Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-01-31

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coherent work and reasoning, from
an insane conviction. Near by are
the buildings of the Lunatic Asy-
lum, with some twelve hundred in
mates; among them are many the pc
cuiarity of whose delusions renders
them especially interesting. These
delusions are for the most part
pleasant ones-dresms of exhalted
power, unbounded wealth, matchless
beauty. You will see in that build
ing a woman of perhaps, forty-fEe,
who claims to be the mother of
God. She was, twenty years ago,
the most prominent of the teachers
of New York. Now, she tells you
gravely o f her visit to heaven last
evening, and of what she saw and did
there, and she presents you with
diamonds, which are glass, obtain
ed from coal scuttle. Another
believes himself to be the Emperor
of the world, and is decorated with
stars and garters, cut from his bed
quilt. He turns round three times
each sentence and tells you the ex-
act way in which each country of
the globe came into the possession
of his family and himself. Then
there is a tall, fine looking man, who
perfectly rational on all other sub
jects- thinks that he is our Savior,
and refuses to water his garden
because if his Father, God, wished
it watered he would send rain, and
to interfere would be disobedienee
on his part. roy l.....
Further down the island comes
the W0rk-House, filed with drunk
ards, vagrants, street walkers, and
further still the Alms-House for
the aged, blind, decripid. One de-
partment of this Institution is the
Incurable Hospitsble, occupied by
old men and women, paralytics, and
sufferers from incurable disease
More than one has come here to end
a life which has endured already
for more than a century, and all
have exceeded the allotted three
score and ten. 'N' '''''.''t '"'.
Next is the Penitentisry, with
its 900 cells, all full, and its dis
tinguished guest, Boss Tweed,
performing resignedly and quietly
the menial duties of hospital orderly.
What an episode in the political an
mails of New York! VIM. N. Tweed,
who ruled us. all, who gave and
who took away, whose statue
was to decorate our public squares,
brought a felon on the very boat
which had SO often borne him and
his retainers of the American
Club as distinguished visitors to the
island, tumbled into the bath-tub
by man whom he had himself ap-
pointed, shaved, cropped, clothed in
stripes, and cast into cell six feet
by fourl There is funny side to
this and to everything else. Upon
the card which hangs over Tweed's
bed like those of the other convicts,
his occupation is given as Estates
man" ,"7an unintended satire.
But | have dwelt too long upon
the institutions of the island. They
are admirably managed, and, for q
wonder, honestly manged. DR.. A.
E, McDonslds, a man of not more
than thirty-eight, is chief of staff in
the hospital, and to him the credit
for"the perfection of the manage.
ment is entirely due He is devoted
to his profession, and both in medi-
cine and surgery ranks with the
ablest and best in the country. He
is man of wonderful attainments,
which, when combined with great
executive ability, makes him EN-
phatically the man for the place. ri
LABOR IN THE CITY. .4 s@a32
On Friday last another attempt
was made by the foreign agitators
to bring about q conflict between
labor and capital. A meeting was
to have been held in the City Hail
Park, but it was not held. The real
laborers and the agitators could do
nothing without them. The times
are undeniably hard, but there is,
nevertheless, labor for every man
who will work. And to show the
groundlessness of the movement
the Commissioners of Emigration
have offered to pay the fares of a
large number of the idle, able bod
led immigrants to parts down South,
where labor, is in demand.
These foreigners will keep on
disturbing things till one of these
days they viii raise a native-Amer-
lean party that will amount to some
thing. The Communists and inter
natiOnalists in Europe have grievap-
ces; here they have none; and the
laborers of New York feel that all
disturbers are making unnecessary
trouble. .'''l
THE WEATHER AND STREETS
in New York is of style that has
never been seen before. January
oath was as mild, warm and balmy
as ever was known in may. Win
dows are universally open, and in
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