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great.a belief in her perfection, SO does
she suffer from the same.
From the Appendix to the Report Of Il.
Ohio Lunatic Asylam.
Nu1fRER VI

wv AeNROEN VI tAE
Ohio Lunatic Asylum.
NUMBER vi.
We must not omi: a passing notice of
an incurable, but occasionally useful, and
on many accounts amusing and interest.
ing patient, styling himself the Seattle
droVer, sportsman and financier extraor
binary 10 the institution and mankind at
large" He also claims to be clerk of
the new buildingsj Superintendent Of
public works 10 the State; Proprietor of
the steamboat Lebigh; Mineral aud BIZ
tau ical doctor, &C., whose mosaic delu.
sions are as numerous and capricious as
hischaracier snd 4ualiicatiDns ara UNIQUE
and surprising, He is a stout, active,
well built man, with a handsome, sincere
countenance, who is sure to be the first
to meet you on entering the gallery, and
~endeavor to slide into your godd opinion
with a sly wink, a coaxing smile, and
gentle voice. Wishing Immediately "to
buy sixteen hundred head OF fat cattle.
four years old !" or ready TO loan any -.
mount of money that can be desired,
which is forthwith produced, in large
packages of bank bills, manufactured by
himself, and made payable 10 his order,
at every corporation in the Union, from
Florida to Maine. He is never supplied
with a less sum slhan a hundred and
seventy five millions, upon the best spe-
Gle paying banks" But if you do not
need money, he is very entertaining with
a description Of his extensive farming
and pasture lands-with accounts Of his
milling and steamboat operations-his
droving expeditions-horse racing
blooded catlle-and roulette Of his own
invention; or, as a physician he is al-
ways willing and ready to attend TO The
most difficult cases; will exhibit his Ian
Get Of wire and prescribe infallible cures
for every disease, from u sore eye 10 the
govt, or consumption.
Notwithstanding his singularitv, he is
kind and attentive TO those needing as
sis,ance around him, taking great inter.
/. est in tho affairs Of the house, and con.
stantly talking about tho expense Of pro.
viding for so many patients, the difficulty
! Of keeping them in order, and the neces.
5 sity Of employing more help, &c. He
alec excels 10 complimentary notices oil
4. the ladies', and is always ready, either Ia
dance q s,-giug a sougy-o o. Preaoh q SCR
mon. and, ifneed be, take a fight, or run
; a foot race.
This is but a hasty sketch Of the mos
d active, singular, and clever character in
d the car ofthe institution. One, whose
I unfortunate disease has hitherto resisted
8 every remedial effort in our power, ant
2 being unsafe to 60 at large, must, 10 al
;. likelihood, find a permanent home withil
: these walls. He was a very intelligen
o and respectable mechanic, who previous
to his insanity, was strongly exercised
| in mind upon the subject Of religion
which is thought to be- the cause of hi
2 disease. His general character wa!
i. %peaceable, but, under, the excitement o
insanity, he proved to be malicious ant
quarrelsome, threatening the lives o
: persons, and to destroy property, an,
L burn the buildings Of his friends ant
neighbors.
. At this time he is cheerful and pleas
ant, in comfortable bodily health, still
fond of sport, and always ready for
q joke. Seeing q person in the hall . few
days since, with a black eye and scratch
ed face, he very quantity asked him if b.
had been %"attending a meeting Of tn,
owl-cresk association"
" But is is probable he will be most ad
mired in his character Of u praclisinI
y physician, in which he claims a SUCCESS
: ful experience of twenty years. Hi
] medical opinions are so very strong All
/. clear, and his prescriptions so mild an
eficacious, especially in consumption
" that we cannot better conclude this i'm
perfect account of his case, and, at tn
= same time, subserve the great interests {
humanity, and our marvellous profession
10 than by giving a statement of his praC
> tice, 10 this alarming disease. 1t is bu
- a short time since, he was regularly cor
70 suited by a very consequential and in
quisitive gentleman, who appeared ana
IT. lous TO be recovered from a consumptlo
Of unusual severity. The doctor locke
W wise, as doctors will. and then CONNER
:, ced his directions, as follows: stake
~ white puccoon root and red p%uccoon ro'
equal quantities; white solomon'e SCI
a. and red solomon's seal, each ten grain
and Of ~sulphate Of quinine ten grains
H. make them all into pills, and take or
three times a day, for a year. The gu
" nine will operate on the sweet breads
your stomachi the solomon's seals wi
"a roar up the kineys, and the puccoon roo
Ill., will knock the knots off the flaps of yol
:. liver, and rout out the consumption, ju
as the leaves are coming u on the ire
=, in the spring of the year."