A LADY BURIED TWICE AND FINALLY BROUGHT TO LIFE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1014, 7 October 1882, Page 3

A LADY BURIED TWICE AND FINALLY BROUGHT TO LIFE.

A woman in Sinicarte, Mason county, 111., to all appearance, died. But a few weeks previous to this she had given birth to a child, and was apparently well, with the exception of a ,*ijursing sore mouth, from the effects of which she had grown quite weak ; so much so that her husband thought it was necessary to call in a physician, but she objected, insisting upon waiting a few days longer, thinking she could manage the affliction without the aid of a physician. She soon afterwards very suddenly sank away, and to all appearances gave up the ghost. The body was kept till next day, about 2 p.m., when it was enclosed in a coffin an 1 taken to the graveyard, followed by a great many mournful friends. In laying her out bet arms were tied together above the elbows with a strip of cloth, so that her hands would retain a natural position across her breast. At the grave some of her friends wished to view her remains, and the coffin was opened that they might do so. On removing the lid over the glass they could not see through the moisture on it, and it was then seen that ore of her hands had been torn loose from the band and was laying by her side, and her arms were as limber as of one alive The circumstances bore upon the minds of several present, but still they could not entertain any notion but that ehe was dead, iier hands were again

placed in p .siti'in . cross- her breast nnd retied with the same strip of cloth, and she Mas buried. After returning to their homes several of the parties who had noticed the singular appearance cf the corpse commenced to talk it over, and tliey soon raised a doubt in their minds that she was not dead. About five o'clock the same evening several went to the grave and took the body up On opening the coffin they found fresh moisture on the glass of the coffin lid, and her hands were again broken from the strip of cloth which bound them, and they were both lying by her side, and instead of her limbs being in the least rigid, they were more flexible. Notwithstanding all this they could not convince themselves but that she was dead, and she was rc-buried, The matter was generally discussed in the neighborhood, and by the next Sunday the excitement had grown so intense that it was decided to re-exhume her the following day,. The next day, Monday, after she had slept beneath the sad four days and four nights, she was again resurrected and taken to her home, where' she has been slowly but gradually improving. Her friends entertain the strongest hopes of her recovery, which, if she docs, will be a remarkable occurrence, long to be remembered by the people of Sinic&rtc. The way m which the affair was managed was, to say the least, very singular.