HYPNOTISM OUTDONE.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVII, Issue 8160, 27 June 1895, Page 1

HYPNOTISM OUTDONE.

Michael Fernan, ohElmira, has finished the sixth consecutive year of his ; sleep. His wife, who watches over him all this time, died the other 'morning, and her body has been taken to Scran- ■ ton for burial. Daring the two days that Mrs Fenian's body lay instate, all ' possible means to rouse he;. husband were employed without avail. : Fernan and his wife emigrated from Irelandand went to Seranton a good many years ago, and in 1882 they removed to Factoryville a small station on the Delaware, Lackawanna, and' Western Railroad, about 30 miles north of Seranton, at the mouth of., the Factoryville tunnel. Fernan was' employed as watchman at the tunnel. One day in December, 1888, he com* pleted his day's work, went home, ata his supper, and went to bed. The next morning he could not be aroused, nor all that day. A physician was summed, but he could do nothing. Fernan re* mained in a comatose state, In the course of a week, a consultation'-of ,\- physicians was summoned, but they could do nothing more than fo proscribe a means of giving nourishment. In 1892 Fernan was brought to Elmira, by., his nephew, John Fernan, a fireman on the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad. The sleeper was taken to the home of John Kelly, at the corner of pay and Oak-streets, and he Ins since resided : there with his wife. During the four and one-half years of his sleep at Factoryville, _ ho opened hja.eyes oply .twice. He did not ; speak, merely looking about the ro-,m. ' Then he closed them and again w#nt t,o sleep. In September last he.awoke, and it was thought ha was going to get up. He looked about him apparently reeog- - nisnd his wife, and then stared at the ceiling. His wife summoned the neigh* ' hours" and they took Fernan out of.berl, . and tried fo make him walk, kt the 1 effort was unsucce3sfnl. He was replaced in bed, and in a few hours had again closed his eyes. Fernan is 55 years of age. He is apparently very weak, and the physicians predict b« death before ho awakes. ,