Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1851-10-24
A Idiot.


! Idiot.
| We have seldom read anything moro toucbi,e
IMAM me tolloWng account of an Idiot taken from
one OF Dr. Howe's Report to the Massucbuset,s
! Legislature:
One poor idiot who had, as will be seen. sore.
raj faculties in working order, but no "sense." AZ
we should say, and some vexatious, habits. wos
punished for his misbehaviour, from his infancy
upwards The floggings and railing naturally
reused vIoIeuce in him ; and by degrees one after
| another OF the household became unable to core
with him in physical force, till the father was the
only person strong enough TO drub him: and 10
hun It was becoming hard exercise. The DOOR
fellow Initiated what he saw, and inflicted wha,
he experienced. He broke the cows leo with an
axe, and smashed the farming tools, when they
would not do what he liked. One blessed even
ing, member of the Peace Society was at tho
house and saw the drubbng, and the fathers dit
iculty in accomplishing it. He advised other
methods and persuaded the family tointlict a new
punishment, as punish they would The poor
creature ives rebukcd, shown that if he misbe-
haved he should have only bread and water for
his supper, and should lie on the floor on it'll.
straw. lie was not very slow in learning thus
much. The next time the COW offended him, b.
demonstrated graveIy with her, led her into the
yard, got a crust of bread and some water, and
spread a little straw on the baro ground
Another day he hurt his foot with a rake in the
| field and he proceeded as he had done with the
| COW. After being duly scoded, the rake was
laid on a handful of straw, with crust OF bread
and amug of water beside it. The last repor,
of the poor fellows, she is growing less violent,
! and more manageable every day
JUDGING BY APPEARASCEs-A PRrsoY-ScEHE
IN MUNcH,-The number of female prisoners is
very small in comparison with the men. At one
particular wash tub stood four women Our con-
duCtor spoke 70 one OF them this bcnr-a sion 10
us to notice them. Two looked up, and their
counlenances fairly beamed with smiles one q
tall and very handsome young girl, continued to
wash away with downcast eyes. felt a sort of
dehcacy in staring at her. her looks were so mod
est. a fourth,-a fat Unlocking old woman
also never looked at visitors. The two who sm-
cd had remarkable agreeable faces ono with
good features, and very mild expression; the
other, small woman, aud though with blooms
on her cheeks, a certain and anxious expression;
about her eyes and mouth. OF which of these
four women were we to hear fearful story re-
lated The only one who looked evil was the
fat old woman. As soon rs we were in the court
our conductor said.
"Now, what do you say about these woRon ?"
Three out Of the four" we remarked, " arc
the only agreeable faces we have seen in the
prison; and, jndging from this momcntary glance
at thcr conferences, we should say could not
be guilty Of much crime; perhaps the fat old wo-
man be 50; the tall young girl, however, is not
only handsome but gentle looking.
That tall young GIRL replied our guide, "was
one who year or two ago, murdered her fell
low servant and, cutting up the body, buried it
! in tho rorlpr-- tho litln Il, bor
some two years since murdered her husband
and the handsome, kind, nothorly-lookng wo-
man. who stood noXt destroyed her child of sew
en- years old-the fat woman is only in for slight
offence"
SO much for our judgment of phyiiognomy -
Household Words.
According to the Cleveland Herald law ia
administered after rather primitive fashion in
Hooking County. Ohio. The Mayor of Logan,
in that county, recently fined a man, convicted Of
assault and battery, one dollar aud costs; but "a
the defendant had not the money to pay, and had
no property out of which the fine could be COL
lected, the defendant aud prosecuting witness
were discharged on the following terms: THE
Mayor, it appears, had well which he much de-
sired to have cleaned, and he gave "a his iudg-
ment that the defendant should 20 down into tho
well and shovel the dirt up into the bucket, and
that the prosecuting witness should draw ii out
and that after the work was completed they
should shake hands and be friends again. Tho
| judgement of the Mayor was faithfully executed
after which the Mayor treated the parties to the
! beer That is new system of law which must
belong exclusively to Hooking county. 1t beats
Blackstone all TO pieces.
| A SEysE-IBLE DETEcIoN.-A big, black, buck
! DarrO v.aS chorrnI before tho Recorder of New