The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-15

| DR.. COnleya petrOleO,-CnlClum process
is heated by steam, and Is nearly fire.
proof. Should n ContlagaatiOn occur, how.
ever, there will be ample mcansO Of escape,
The stairways are fire-proof and there
are three outlets from each section. The
wards are graded, II may be allowed a
little freedom Of expression, and the men.
tai condition OF patient at the time OF
his admission determines where he shall
be located. 70 illustrate more clearly,
those patients suffering from the milder
forms Of insanity are put together in one
ward; those afflicted with severer type
are quartGred in nm other, and so on up,
until you come to those who are raving
mad and4warlike; who have to be "sleeV-
cd, and deprived Of the use Of their arms
by having them held closely to their sides
with leather wrist cuffs attached to belt
passing around the waist. Each ward is
u family in itself, with superintendent
at its head. 1t attends to its own huSi-
ness, and does its own housekeeping with
the exception Of cooking, and washing
took look Rt the dinning rooms Of sev.
eral Of the wards. In some Of these the
tables were Ms attractive 0s those at the
hotel; in others they were decorated with
tin plates, and such dangerous weapons
~ NLlNt" N,; "nu 'orNS mciG mos ~ ~ 'cs,
w We.svIe"s ropes'iS i', VI osi,o." a"uSv o.
lo'NS I,"'v W w t"Ne" l,''" u'n''''J'" ,"IIa
WL ny" wntm !. oo'"Is oht " d;"ns s roon,s t
will be well to say something about the
CUISINE DEPARTMENT.
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tan"e o', .m"', @ n!S'i"y a.r,"i u", oaml;,;om o1'
s"io mil lILUti; ,;,'n "'o ,nno;e"J W. % hossoI anJ
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s"I'ono W SI''es wv" m''! S"'IG"a Sm;" VI w"
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RELIGIOUS EXERCISES, ADJUSTMENTS, sc.
The Asylum il provided with large
chanel, In which religious exercises are
frequently held. As the institution has
no chaplain, the ministry from the Wes-
ton churches are depended on to furnish
tho spiritual food for the patients II Is
said that from 100 to ljO patients attend
these exercises, and that the order which
L. kept, and the attention with which
Iney i1s'enl ~ some'l.'g MIn'aeLt"'. I,, Dm .o
LTS tne T'"'yI aia. sv"So' e,;G "IN % .aois n. NV
, .v,u u ~ ."I Ii"r,' , ,,,o;s % L""I @ T., LoIS
mus nos ''aT IN. '" 'H''i na."t;o m " ,'L"! %o
orlor "I nm "poa. .a ,',a ,"''g ", ,IaI
they Feaa sl'S' nut illust re;'.V',pc[ Y, a 'l'"s
Sone '"ins1 "Iu I'a"%T"'V Wv m II, a." i"," "n'
ASy'n '''If nv MoT,'. 1ot pe snov;tn,t ",'oG"e Iu
slHT VI ~. nc ASS'S.T''' ~, '.,.,no, .io
| told nc that Il stranger looking IN on those
dances would never suspicion that the
participants were not in their right mind.
They move around with MS much ease,
"promennde," "balanCe all" and go
through other maneuvcrs MS gracefully rs
many dancers you would see in the city
Of Wheeling. For further amusement,
the patients indulge in games of cards,
IlOminOes, cheuuers, &c., ut their pleas.
ire: and when the weather is favorable
they spend great part Of each day in
the yard, where they can always find
something to engage their attention.
When the architect completed his plans
of the Asylum he estimated that II would
accommodate $50 patients; but under
rur ru,vutvn puocrsa
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not nj all unusual NJ sue" IN lnSi.s.,1I ~ .iii
here are now % oGv inmates nt ""I '"H ~, G.'',u' ~
ing Is not nearly HnIsneu' I H.. IN ''is ~, ~,
spect NJ leNst! all irsn"e ~, Asyl"'n u , IlT'
unlike "h o.''n.us. % .. Ic snGceSs ~ e,aeu' e',
ing cures OF mental u.crnnBemeint ,.ln seems
W ulrSc'y HroPTIs,oh. ha, W .t." tmv ,y',San
ot tlne .nG "t,Gm' Nus "te,, i, eoIf" ,l,o iT", iI
Vio"s,y " n!s "l.'SiI a W,a, ~" .',o p,,o
III vi reCe!l! c'ses tas u t. u"s's m VI oHe ~
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