The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-05-05
11e. .WOODsFIELD MONROE COUNTY, OHIO MAY s. 1853

at this m6ment, no other method Of trea
ment for mania existed in any portion
) the country
YOU are young vet, my friend, rcplie
! my host, but the time win arrive whe
you will learn to Judge for yourself. Of VIII;
IS going on in the world, without trustin
to the gossip of others. Believe nothir
; vou hear and only one half that you Sc,
Now, about our 1fa%ions de ,Suttc, it
clear that some ignoramus has mislcd yol
+ After dinner, however, when you hay
Sufficiently recovered from the fatigue
your ride, [ viii be happy to fake 20
over the house., and Introduce to you
System which, in my opinion, and in tha
! of every one who has witnessed its opera
tion, is incomparably themoSt ciltctual a
vet devised '-.-.s'.~~ .-. .. u"
Your ovo?' l Inquired 'one Of you
iowa iavention?' So
I 4 am proud he replied, TO a,tnowl
edge that it at least in some mcasure
In this manner l convcrsed with Mon
$ieur Maillard for an hour or two, DARN!
(which he showed me the gardens ana con
hservatorIcs of the pace. ~ p.
= II cannot let You see my patients Ii
said, 'iust at present. To a scnsitiv
mind there IS always more or less Of th
shocking in snch exhibitions; ana I d
not wish TO spoil your appetite for dinner
I'VE win dine. l can give yon some yea
"a Ii Ncacao~t, with ca,tiiaowers IN re'5u'
sauce after that a glass Of Cy9s q
I5oageo,--thcn your nerves win be suni
ccnty steaded
At six, dinner was ANNOUNCED; and N
host conducted me into large sale I
i,maager, where very numerous .conpalt
lwcrc assembled-twenty FIVE or thirty i
all. They were, ,apparently,v peoplc lc
rank certainty Of high breeding al
IhoagIl their habilimentS, I thought, wer
! extravagantly rich, paftaking someWha
too much Of the oster.atious finery Of til
ricNe co1tr 1noticed that. at least two
thirds Of these guests were ladies'; AM
some Of the latter were zby no means ac
cou;red in what o Partisan would .cohsid
er good taste at the present day. Man
females, for example, whose age could no
have been ssthah seventy, we're bedeck
ed with profusion of ,jewelry, such a
rings, bracelets, and earrings and wor
their bosoms and arms Sshamefully bare
| I, observed, too that very few OF tll
dresses were well madc-or, at least, tha
very few of fhcm fitted the wearcgs L
! looking about, I discovered the. Interest
ing girl to whom Monsieur Mai!lard In,
presented. me iii the little parlor; hut m
surprise was great to see her we5rin3
Nhoop and farthingalc, with high :Reele
shoes, and dirty cap Of Brussels lace, 5
much too large for her -that~.it gave he
1 face rilicnlonsly diminutive expression
7 When Rad first seen her. She was iattireG
most bcconi,n2ly, in deep mourning
There was an air Of oddity, in short, abou
the dress Of the whole patty, Which, a
first, caused, me to recur TO my origina
idea of the soothing system, and to fame
that Monsieur MaiIlard had been &illih
to deceive ME uhtil after d;an6r, that
might experience no uncomfortable Zee
ings during the rcpast, at finding myse
dining with luuatics; but 'remem3ere
having been Informed, in Paris, that III
Southern provinciaiists were a peculiarl
eccentric people, with a vast number (
ANTICIPATED notions; and then, TOO, upo
conversing with several members. of III
company, MY apprehcnsions were imm(
Fdiately and fully dispcl!cd %
T The diGing-room, itself although PEI
;, ,haps sufficiently comfortable, and Of goo
I dimtnSions, had nothing tod much of elc
gance. about it. For. example the -faC
! Vas nhcarpeted; in France howevcr,&a cal
pet is frequently DISPENSED with: I'll
windows, too, were without curtains; !!
: shutters, being shut, were securely faster
ed with iron bars, applied 'diagona,ly, a
I ter The fashion of our ordinary shop-Shu
ttars. . The apartment, I observed, .for'hc
Tin itseif, wing of the chateua, and thu
the windows wcrclon three sides of II
jparallelogram; the door being at'the othe
I. There were no less than ten windows
all. ,..., 1'.S s''5
T. i The table was superbly set out. I v;
} loaded with plate. aud more than ioade
:, with delicaeies: The profusioh was al
] solulely, barbaric. There were inca
! enough to. have feasted the Apakin
! Never, in al my life, had I witnessed
: lavish, so wasterul an expenditure Of tt
good things. of life There seemed vel
, little, taste, however, in the arrangement
, and my eyes, accustomed to quiet light
:, were sadly offended by the predigio'
glare of a multitude of wax candles, whit
y in silver candela6na, were deposited
the table, aud all about the room, where
2 Ter itrwas possible 70 iud a place. The
: were several active servants in ettendanc
> and, upon a large table, at the farthereI
S Of the apartment were seated seven
!, eight people with hddles, flies, trombone
: and a drum. These fellows aHB oyed 4,
It very much, at intervals, during the repa
s tby an infinite variety of noises, whi
e were intended for music, and which q
: fpeared to afford much entertainment
all present, with the exception of myse
= Upon the whole, could net help thin
b incr that there was much of the bi11y