Mrs. Shadle, of Guthrie Co., Ark. 1877
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Arkansas Gazette Abstracts, Tues., Dec. 25, 1877
A Lady's Long Trance:
The Des Moines (Iowa) Register, of a recent issue says: Yesterday evening there stopped at Given House, Mr. & Mrs. Shadle, of Guthrie Co., accompanied by some attendants.They are escorting to Mt. Pleasant Mrs. Shadle, who has been in an almost continual trance ever since last March, without any premonitory symptoms, the lady became insane, wild at first, & finally violent. She was visiting a sister near her residence. Soon after her arrival there she began to talk strangely, and a few days later was raving with insanity, & at times very violent.On the 12th of June, Mrs. Shadle had a spasm, from which she passed off into a comatose state, which continued without intermission until Oct. 1, when she awakened & conversed, although incoherently. The next day she again fell asleep & has not been awake since. She is fed by forcing her mouth open & placing food inside. Her respiration is regular, but a little more frequent than that of most people her age, which is at 29.She has 1 child, a boy of 4 years. The first evidence of wakefullness she has exhibited since the 2nd of Oct. was the day before yesterday, when she was carried from home to a vehicle to be transferred to the cars. The little boy climbed into the wagon & placing his arms about his mother's neck, kissed her. Tears immediately rolled from the closed eyes, but they remained closed, & there was no other sign of waking.She is to be taken to the asylum for the insane at Ft. Madison.
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Sherry
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