, 1874-08-15

WIN tncy Were klinN HOE pfoDAult thoy, Hat
nn,yter prosioualy secn mo they wor9 no Doubt
paid by tho neutrality-suspicious. . lidndnome cum
irlHs}on OH tin tyanBactfot!, fnr ,Etvihg their
aiBEnturcB to tho certificate Tor myineurcofatioi't
or a bo wefo fe9fSa9y Loa ssSsS aont ~ " eS 11
atrnch my wifo Of i'!-tteateN my children there
uligLt l1ayo boon holne Justification but nover
uyon went 30 far tlop, or at any subsequent
1rrrioa as to nttcr threat against her, and my
1f' On IL hearing m my brot,,or's decision bnggct1
and entrcatcd them not to send mo to Il lunato
! osyluM; tnld them nothing cnula bp done for
me e4us aa IN my my power @ 10 nlce item i 70 Us sitcsr
flior Arrangements; but thuy were intlpxibls.
I'te arrangement, they said, had boen ulseady
n,ndc, mud mist no~ bo carried ont. I said, II
will never 60 to such place unleBH ain forced
to do no." Owe Of ttss kevpess frnna the asylun,.
who wat IN waiting, aBh'ired MO IL Il retanaB'vo
manner th~t It waH very nice villa, with every
comfort. atd lntltob and gentlemen to asBociato
WITH, l, however, stu aceliuea 20 60, notwith-
atnIdinB tliia tenptiNK announcement.
Things w"re III this s.ato whsn said to my
lrotiols. ~ am just .gu.ng into tho hair
at'sstrs. noxt door, 70 ha'o, my hair ont;' to
wll't! they aseen:ri,--t]lo ke"pcr meanwhile
Keeping n watoh on tllu door Till I aln,nl CONT
oWt Aster hAyistR tny hair cut. notieut q vim
Cow mt lhe back nj the shop, mid, tong tho
Man I did .,,'t want my hretllurs to Bre mo 70
by, jumped out Of tho window uad mnlo 'iIy
ensa,,b. Two days afterwards, however, vns
| unfortunate ens!slEli 10 bo
9hArHEp AND ArpnEHESpEn
by ti1reo BtalNart policniuen, wlu auntluctcd mo
III cab in triumph to tho btatloll-hu,,so. Come
three hour. after this. thFno nun arrived from
'ne s S seaSs 'tE,'' s s a vsre res' ton 9 esa rh
| fur. mo to ofrer auccesBfnl roaiatancv, went
with item quiatlr. Aitor driving for Abous an
hour, we .:a'lle tn large. old-fnsj,ioAad house.
iy Htuue lion with his Iii extonded Ut full
length. I waa talcn through q hnudsuun hall
lntu tho asylum, and WA at onco struck with tho
l"uh OF hopbtcss mfaery lnacribed upon the
wretcl'ed colntenances Of most Of ita inmates.
afterwards LEARNED that .ho payment
for Hucll treatn,ont as l heye describnl
man "lSn n'ad, for % mo WAS was 1t 'y ,Ae 1as rste
nf E5, equivalent 10 SIS, per week,-of course
tn eomo eat Ut my own property. Tan taken
Whatever Ind il my popsesbiDn. Tho things
ratan FROM ING wore my knife, my money, aud my
private nlauoranda which asways carried about
/ witt, mu, u,Id Which would show the proprietor
Tia. my property amounted to TIN sum of about
ia ,DDD e,]unl to $I29,t0, md tbat my n1ltual
! lco1us was from r., QUO to E3,000. (Clseke
private Imlers, l may atase. wero ,,cyor returned
to my frsaadH.) l'y this the propretor would
oyor to linn, uut Of whom,
" nv COULD MANAuE TO NErr HIM,
In c0nA gat steady Hu1n yearly. Upon tha
face vt 1t, IL was no more likely that ho would
let n''.sh one 90 voluntarily than that II man OF
business would decllns tbs offer of cuatunler
Il, deal with hT Of whose position nn1 wenlth
ho had anlpln evlIetlcn.
III ordur careIully 10 gnara against m5 oacare,
DR.. s., the proprietor III tile asyun had advised
my friends that it would be well TOR ne tn l,nYc
special attonla1It, mud Ind therefore keeper
specially net to watch mls 10 dog me about eyery
wharo during tho day, and be IN my roon,nt night.
Ny brothers had been begnllod Into tila hclief
TINT everything Tint medical Kkli n,ltl linll,eHa
could effect would hero be done for MI. 10 act
thus would, however, havo boon quite contrary
to Dr.. SIS petAniary interests. 10 10 eyety-
thing to illjnre nlo u.nntal1y, would bcst sub-
snrYo ulo object llo hRI lit view 11iont y-;na1ing
for which ub]cot, nlld not from philanthropy
j.: desire to do Euoh to l1iH fellow creatures, rs
M brothers ha0 bren loa to believe, ho lepta
private lInatc usylun,.
The very flrss night passed at this place,
lad Il forotaAt1 Of what l might expect. Tho
Keeper who wa i'll my room, Ind his ortlers TO
PREVENT My GETTING ASr s1.Ekr;
md By co,.Htansly turning about, pretending to
cough, .Enero loudly ta1k III lis Sleep etc., az
fectllally 1,ar1inhed slnnshor from n,y uycA Thiu
was continued nightly Of course. l lcoml!n.uutl;
and, when oru mar. VAS tired out. another took
b,s pace IL pursue tho samo system. Eyory-
thing VIVA done to aEgrasato my nervousness.
fr'nl which was au'iering on admission. II
spoke, the answer was. "sLut up, you -"
1,sed toward mo: "I'll knock your blastclt bcnt,
otf!" II break yonr bloody jaw for you'll" "1'lt
pull yonr hluated heart outs otc., etc., and I
Ss. H%s aia IL spmRa tG ny G lest
cution. No wonder that I became, I'M
der tho trcatn!cnt. ncryons and dclectad
beng oblgca to cat AMI drink wllntoycr they
gnye mo. Morphino aud oticr drugs could Do
drink, I Was forced TO do go by thu threat
''Thero, drink it down! II you dont, III
TUT IT DOWN rou WITH THE sToMAcn-ruMp:
nna TINT wont be pleasant, promise yon!" This
af.xte
lions OF tho Bio1nacll-pump treat1nont, which
WIS enough to mako ms drink auJthing set be-
fore INC ratlicr than undergo it.
Thote WAS II man thorc named r.: WHO could
not hare been 1noro tllun 30. "Ibmh ESQ ue
was called), Haid tho heoper, 'wher he came
holc eighteen months ago.. WIS as smart q
young follow as you could Gnd anywhere; l1o
could RIM round TINT orc field with tl,e
best OF MI; but l,e'll never do 30 no .noro." and
thoroughly brolson MP. haTo often seen lin
held du~n oil d sufa by five or six Keepers, atrug-
CLING desperately, and brandy forced down hia
throat with thu stomach pump. III spite OF lliH
strongest efforts to prevent it. This nun, by
tliH horrid treatment, WA driven rnving mad.
I]lis excitement was kept up BY Lis being gwen
Htnut und other exciting liquors. in the place of
gootl, n"ur'sl'lng food. ln explanation Of thlg,
l overheard onu keeper saying to another, "Wo
must wear 'cm out, or
TllEnE'D DE fo TRADE"
by eystemntic persistence i'll this conrao his
constitution was thoroughly broten up, aud lis
intellect rendered fccbe, 10 that there should be
no possibility OF his ever getting out Of mail
luuHe.
No medical troatment was attempted with mo,
and no effort whatoybr to benefit inc was made.
Statistics show that tAseures III private asynms
Aro not l,ealiy 60 l.,l1larouH rs III public est4b-
liHlmcnta, wl.ero 10 por ceut nro cured; III pri-
vNto rs per coll. ura returned as cured. but thcao
RIO mostly tictitiona; public suspicion would 10
arouaed'i II Tho trlio iIguroa wore giyon. The way
in Which theso reported cures are got up is as
follows: It III we'll known by awi,sdlcrs,
aid those who get into debt fully iu~
tend'ng ue'or to pay,-for MI knox.
by tlDEe wno cuu4tll,t tAr greutor critLes
than these that. wLon tl,oy aro III piare Of
this kind. thoy Gun set tlp l4wa ut dollailra; no
legal process cau touch tna,u hare. OF course
tlloy ltusa 10 .!,aney, lad it would not bs worth
tic whils At tho prupr1stors to keep tho,u any
lnlEer ti'nn they liha to stny. Thay are there
fora. col III by culfcurntos whenever it III losir-
able ioi tleta to Asep uut Of tho wAg, under pro-
trnE.a Ut insanity fhe proprietor IL glad to
laye them, tsld takes them, haso no d,Ebt, for
L very ttullnE HMtn IS It 4nakea It kEnnar Oh