Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1845-07-25

il, and told me il would cure my fever. Do you blame
me for ihrusting The madman out Of my chamberP
lhen they brought me Another, who would give me
no medicine at all, but ordered them to swaihe me 10
wet sheets. Him, too, | drove from my presence, the
lunatic. Yet these are the men who came here 10
swear to my insanity. All, gentlemen, | am not mad,
but wonder that | am not. The combined powers
have taken away my Bessy and my little hoy, and |
shall never, never, never sec them more. Never"
1t was a perfectly clear case of lunacy, and a pltiG-
be one. But when we retired to the lury.room, one
ofthe jurors would not agree with the other five. lie
stretched himself upon a bench, threw a handkerchief
over his head, and requested us TO wake lIm when
We had come over 10 his way o. thinking. For my
self, was not disposed to be bulhed out of nv opinl.
on, SO | too lay down upon a bench, determined not to
Weld an inch Of my right to think for myself, and in u
few minutes fell fast asleep; but had better have kept
awake, Tor the moment that my eyelids :sll, | had TO
perform The part Of a juror again.
II was the same i~il.lighed room, the same dull Judge
who slept through half tbs trial, the same cIownish
spectators. the same every thing, except The defendant
who yet seemed TO 10 the sam person ia "a different
habit.
lie was a good locking youth, indeed | have never
seen a finer; his dark chestnut hair and sandy henrd
were equal TO a patent Of nobility, for they proclaim
ed his Saxon blood, and proved him of q race thai
came upon the earth to conquer it. His eyes were
grey aud his complexion fair. But, poor man! he
was ou! Of his mind. His father was a merchant, and
he wept while he gave evidence 10 his sons insanity.
He, the son, would wear his beard, and this was the
proof of his madness. 10 spite of the ieers, the sneers,
and the laughter OF the world, he would let his beard
grow as nature intended. Poor fellow! We all phi.
I'd him. So intelligent, SO gentle in his manners, SO
happy circumstanced, and yet mad! He had the har.
dlhood to declare in open court, that he sa no reason
EhU ha ehnnld IoDrlve hc fara nT Tho coyar;,r ,b;,k
God had put upon it.
reason" cried his mother, 80, my son, does
not your father shave, your brother, oil the world
shave but yourself? No reason for shaving2 O!ny
son !"
"True,' replied the unfortunate youth, as he stro.
ked his beard with inefiable content, 'true, but they
are all mad or they would not. | need nv beard to
protect my face aud throat from the wet and cold. Ii
helps TO hide the sharp angles of my jaws, it makes
makes me more comely, adds to my strength, aud
keeps me in health. Do | no, look more like a man
than my father, with his smooth, pale face, who has
nothing but his clothes to distinguish him frou a wo
man? Look at him, he has scraped all the hair off
his chin, and placed another mans hair on his head!
Beautiful consistency. To shave his chin and put
false hair on his head! What a mad outrage upon
nature. Hair is not always necessary 10 The head,
FOR it often falls off as we grow old, but it mover drops
from the chin. ] appeal 10 this honorable court"
"SiIence?' cried the honorable court, who at that
moment woke up.
"Justice never sleeps, excepting on the bench" OBJ
served the youth in a low voice.
"Go on" said the honorable court, whose business,
when out Of court, was horse dealing, which fitted him
in an eminent degree for The responsibilities Of his OF.
fee.
81 appeal 10 The honorable court" continued the 10.
sane youth, "t appeal 10 you, gentlemen of The Jury,
and wOnld- If 4 uyara nerunittaI annual H. ,b.eo e..
ladies (Ihere were several old gossips in the room,) TO
say whether | am not more sane than nv father"
81 can I allow such audacious remarks as those 10
This place" said the honorable court, rising and WI
ping his honorable face with a dingy handkerchief
"This thing must not proceed any further. | don't
know, gentlemen Of the jury, as have ever been more
seriously affected IN my life, than | have been by this
melancholy trial."
"Probably not" said the maniac.
"The court will allow no interruption from no one"
said The honorable court, fixing its dreadfully stern
eyes on the madman, and stretching out its siumpy
fore finger in a threatening manner. any heart has
been me lied by the scene we have witnessed"
"a very little hea, will melt ice" said the mad
youth.
"My feelings is too much hurt for ne 10 proceed"
continued the honorable court. 81 resign the case in.
TO your hands, gentlemen of the jury, only remarkiDg
that the young man is mad, and SO you must give ia
your werdick."
The poor youth was Immediately put into a strait.
jacket and dragged away, yet he still seemed to stand
at the bar, but his appearance was changed. He wore
a broad ,brimmed hat made of oaten stra W., q linen
blouse which reached below his knees, and a shirt of
snowy wilderness open at The throat, SO that his manly
neck was fully exposed. His complexion was brown,
his eye clear and bright, his laughing mouth display.
ed teeth OF a Pearly lusire, and he appeared to receive
great pleasure in snufing The fragrance of a bunch of
held flowers which he held in his hand. Thought, as
| looked at him, that | had never seen a youth who
bore SO many marks of unequivocal s%oundness Of mind
and body, But he was mad, Notwithstanding ali. His