Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-02-16
THE MANIAC.-An entroct.

Nti0 StNtIul OuUuitc VI WOUltfl IuRS, tut re
mnnn's Of garments worn till they could BE-
of no farther use. He was clad in those but
little bcIIcr and was apparently so weak as
to be scarcely able TO draw his sled. Some
looked out of the window and began TO
laugh. The instructor saw him, and remar.
ked, the school may rise, and all look at
that wrelched man passing By. All did So
and nearly all were diverted to laugh ter
After all had seen him. the master told them
they might take their seats, and then remar.
ked was willing you should look at
that man, but possibly my object was very
different from yours as | see the effect on
your feelings was very different from what
was produced on mine. That miserable
man, you at once perceive. is crazy. He
has bundles ofrags his sled, which, per.
haps, he values, but which can be Of no SER
vice 10 him. You perceived he looked pale
and emaciated he was so weak us scarcely
TO be able to draw his load He was very
poorly shielded from the cold of winter, and
will very probably perish in the snow. Now
tell me, my scholars. does this man excite
your laugbter2 He was once school.boy !;
he was bright and active as any of you his
return from school was welcomed by joyful
parents, and his presence gave pleasure to
the youthful throng who met each other in q
winter evening for merriment and sport
Look at him now. and can you sport with
him who has los. his reason, and, in losing
that, has lost all Should point TO one OF
you, and be able BY looking down into fu-
ture years, 10 say 10 the rest your associate
will hereafter be crazy and roam around, a
,,.F., hal MI ,,AnlI
than laugh You saw me affected when |
began TO speak, will tell you why. |
once had friend He was dear 10 me as
brother he was every thing could wish
in a.friend The character of his mind was
such as raised in his friend high expecta-
ton. have indeed, seldom, il ever, seen his
equal He could grasp any subject and
what others found difficult, only served as
amusement for him. l have many of his
letters which would not disgrace any well
educated man. although written by him,
when he was schoolboy. expected 10
see him taking lead in the affairs of men,
and that his opinions would be quoted by
others. saw him after an absence OF two
years-w here, do you ask 2-lt was in a
cage. and even then he was chained He
was VI tuC ulOst utCiucu
The moment he saw me. he seized my hand.
and left on il the impression of his own, for il
was Invested OF the skin by constantly rub
bing il in the other For years, he has
wandered about, when it was safe to liber.
ate him. But he is now, and be always
will be insane"
have known sorrow--I have seen
friends die that were as near as friends could
be; but the hour tina, sat by the confined
and crazy Bernet, was an hour of the great.
est anguish ever knew. Remember, my
pupils. from what has passed this hour, 10
render unfeigned thanks 10 God for continu-
ing your reason hitherto, and if ever again
you are disposed TO laugh. when crazy
man passes. remember what may be your
own condition hereafter
Extraordinary Surgical Case In the
current number Of the Lancet DR. Burnes,
of the Royal Navy, has placed upon record
case, which equals in interest the ceebra,
ted Copenhagen needle case, which attract.
ed the attention Of the scientific world a few
years since. Robert Syms, aged 20, of her
Majesty's ship Belvidere, was placed on the
sick lis, in the month Of June. 1881, with q
boil on the right side Of his back, rather be.
low the shoulder. This was opened and a
black shining substance discovered at the
bottom of the wound The opening was
made larger, and it was found to be a piece
of steel, about the size Of a ramrod, too firm
ly bedded to be easily removed. The usu
al treatment was pursued until early in Au
gust when free incision was made, and
10 the surprise Of all present. two-pronged
kitchen fork, broken short at the handle
and minus the lower part Of one of the
prongs, was extracted. The man declared
himself TO be totally unable to account ior
its presence, and there was only a very
slight mark on his back, rather resembling
vaccination spot than the scar of wound.
In the course of November Of the present
year he again came under DR. Burne's no.
tlce, when the remaining portion ofthe prong
was found on the left side of the neck hav.
ing worked itselfa passage from the RICH,
side of the back II was easily removed
and the man soon recovered.
A cure for Lore. About two o'clock on
Saturday morning, the inhabitants of Steep.
hill, Lincoln, were alarmed by loud and ap.
parently sepulchral cries for help. Several
people left their warm beds, and were direct
ed by the screams for help TO well before
the house OF a widow whence they heard
the cries proceed. A rope with a ladder
at the end. was put down, when an eldry
man, named Rogers, was pulled up SILVER
ing with cold. The swain, who is between
GO and 70, had tender appointment with
the fair bereaved, who is less than half his
age, but having been tempted 10 drink lii.