, 1869-09-19
DELiRiuM TREMEMS.
An Hour Among the Inmates OF
the 1ncbrfutc Asylum.
The Terrible Results Of Strong Drink
Upon Mankind
ShnAcs and Snakes Dreams and
DcY1ls.

The sparanG used to make their He1ois drunk,
AID then exhihs them in that condition 70 thetl
chlldrro, In order that The Htug generation might
have Impressed upon their minds how terrible nad
bcaSuy vice drunkenness Tan. 1nasunch aB the
good people Of Chicago have no Ue.ot8 10 be
mat!c examples Of, Il might not be bad idea "a
occasionally take TIC JoQng people 70 the Wash.
lEgtonlAn Home, where the eS11 Effects OF !ltcu
Race can be seen In the!s worst FORM
The Washlngton1au Home Il Atuated on Madl.
son street, out near the western Nul4 OF the city
and Il the place where those who have become In.
1alnne1 with drink arc sent 10 be Kept and cured,
II the latter be posslte. Those who are sen. here
represent ali the stagcs OF intempcrauee. Some
come Of their OWE accord, because they feel the,s
own want u strength 10 combat with their fear.
2ul appetite. Some arc sent By their friends md
relatives because OF hope that the victims teing
Removed trotn leurtauon, may he fcelainrd. The
najoEty arc sent, because dissipation has tateu
Huca strong hold OF them that unless they are
sent somewhere where medical treatment CA be
C1ren then, their lives ntc burden 10 themselves
ND their Trends,
Some few weeks aso one Of our reporters ha1
occasion 10 visit this institution On bls1eas con.
nec.cd with the presA In the sitting. room there
we're were 70 bc sSsn M sone haf-a dozen ind!sidaa's,
attacks o! the ttli.iun4 tremtna. While IT was
pa!nfr to which their auf:cs, ard lt5tca to their
Wild ineoherrnc!cs, kul 1t was also Interesting.
There hrr har1'ty ever two Of these cases alike,
some vi the nldsF forms u the dellrtun frreI,
themselves IN pleasant conecLts, sentimental laa-
cles, and sotne1lnes roet!c oFa!orcal, h!strnn!c,
or other Hent21 effort. The more Aggravated
fottls Aic terrible IN The extreme.
One Of The Ea1rtuals above rrte.Icd 10 especial.
IL attracted attention. lie wns INC looking young
nonp sp pn. = yea Of asf saa % be-
and Ern!a1 nanters had mhde HIN verY popu1as-
''the fr1rtd Of escrl holy and be tcil into those
too prons TO tnli rIct1Ms A fem ,rarx OF cxtrc,uc
,iiss'pai!uh va. Horc thaa his delicate cons,!tu-
tlnH could stand; his acnsttlrc nerves gave way,
AMI the result VIA M n!tack OF atiiriuft tttynet
Next TO this ,oupR lawyer rat m old, aecdy ioal-
e. whosc ruby nose would hare made him his for-
tune II be could hare kept soits long enough 10
nct a LAMP pest With a'.y reasonable regularity.
HIS was one Of the most ttlouc OF lecrs, and Sc
hardly could have had briiu enough 10 make q r..
Specialize case of tre'at7A. This tnd,vldua. the
young LAWYER had become cn21uarcd OF, aticr The
faAllun Of Itsania and the l1ckass nnd he was ap.
l'ral!ng to tnn In the most heart-rc1dlng naunrs.
SAID hr:
. iuur Honor, nnt, have ru,c 10 show cause
"hs am KEPT here. This Il n cass ia which the
whole worli stands cxnoctant- Ny connections
rs.h tho Ere 1tatl1oai arc such that must start
,or na E1,o;e % nj u o's!osk: The 1ury there know
ttrlEk. gt nt1enen7 never mix my liquors.. lie.
he!: he'!f lGts hare ninc stratsht: Come up,
Stnt!rtncn: EVERYBODY take drink: Decaast,
i"us Honor. according TO the constitution OF ins
c"uhiEy. no nan-ro man, zly-he he rtch or
lUot-te tic high Of lom-cau tlare his liberty
lnkeh h&a5 1fon him Without DUE process Of Law,
4I'l 3iSt tAE AECI4iUu VI tNElFE Qt dis Deere.
wns whisle5-tf WIS WhtAker, Your Houort 10,
-po-l thlnE-i think you will ual the dcci4lon
70 the thirty -ninth volume Of the Supreme Court
HeFofta. lroce =, slrafeiff II, HsfaEsler. But
thth what u iilt Gre, Your Gonoc-you, VIII Sour
c1rET1eIce, who~aro bright and shtnIns Light OF
the Iaw1nn'l a-1t II be not asking too MUCH, i
won'd Hike TO nle an affidavit for u continuance
moseause oe ne phJsca, eject Of Vegetables, Nc.
corning 10 Inc aIosaic iaW-and then, you know
-Atcls sacrifice ~as more acceptable than Cam =
Fr.,H F1,-
sons, over Which Thompson wasted 60 nany
wotda, couldn't tHg,n to cat opium with De
Q9fEceT-~G!, lets Hll tAIc dEtak:''
DISPLAYING es sdcnccs OF highly cultivated mind,
hut never III Kcrtng Iougcr on subject than 4
huinloing bird on Tower. At ttrnes his face
~ ,lle nwhT. and IN expression o l,liocy tenalu.
THIS WGnHi again change In lehs THAI a half
minute, and inc eyes woald burn with The Ius.d
nIc OF lnsanl'J. LIS movements also were In cor
trsIbuarnce With Liz HDntA lie could nut stand
tlNn.
Opposite him VIE an iuds,iual about 40 year.
o. agc. He was strongly LusIt. aud wns : me-
chaiic, WORKING d: the Iron tlarIe For a long
linc Le hni given hIn-reh up tu tho cup and was
o. la!l DISCHARGED fFum hts s,tca:,ou. and then
dfnnk Norrc than Eytr, with the u.ua! Inevitable
result He Ind hcen Al the home for u.,out Two
aaJE, and his deliTium Was still raging. He would
accompany bis words with The 1uo,t yio!cnr ac-
ton u hs aEus md lecs, nnI with the same .l,s-
dow. Sant In. - " ''"
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