Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-21

THs CARE OF INEBRIATEs. The report of the commissioners appointed last wear on the subject of establishing an inebri- ate asylum. is an important, document. which, when published in full, will be read with interest. The members of the commission are Dr. B. N. Cumings, of New Britain; Dr. GeorgesB. Hawley, rDr. w. Russell and Judge Waldo, of Hart ford, and Judge Briscoe, of Enfield. Af- ter careful examination of the practical workings of several asylums for inebriates and study of large number of official reports on the subject, including those of the English House of Commons, they find
 l. That drunkenness is disease sub- ject to treatment like other diseases. 2 That the nature of the disease is such as can be successfully treated when made speciality.
 ,3. That being disease, inebriates should not be subjected to the same treat ment as ordinary criminals.
 4. That the objects to be sought should be the protection of society by the dlmlnutlon of crime and pauperism, and the reformation of inebriates,
 0. That the present penal treatment is failure in each of the above particulars, as IS clearly shown by the great increase ot crime in the commonwealth.
 As regards tendency to intemperate habits there are four classes of persons apparently we'll marked and distinct 1, Natural temperance men; 2, those who possess strong power of self-control; 3, persons of excitable temperament and nervous organization, who are highly sus- ceptlble to alcoholic timulus; 4, those who are hereditarily predisposed to in temperance. To meet the extremes of these cases and furnish the relief and care demanded, the commission recommends ebriates and those nervous diseases which are induced by the excessive use of alco- hol, opium, hydro -chloral, or other. mar cotlcs, and they have prepared bill for the establishment of an institution to be known as '"The Connecticut Refromatory Home, which has not yet been presented Tn form. For the penal treatment of drunkards, the conclusion, following an elaborate review of the subject, with sta tlstlcs, effects, results, etc., of the present mode of prosecution and punishment, is thus: "That Q workhouse system we'll or ganized and under thorough discipline, with commitments long enough to make the labor remunerative and the discipline reformatory, is the ost..hopeful remedy for these great and growing evils which we can recommend" Terms of com mltment are recommended as follows |: 'First ofense, three to:.seven days; second, where not committed within a year from the date of discharge, three to four months; third, within the same period, eight to twelve months; dipsomania, one to three years.
 PERFORMANCES NOT ON THE PROGRAMME. Having realized sum of money at sacrifice of personal property, indulged in opera the other night, at cost which would have kept me in cigars for several weeks. I had the full worth of the money, however, as the people who had paid for the privilege of sitting near me gave me some additional amusement by the very odd conversation which they kept up during the performance of 'Lohengrin. , Just behind me sat two gentlemen engaged in bargain-making and beforethe opera was over one sold the other house in Madison avenue In front, and under very tall hats and plumes, two young ladies amused them selves by remarking on the personal ap- pearance of all and singular of the people present. To the right two Frenchmen talked of Wagner in 8 very disparaging way; and on the left a set of people from the West discussed of business in loud tones. It was entertaining, rather. to listen to 1t all-and at the same time to take in the beauties of an opera which no one but musician of the very highest and most useless culture can comprehend. The talk about my neighborhood went in this way: 'Lot 25 by 10O-Look at that mans moustache-Perfectly splendid Pork wont be no(sic) higher, now mind what 1 say-Quetle stuoidit6-Oh my! look at that swan-Not her own, oh dear no-$2O, GOO may remain on-The top of her head-In barrel of water-And find Her cats-On the State House-Bones and all-Back stoop frescoed-She IS engaged to yuong Brown-In the most extravagant way and Chicago in a hurry-1o see Lydia Thompson -Iacroyo- ble, te situatioa1-Oh my! there's Lucy RandIe-Taking drink together-.lfo dieu! Is mt she splendid?-- Without cent of his own-House plumbing done to suit-The way he wants it-And swears at his wife in the most-Amusing way of telling it-Perfectly splendid-Oh my!- Why Lucy Jones, how can you say that! Do you like Wagner?-With banged hair and blue-dog and man both went to- And so on for ever, or until the opera is oyer.-M. y. EUening Post. ANECDoTE OF A CHINEse SERVANT Some Chinese compensate themselves for shaving the head by allowing their nails to grow to terrible length. I noticed