The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-11-04
An Illinois Romanos.

In fOurishing city near here
there resides a family Of high social
position and wealth, which is blessed
with a daughter nineteen years Of
age. This lady received a careful
education, graduated with credit last
June, and returned to her home.
Almost Immediately she made the
acquaintance of young widower of
her native town, and fell deeply in
love with him. 1t is due to the gen
tSsman to say that he did not en-
courage, in any manner, this sudden
passion. The infatustion Of the
young lady was so great that she
took no pains to conceal it, and, up
on being demonstrated with by her
family, she boldly persisted in avow-
ing her love. At the solicitation Of
her friends, the gentleman had an
interview with her in the presence
Of her mother, and represented to
her, in the most gentle and respect
full manner, that her passion could
not be returned, and begged her to
abandon it for her own sake and the
credit of the family, of which he was
close friend. In this interview,
the gentleman, unfortunately, an
nounced that he was soon to be mar
ried to another lady. At this the
young lady became furious, and ex-
hibited state of feeling which re-
suited in a complete alteration Of
mind. A physician was at once
called, and, after few days Of treat
ment at her home, it was found nee
essary to send her to the State Asy-
lum for the Insane. This was ac-
cordingly done. The poor girl, who
had so recently exhibited sn unusu-
ally active and brilliant mind, was
now a complete wreck, and altern-
ated between fits Of the deepest mel
ancholy, during which she could not
be induced to speak, and spasms Of
frenzy, during which she had to be
pinioned, lest she should do herself
harm. This was her condition in
the Asylum, and gradually all hopes
of her cure were abandoned, when
suddenly she disappeared. During
the third week in August she, in
company with a number of other pa
tients, was in the grounds of the
Asylum, taking air and exercise, and,
when the others returned to the
house, she was missing. Search
was Immediately made, but without
success, and, though the officers Of
the institution and her now doubly
afflicted family spared no pains to
find her, she was as completely lost
as if the ground had swallowed her
up. Six weeks passed, and, as sud-
denly as she had disappeared, she
reappeared one rainy evening, after
dark, at the door of the asylum, and
was Immediately taken in. The as
tonishment created by her appear
ance, alone in the night, was doub-
bled when she was found to be per-
fectlv sane and in complete bodily
health. Her story was soon told.
Size could remember nothing, except
that she found herselfthe day before
in the woods alone, with her cloth
inc in tatters, and herself ravenous-
ly hungry. She made for the near
est road, and, by inquiring her way,
and walking all night and all the
next day, arrived at the asylum safe
ly. 1t being quite apparent that she
required no further treatment, she
was at once returned to her family.
1t has since been learned that the
young lady wandered away into the
woods, and subsisted upon such ber-
ries as she could find, and that she
occasionally went to a neighboring
farm house, where the family kindly
gave her bread. It seems strange
that this family did not think it nee
essary te report the fact Of q strange
| girl wandering in the woods, in or
der that she might be cared for, and
we have no idea why they did not
do so. The house physician Of the
asylum is of the opinion that the
exposure and change Of diet are the
direct causes of the restoration Of
the Young lady to health OF body
and mind.-SpFiSg1lela Register,