horses were stampeding away, while in
the distance the battle was In full
swing. Mothers, children and old peo-
pie crouched together. abandoned. Fire
lit up the ruins OF their homes. Then
| saw 6ens and caverns inhabited by
wild beasts invaded by prehistoric
men, with torches in their hands. These
took possession, to be in turn driven
out by their successors, carrying the
lights OF science and of art.
How did return to life2 I cannot
say | know II was real and cruel
pain to come together again. as it were,
after the molecules composing my
body had been dispersed--a real pain
to feel the current against me, whereas
I had been floating with it. Was it the
sympathy coming from my friends to
me combined with the good care Of
Charlotte and the skill OF the learned
Or. Bertholet which restored mef One
thing struck me that ! must try and
deserve that sympathy-a sympathy
too large for any one person when
there are so many who die forgotten
by all
In my self study | made mistake.
MY illness seemed to me % be short.
whereas was t9ld It Ind been long,
put It down as lasting week As d
matter Of fact It had lasted four re
memhcred those stories II which 4
quarter Of a century or more appeared
but few hours
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LABOR AND PROGRESS.