The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-08-15

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under treatment for deItgiuna tremea
when l never deziered, and couldn'
treme. Now Superintendent Jone
is one of the pleasantest gentlemen
in the world. He treats every bod,
we'll he don't exactly treat. HI
never stood treat but once while
was there, and then he asked me if
wouldn't take little chloral?
The Superintendent asked me tt
be seated. He said in my presen
weak conditiin l shouldn't stand toC
long at time. l told him I haC
stood it too long already, and
wouldn't stand it any longer.
was there under an internal mistake
(At this moment George came il
with some chloral for me.
fNow my dear man" said Mr.
Jones, ego back to your room ant
lie down; you are nervous, you ART
shaking now"
Nervous, who wouldn't be ner
vous, used like this; and as to shak.
ing, l could shake your id house.
An attendant gently but firmly
led me back to my room, which
must must say to the credit of the
Superintendent who selected it, was
very pleasant one. But does the
wild bird sigh for liberty any the
less because its case is gilded? Let
the wild bird reply
There began to be an impression
that 1 might attempt suicide. So
they searched my pockets and find
ing a small pen-knife with which
clean my finger nails they deposited
it in the safe, giving me a receipt for
it. l was offered more chloral, but
declined to indulge.
DR.. cambridge, the younger, seem
ed to be the only man who thor
oughly understood my case, He
timed his watch by my pulse until
he got his watch running right, then
he looked at my tongue and said it
was "coated." " asked him if it was
a summer or winter coat. If a win
ter coat as l suspected, l wanted
him to jerk it right of. I had felt
uncomfortably warm about the
mouth for some time.
"Doctor" said Mr.. Jones, who was
standing by, "What is there in this
caseP The doctor laid his hand
gently upon my head and replied in
an abstraoted manner, "There's moth
ing in it; nothing in it."
That sounded favorabIy, 80 1 said
doctor, don't you think | ought to
be discharged?" "Why FRIEND" said
the Doctor, impressively, "ifyou was
in my employ 1 would discharge you
in two minutes"
like the Doctor; he is SO frank
and outspoken. After inviting me
to join him in a glass of chloral, the
Doctor left us, He also left two
pills. I halloed to him, thinking he
had left them by mistake, and might
need them, but he had gone; so, for
fear they would get lost, I took 'em.
Doctor can have them again by
proving property and paying for
this advertisement.
The many devices to which re-
sorted in order to get out of that
hospital! Told Jones 1 wanted to
go out and get shave. .'Oh, we can
send for barber. George go and
get barber"
Nov l didn't want any barber, L
was growing whiskers ard 1 had no
hair to spare. 1 wear toupee on
account of corns), But the barber
came and shaved off my immature
crop of whiskers, and he cut off my
hair so 1 shan't be fit to appear in
public until it grows again. My
next subterfuge was that 1 desired
to go down 20 the Crawford House
and get another suit of clothes.
"Oh we can send after your
says Jones; and he did.
Captain Oakes sent back word that
l only had one suit all the time l
boarded there, and the suit went
against me,
So l lost my suit.
After an additional day of wretch
edness had passed l contrived an
other plan of escape. 1 professed
to have a raging toothacLe. 1 must
hurry at once to a dentist and have
the tooth extracted. "Be a little
patient, my dear man." said Jones,
''and / will send for dentist, Take
a little chloral. George, 60 for a
dentist" So George went, and
brought Dr. VIM. Fl. Hunter, they
were determined l should have the
very best of eyerything), and the
doctor, desiring to give a fair equiva
lent for his money, pulled out two
perfectly sound teeth! And still /
wasn't happy.
George brought me some more
chloraI.
All pretexts failing, I at last re-
signed myself to my fate. aad began
looking about for q means of di-
version. l got into a room whore
clinique was being held. There was
an ampbiLheatre Of seats filed with
medical students. l thought it was
a variety show, | asked one Of the
students il it wasn't, and he said /
was out of my head, and ought to be
taken care of. Told him if was
out of my head, l believed / would
stay out for while, and not try to
get into his, although there was evi-
IDENTIFY room to let. l observed there
was but one performer. Brudder
SAW Bones, and he was giving a
lecture upon Anatomy. Any Tom
my, even Blind Tommy, was better
than that for me.
Looking about one day for sub
ject to write upon, 1 stumbled into