The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-11-18
Homesicixnsss.

"sn0tneSGKncSS NJ ITAnAl!Ory
sentiment, that fades away among
sosel scenes and fresh acquaintance;
and such is il with most. To those
vho have been educated among the
sssoeiations of large communilies.
WIio-e minds are under llle constant
Influence OF changing scenes and
fa6-S. the love OF home does not APP
peal with the force that II exercise,
apon individuals brought a,sre close
iy into contact with Nature and
kss wi,El aaii. 'rhs citizen soldier,
ssiit on long campaigns, ssvsr sick
ems with nostalgia The country
ccnscript or recruit is almost invar-
iably subject to it, end in degree
according 10 individual temperament.
Soldiers aud sailors a. cissees, are
mare generally observed to suffer
~irler malignant forms of complains
than any Others: and this is owing
il, a great measure, - she monoton,
OF their daily lives, TO rhe unpslatx-
b.. restraint nnder which thoy arr
held. and % the character of their
probable future, which Is unfavora,
BILE 10 speedy seiurn TO the associs-
lions and scenes whose absence they
regret. Among these classes of uer
thr drplorable effects of nostalgia are
re. confined TO indiyidnai cas4s.
Frequently it takes an epi'enic tor /,
end, spreading with the rapid y
%. ,.ru.e,iu,. Of cholera. or the
plague, whole company or crew
will become dsmoralized. silk into
utter inaction and depression, or
BECOME insnbordinate and mutinous
To guard ag.,int such melancholy
resuiis it has been found necessary.
IL the French arms AZ least. to give
orders, issuing from the highe t
authority, that any conscript suffer,
ing under marked and serious at
tack of s,aaiadie elm pays shall be re-
turned TO his home tor cure. There
have been cases known, among the
slaves in the West India Islands,
Of this. disease assuming an epidemic
formI and numbers OF the. unfortunate
vic inns have hung thems, Ives, in
Community of despair to the
branches Of tress surrounding the
plantation. And, after all. why
should it seem surprising that those
things should be? There is certainly
no more powerful influence exercised
over the thoughts and actions of
nankind than habit-and what
habit so potent as the constant pre-
sense Of the scenes and surroundings
OF home? Even the lower animals
are subserviant to this great law.
The deer. pursued by the hunter,
circles round his accustomed locality
returning with undertaking accuracy,
though with uncertain and faltering
Steps, TO die in the presencs of the
scenes with which he is familiar.
The tiger, wounded at distance
from his lair. will drag his bleeding
body while life lasts, that he may
yield it finally in his native jungle.
The domestic cat wilt toll over
weary miles Of dusty road to seek
the home to which it is accustomed.
! brow crab upon the sandy beach.
and instinct teaches it the way to the
sea. Thoughtful confederation may
end similitude between these aphe-
nomena and the impulse that leads
the murderer to the scenes OF his
crime. Indeed they are all to be re-
Gerled to the influence OF impressions
upon the BRAIN The stronger and
more fixed the impression, the more
determined the habit or impulse, and
the moEe marked and injurious the
result Of its arrangement. Thus
the change from grand and conspic-
rons aspects of Nature TO the monot-
on, Of scenes less varied in their tea-
lures connot but have an immediate
AMI depressing influence upon the
mind
* young man from Basic, far from
u ; native land, fell INTO "a profound
mrlancholy, accompanied with sleep
BUSINESS, loss appetite, aud general
aH~silude, which soon deranged his
hna'th. and he became in danger
Gus condition.. Left alone with SER