Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-07-23
NUMBER 46.

riages and fine horses and servants. He
seemed to have no idea of time and space.
New York and Philadelphia could be
reached IN feac moments, and he was anx-
ious to visit his friends there.
after he reached his home in New
Harmony he became more restless and
uneasy, and left no doubt in the minds of
any of us that he was insane. We were
| obliged to cross him in almost everything,
| and could not leave him night or day, He
never became angry, nor attempted to re-
sist us. But his mind was continually
wandering, and he waIted to wander with
it. He complained of accomplishing
nothing. / msst be at work. he would
say, for my life will soon be at an end
And yet his idea of work seemed to be
only motion for when riding or walking
he was perfectly contented. When he
took the cars with US yesterday morning
he was exceedingly happy. He seemed
to think he was accomplishing something,
because he was going somewhere"
Did he know you were intending to
take him to the insane asylasna ~ I aslsod-
No, and he does not know it yet" re-
piled Mr.. Owen; "but we shall tell him
some time this forenoon, and take HIM
over there this afternoon, if possible. He
realizes, however, that something is
wrong with him. Two or three days after
he reached home from New York | heard
him talking to himself Either | am
wrong, he said, or those about me are
wrong. Now, who is it that is wrong?
If this is wrong mentioning something
we had forbidden him to do), then | am
wrong; but if it is right, | am right, and
the boys are wrong He then cited nu-
merous other illustrations about which he
reasoned in the same manner, and sum-
ming these all up came to the conclusion
that the preponderance of wrong was on
his side and that the boys were right"
"Does his insanity reveal itself in his
conduct as well as in his conversation ~ l
asked again.
every rarely. Although his general
health is much improved, he is thin and
looks worn out, so that a close observer
might detect his disease in the wild, weird
expression of his face and eye, but in no
other way, for he acts nationally. But
anyone would soon detect it by his con-
versation. He is continually talking, and
sometimes in the widest manner. This
morning, for instance, he harangued a
waiter at the breakfast table on the slight
difference which the color of the skin
should make in our estimation Of men.
He laid it down from a Republican stand
point, to the great merriment of all pres
ent. He is never violent or boisterous at
such times, but his queer way of reason
ing, and the laughable conclusions often
arrived at, very quickly reveal the fact
that he is not in his right mind
"Does he ever talk about Spiritualism?
" He has mentioned the subject but once,
believe, since his return from Dansville,"
replied Owen, "and then only casually.
We do not talk with him on that subject"
"How about the Katie King matter?
Did not this contribute to his insanity"
asked.
II have had this question asked me sew
eral times" answered Owen, but | do
not think it had the least to do with his
trouble AT the time he was very much
chagrined and thoroughly indignant at
the deception practiced upon him; but
long before his sickness he had forgotten
all ol1uut il at least fro irlrr't rrr0rti,rr0ol
the matter for several weeks. For some
time before his sickness he was wholly oc
cupied with his new work on theology,
entitled, The Unity of God | believe,
which he wished to finish before his death,
for he has an impression that he shall not
live great while longer"
In reply to an inquiry as to whether
physician had been consulted in regard
to his condition, Mr. Owen stated that the
best medical advice had been sought, and
that while the physician at the asylum re-
CARDS his case as difficult one, he thinks
it is by no means hopeless, unless there is
incipient paralysis. He has not been able
to determine this yet.-IndSaadp0l5S Cor.
cincinnati Gazette.