Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-05-07

1t will be observed that majority are
married ; but let not single gentlemen
and ladies congratulate themselves from
this isolated case, for in most large hos
pitals the number of bachelors and maid
ems of mature age, predominant. The
Superintendent also imagines that the
unmarried are surrounded by greater
temptations, read more novels, keep
more unreasonable hours, are better
Judges OF wine, and are liable to more
vices than the married. Some inveterate
"Jachelor ct mademoiSele, whispers that
the Doctor, being the faithful husband of
his wife, it might not be pleasant, or
good policy for him to speak out his real
sentiments. The officers of this asylum,
it is hoped, will trace out this important
subject, and if single life is really so
alarming, they should give fair waning
to those who err in this matter for the
initiated, in connubial affairs, now
fancy that in addition to the serenity
and steadiness of married life, that here
and there, sprinkled along the bymeneal
road, are cares, anxieties, trials and
sleepless nights, that CgIebs knows not
of. Let this subject be fairly investiga.
ted and if Celibacy is found wanting, let
the beacon light be kindled, and those
who are now tossed about upon the
foaming surge of unmarried life, be
warned to tack ship and flee 10 the har-
Dor of conjugal bliss.
The officers of the asylum seem to
opine, that the number of patients have
been increased by Spirit Rapping. A
large majority of the lunatics are in the
'.prime' of life, between the age 90 and
40, at period of life when the mind and
body have their greatest vigor and ac-
tivity, when every nerve is stretched to
win fame or gather the glittering gold,
when the clinking coin torment mems
feverish dreams, when the cares OF a fam
lily press him, when the eeaseless ex-
element of the busy hum of life wearies
and Goads the brain and finally de-
thrones reason. This ought not so to be.
When will our countrymen Learn wisdom
of the contented Englishman, and see
that the world was not made in one day,
and that man, like a well constructed
piece of mechanism, should wear out,
not burn up. If it is desirable to di-
minish the number of sufferers in our lu-
natic asylums, the mode of American
life must be less anxious, less Iaborious
and feverish.
III health is doubtless the principal
source of insanity the mind being so
connected with the body, that
when the latter is diseased, the former
must sympathise and suffer with it.
The doctrine of the old schoolmen, that
''the mind is finely constructed mate
ricl organism, interviewer with the
body" was hardly too strongly stated.
Of female education, the last report of
The Newburgh Asylum, thus most truth.
July speaks. Let every parent and lover
Of lis race ponder and reflect.
How many instances we have Of
young girls being denied the exercise
hey require for the full development of
heir systems. They are cooped in
poorly ventilated apartments, not per-
nitted to breathe the pure air, or inhale
he healthful breezes of the morn. The
sun must not strike their delicate hands,
must not tinge the skin. The more
nearly they can be made to approximate
o the appearance of corpse, the more
beautiful in the estimation, of some moth |
,rs. Nature cannot paint their handsome
checks, but the mother can, with some
ar famed rogue. They must not work,
Is it would in their estimation be a mark
# great indignity; they must not assist
heir mothers in the affairs of the house
lold, as it would be exceedingly vulgar
hey must not wash, or mend their faith
sr's clothes, or cook his victuals, as it
would roughen the skin upon their soft
apering fingers, and soil their lilly white
hands. If they venture out of doors, it |
must be with bare necks, we'll powdered,