Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-01-12
AN EXCITING SCENE.

Years ago when was ay"ungstel
! / became an assistant OF. DIR. b
the sup, rintendent Of a public IN
sane ASYLUM. As in all insane asy
lums somc Of the patients were do
cile and tractable, and had the Tree
dom of a high walled garden; Will
Others, being violent aud cangeroo
| in their madness, were coulinc1 Z
their rooms. Sometimes one
| the last named gentlemen woui'
get loose, a fact which he usual.
announced by breaking things gen
orally, upon which announcement
the doctor would repair to the spot a
Which be was "elevating the ancIeh
Henry and advancing upon hlli
With steadlast gaze, woOldma arch nm
off to his room. We had one lun''lc
by the name Of Jones, ,large aud strong
as an ostrich. He had broken ou'
Of room two or three times, bul
had always gone back docilely when
any one Of US made our appearance
The asylum had saloon IN the
centre with door at each end; and
one of the doors requiring Tx
ing, once upon a time. carpenter
was engaged upon it, when IN trun'
died Mir. jones, aud quietly pos
sess.d himself Of long sharp chs
eli. When the carpenter. looked
around, the madmau gave grin and
poke Of the chisel at him, where.
uIcn She man OF chips scuttied Out
aud locked the door-then, while
the eOemy was batterlng away at Il
he rushed round and locked the dool
at the other end. Having thus
Gagged Jones. he gave the alarm
and |, surprising it as an ordianry
case, which | could control. unlocked
the door and eniered boldly, where
upon he made a rush at me. IN
confidently bolied. The doctor was
sent for. lie came, accommodating
through the Ike, hole. aud ascertain
ing that The enemy was at the other
end of the room he opened the door
aud saw at once that he could do
nothing with the loose maniac.
Here was apparently dilemma.
A crazy individual, as strong as a
bull, perfectly uncomfortable and
armed with weapon. To capture
him by force Was a difficult and
dangerous undertaking. aud to starye
LiE would be "A tedious affair. The
dector did not hesitate long.
"AHred," said be, ''go down to
he surgery, fill the larg st syringe
with hartshorn, and bling it up.
| caught the idea, rushed down
and brought back quart S, nnge
with hartsborn iiluted-lor didn t
want 10 kill the man. Then the
doc;or,the carpenter and myself form
ed an army Of invasion. We threw
open the door aud entered IN the
following battle array: l being
the shortest of the three, marched
first, holdiDg chair in front of me
by the back, so that the legs might
keep off rush if our pap-gun flash
ed in the pan, Z Then came the car
penter, with the syringe res'lnl
upon my shoulder, like a piece o
flving artillery. Finally in the rear
in the safest place, like all great gen
erals, DIR. r.
The lunaiic sat at the other emf
Of the hsIl on chair. eyelng u
keenIy and savage. Slowly, Yer,
slowly, We advanced towards Mm
The nearer we got the more wicke'
that chisel looked, and the handl
seemed to increase, until it was yer.
long. When we got within a fe'
/ feet of him, he jumped up, an
sprane towards me. Whiz! splatte'
splasb! went he quart of hartshor
into his conntenance-down he wei
hike a log-it would have knocke
down a battalion--and while he va
catching his breath We caught him.