Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-11-17

~ proper name, with a,Teluest 10 read
II before their congreg siions ~
- have been deiuded TOR one yea. IN
Milier's i Grimes. | gave away SfOO
whic h WAS all had. ihoughf / should
not want il il the world burnt up In '42
but have Come TO my senses in some
measures AID see that il is an error. If'
you vii nuke this public anI |. ere are
any wio think am worthy of hsIping
for little. So - '~''-,,
Yours ! truth, =. t.
They dij not read II we understand.
The name will readily be communion.
ted TO any one who shall inquire for il
with the b nevolen; intentions. Thus
every centaof this peor mans property
has gone 10 enrich the pockets OF MIL
ieriie pioneers and agents. ga ~ its-s
A MOTHERS LQvE,FpR "A MANIAC.
= Near the easterly base OF. tho. West
hock' OPP s'ie the place where the as
cent com oences, may DO seen a small
rustic cottage surrounded by few stun
ted trees, and standing isolated from the
world by us re'noteness from all ne Oh
oors. Few evidences OF fertility are
found IN that region. ST, lille hill sides
aud plains, where Vegetation can find.
but iSeble hold, pervade that rock. and
the chance way arer ,here. wonders h,,w
the inmates OF such home can iad en-
Eough by which to sustain ma u re- BIT
the wants are few and simple. when re
duced TO such as are absolutely necessa
Iryts nouri IN the a1i,nal economy, and
even upon the desolaie heath, and under
the shade Of the sterile mountain. NAV
DC found the means Of moderate subsIs
tence and support.
I The reader will find in the humble
abode to which we have Just alluded. bu,
two occupants. Ia the stiffness of that
secluded spot, strange faces are seldom
seen in winter, although du-ing the
summer mtny visters TO Vest Rock
pass by But during the long, dreary,
inc!ement months. none, save the two
we nave mentioned are TO be found In
THIS isolated abide. And who are Thew
We commend the reader TO 90 and see.
mother with her mani C son, and he
chained 10 the floor! None other are
there. This mother has had a prepos-
soss.ng look Her costume and address
are better Than The mass Of her sex. in
such an unfavorIb.e station, for the de
velopement OF character and refinement
She vas not lonely she sal /. even d.
ring the dieariness Of winter. She had
her son for society. She had him to
i watch over and care for, and now he
was chained he was AecIre lie could
5 not ge' away from her. lie had been
insane Tor eight years. Formerly he
had acted as guide to the Cave, but his
insanity increased and he often wander
ed, and days would e'apse before he res
turned, He was subject to fits, but he
was now secure ia the house, and she
had him for society and to comfort heri
] This Is the undying nature of woman's
ioxe-of mothers affection for her
children! f8
. Such was the cheerful iesponse OF a
, sel~denying parent, when replying TO
the inquiries OF a stranger whom she
accosied at the door. We inquired for
the son, aud asked permissi q 10 see
f MIN Ia small dark apartment to
} which access Was had through the little
spare room, we found the chained ma
mac: lie lay upon a low bed, with a
Jim light admitted through an opening
10 the wall lie was occupied in knit
ting, aud thus. kept in repose, seldom
having any violent paroxysm OF insan
ny, SO soothing even to the dsordered
mind IS employment. Rarely hive we
seen a faoes which bore such evidences
oil character and beatty. None of the
esual squaiiness Of ertreme poverty in
his looks. None of the ierceness and
matted hair Of ordinary maniacs His
I 4
nne Ireclan face aud we'll moulded fea
lures Pallid from Confinement. -
] Ills dark eye flashing out unnatural
hre. His rich beard and black hair
dropping in ringets over his wild and
supernatural face. These were promi-
nent characteristics ofthe son whom the
mother loves, and there he lives in his
darkened apartment, chained TO The floor :
Nev Haren Courier.
SUICIDE OF A WITNESS IN THE
lease mr. AIlAM InnNT