The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1856-07-18
Freaks Of Imagination.

IuIpIoS mentions a painter, who verify be-
lIaved that all the bones of his body were so
soft and aeXibIr that they might easily br crush
I'd together, or folded one within another, like
pieces Of p!iable wax.
A Lnsiianian physician had patient who
insisted that he was perpetuaIly frozen, and
would si before great fire even in dog davS
The Portuguese doctor made him dress Of
ma-A shrrp-skins, saturated with aqua vita,
and set him on fire. He then said he was
quite warm, rather too much so, and so was
cured.
Galrn and Avicen make mention Of people
who have tancied themselves earthen pots, and
therefore have carefully avoided being touched
for fear they shoud be broken.
Then there is the case Of the insane watch
maker, mentioned bv pinpI, Yho insisted that
be had been gniIlotned, and that another head
lad afterwards, by mistake, been pat on his
shoulders, INSTEAD Of lis own. ''Look at these
'rrtb," he woud say "mine were extremely
iaudSome-theSe are decayed. NV moHth was
sound and hraltby; this Is foul. How differ
eat lh" hair from That Of my own head ~
Mr. HasIam, in bis work on insanity, mem
Ions case Of one, who insisted that he bad no
mouth, and when compelled by force 10 swal-
low, declared that a wound had been made in
Ills throat, through which the food had been in
io5uced.
Benvrnut CeIini, the celebrated Florentne
arliSt, IN his Life SAYS, that 'Hhe governor of the
castle IN which the former was confined had a
PERIODICAL disorder of this sort evervLyear be
Tad some different whim. One time lie con-
c-lyrd himself changed into pitcher of oil :
another time he conceived himself frog, and
argan to leap as such another time, again, be
imagined be as dead and it was found nec-
@sary 10 humor his concert by making show
turying him. At length he thought himself
bat, and when he went TO take a walk, he
@MeilneS made just snch noise as bats do be
A"r"lse USED gestures with his hands and body,
'' II he were going TO fly"
Ayoung man had strong imagination that
D" was dead, and earnestly begged his friends
" 0ury HIM. They consented, by the advice
VI hr physician. He was laid upon a bier,
ana carried upon the shoulders of men to
oqTch, when some pleasant fellows. up 10 the
business, met the procession and inquired who
i was they answered .'And very good
No Il IS said one Of them, ssfor the world is
"tiI rd Of very bad character, which the
ga'ows must have had in due COURSE" The
young man now lying dead, hearing this, pop
PEA hIs head up, and said they ought to be a.
,"aIned OF themselves in thus traducing his fair
.l'He and if he was alive he would thrash
'0'in Tor their insolrnce. But they continued
% utter the most disgraceful language. Flesh
a0o blood could no longer bear it; up he jumps,
"Fy run, he after them, until be fell down
fIie exhausted. He was put TO bed the vo-
,'o' exertlon he had gone through promoted
respiration, aud he got well.
~ From my soul l respect the laborlng
"4n' Labor is the foundation OF the wealth of
'ery country and the free laborprs of the
"O''h deserve respect both for their probity and
s'TlF intelligence. Heaven forbid that should
~ mem wrong Of all the countries on the
sa''o We ought TO have the most consideration
~ TIE ia5oring man.-James Buchanan.
iaE CRIsIs.-MesSrs. Hopkins and Brown,