A Ressurection Yarn.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 16, 17 June 1885, Page 2

A Ressurection Yarn.

Borne wonderfml stories are going th« rounds about tht reanimation of dead Jogs hay« brought to mind a story of J'hafc was said *o have taken place m oukh America gone few yean ago. Th« South American narrative vfs to th« eflfect that »n •minent doctor had obtained leave to experiment m revitalisa* tion upon the bodies of a cougle of eritn* inalg. These vert guillotined, and tht moment th* heads fell into thi baskets, heads and trunks were snatched up and carried into a prepared room. Tti& keads were reattsd on at once. v l 4. few •titches and strong plasters held the recently severed parts together, and then conjnjenced the pumping process, by which lungs and hearts, which had soar, cely cease* to act, wers made to do their work again. In a few hours life came baojc, and within a week the men wet* back at their homes, none th» worse, save a stiffness m the neck, for their terrible ordeal. But the segue! is to come. In the hurry of the moment when th« heads were affixed to the bodies by som« mischance the two had got mixed, and it was found afterwards that the wrong heads had been put on. Ther« they had to remain. The men's wives wire sorely - puzzled. It was not the voice or Jaepb ; and the arms of Esau, but even worse than that. It was the body of their own husband and the head of another. How the business ended we know not.— Home Paper.