The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-09-11

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eAe, Ard thea - aAasd, gtm hsnst eaptaily
aeses NJ. Mssssit and Am really much obliged
10 zee Itsassa W sheala have mst win a'!iiaui-
Nv Y. W asses Yea knae hew % manage hssai
sttaA1At tAeApts lAiak. Weuld eeuM aaset MIA.
= -. a - Ntewe nv that ssid, ws are nsvsr
n = less here hos u nsAasge refractory pAusnS
svytsf Ne lcek q the dost. aud sheatiag q Che
s,Yss AZ ga eas,sssasd DOL, Dr..aisxwelll--A
ssnlsaaaea fsoI 1 tell yva, ssri Have you not
sesse .soasA 70 ass'iasaish between sane man
s.ussssas.,e,y ssr yoa, Mr.. Hubbard, ! Aase''
al tell yes, ser the sxsntieth tlsas, more or
hess he vent %, that f--am d.. Rsliiasss-of
= and that ys~, . fool. are being played
say--shia sssnaseert Will prosecute you for f.ise
iMpsissameat' Such an outrage never heard Of
sKvsp quiet my trIeed." said I. looking thro'
the wicket Ia the door, aud observing my patsen'
In pesfset fary, his eyes gsr,ng with all tse pecn
Asr Gre Of an earaged maniac. skesp quiet or
shAll be compelled to call Of the keepers to put
gen 10 closer limbo than you are nov"
81 then shut The wicket In bis face: aud taking
the arm Of Or. Wiltiams, we walked backto the
office. laughing 1t the success ofeur scheme.
a,Most capitally doue, indeedv no said; and
added several compliments which need NOT re-
peat. ,
.tle then thanked me heartiiy--said he would
rpcom,uend my Institution to all his friends
shook my hand warmiy-was proudthas be knew
me--and. getting Into his carriage, drove on
my patient, Instead Of quieting down, AZ had
hoped grow refractory than ever, ana a. Iast,
In self defence as 10 we're, was Obliged 70 ofoer
some Of the under keepers to place him In the
strait jacket--he persisting all the while that ne
was Or. Williams aud not Mr.. Hubbard, and thasI
WAS fool and be not irsine man-thougn
fanced that If ever cav clear case OF INSANITY
.aw II 10 him.
sAfter We fairly got him int the straight jacket,
howeyer, be became much more fracs table; ana nnai
" said II we would release him. he would behave
himself until such time as his fflehos como
clme to his relief Under this promise we did
release hmand the rest of the day and night passed
n without any further disturbsDce-l hatteriDg
myself that the straight jacket could do wonders.
"About day light on the following morning, the
porter was awakened by tremendous humping
at the gate; and on opening it. 10 rushed half
distracted party, iGquiriDg for me, and to know 1t
anything had been seen OF a certain Dr. Williams,
who had ridden out with Insane mao the day
before, for the purpose OF taxing MIN 10 our insti
tution, and had not been heard of since.
Oh meeting them. informed them what had
occurred how bad locked up Mr.. Hubbard at
Dr.. Williams request, who had taken his leave
shortly after and ridden off alone. They demanded
to see the patient, and at once conducted them
to him, eautioning them not to venture into his
apartment too suddenly be had proved much
more wild aud turbulent than l had been led to
expect. The moment they saw him, however, they
all burst into hearty laugh, and assured me that
u hal actually locked up The doctor hinise uDd LET
lie iUtatie esctpe.
sAnd 90 /, Indeed proved. TWAS the mailman
who had come to me aud made all the arrange
ments for entrsppiug the doctor. He had over.
beard the latter planning with his friends how best
TO get him into the Asylum; and with wonderful
cunning and sagacty. he had contemplated and
PLAYED bis ruse upon the whole of us.
.'ou being released and made acquainted with
the facts. the worthy doctor laughed as heartily
os any OF W: and said he only too glad to es-
cape by any means; for he had never been taken
Tor maniac before. and be hoped 70 heaven be
never should be again--at least, while he had his
reason. tF
:" It cost me half dozen bottles of wine," said
DR.. Maxwell, ia conclusion, land 1 think Mr..
Brown, II has proved my poiBt-that an insane
man may under certain circumstances, appear as
saue any one around him"
Mr.. Brown laughed heartily -wiped bis red face
with his redder dkerchief-candidly acknow
lodged that, the point Of insanity he considered
himself vanquished, but Immediately added, by
way of defence, that he thought the doctors case
an exception TO the rule-which, as rule, be felt
proud to abide by, nevertheless notwithstanding