The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-08-05
A little Child among Lunatics.

A day or two ago. a gentleman whose
official duties required him to visit
large asylum near this city, devoted to
the INDECENT insane, took with hun a l't-
tie boy some three years old, and it was
an interesting study to watch the effect
which the pr. sence OF the young visitor
produced among the lunaics Of every
grade. An unusual deg &c Of quiet and
order prevailed in every nall, and touch
ing manifestations OF the softening and
subduine influence Of childhood were ex-
hibted by those who were ordinarily
most intractable. This was particularly
the case with those who had passed the
season Of youth. One man, ineurably
insane, approached the little boy with a
countenance for the moment iuil oil gen.
teness and kindness, and with polite
gesture handed him straw-be'ng ali
| that he had to give-and showed great
satisfaction when it was accepted, and
borne as il ii had been OF value. Almost
all approached aud shook hands with the
infant, and so mild was their bearing that
| he did not for a moment hesitate, and al
though abashed at what was to him an
unusual crowd, he cheerfully yielded his
little hand to their cafesses. But the
most interesting scene was In the women 5
apartments. They were ready to devoul
the child with their caresses, and ye
when they observed that their crowdlne
and volubility annoyed him, mstInctivelJ
withdrew little, and modulated then
voices to tones of tenderness, to which
many OF them had long been strangers
One of the women, herself mother, en-
Iouircd with fearful eyes dear httl'
felov. is his mother Iiving9' An at
firmative reply seemed to relieve her ap
preheusons, and her expression OF inter
est assumed a more cheerful tone. Ih'
most violent, closely confined IN cells
watched every movement Of the boy wit
!, intense interest and some begged, by al
the affection for their own offspring :
which insanity IN It's worst form had nc
Grad adlcated-to be permitted to cmbrac
him. The whole scene was calculate
to deepen the symya,hy felt for the mos
, unfortunate class who were the object G
the visit and to show how strongly tn
society of children IS calculated TO Wi
back to eentleness those who, from an
cause, have passed that indefinable lin
which separates the sane from the II
sane.-.Ne,o York Cola. IN! Eng.
A WILD BEAST PROCESSION. The la
) recently passed BY tn. Connecticut legl:
lature iorbidding the passage ot Wild al
. lmals through any part Of Conneettc'
> except il the night time and escorted an
heraIded by guard, was, as we learn fro'
the Hartford papers, carried oat pIaet
, cally on the eve oil the fourth o. July
A wild wood chuck was caught Tor II
/ occasion. A large truck wagon was the
procured, in which was placed jaekas
On the back of the jackass was Hiram
> a gentleman Of coler swho never shrln'
from law and order On Hiram's bac
was the wood chuck, and the whole WI
drawn by splendid gelding and surrouI
! ded by body guard Of hard fisted V
! tiers. As the law required that the woo
ohuck's approach should be announce
:, !. under penalty OF 800, strong lunge
: man wen, in advance blowing horn
terrible sound, by which the people for
7 mile or more, were fully aware ,ha. Il
u wild animal was on the road, and wou
i be after them with a sharp stuck.
$ eE~ There are two hundred and Sc
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