The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-03-16
Mr.. JansOn as a PhiIanthrOphist.

breakfast Tablet
Mr.. Janson has come to an under
standing with himself on one matter,
and that is that he will walk the streets
with shaved head and banner in his
hand superscribed j" Lunatic," before
he will again endeayor to render kind
ness to a drunken man.
One day last week man 50 drunk
that he couldn't look up without falling
down, came Topping into his place of
business hurrahing for party by the
name of Hiram, whom he claimed to
have seen. Mr.. Janson felt much dis
tressed to see the man in so sad a plight,
as he knew him to belong to very re-
spectacle family. He tried to quiet the
unfortunate inebriate, and persuade
him to lie down in the back room until
he was sobered up sufficiently to go
home. But no, sir; he wouldn't do it.
He was all right, and the man who said
he was drunk was a zig-zagaty liar.
He had money enough to pay his way
quilting out roll of bills) and didn't
ask no favors of anybody. He had
just dropped in to shake. hands as a
friend and didn't propose to be insulted,
ETC., etc. He then "corkscrewed"
around over the room, vibrating from
one article of furniture to another I'M
til he stepped on his knee, tripped up
and fell down, striking his head against
a projection, cutting an ugly cash and
knocking himself senseless. Mr. JAN
son and his assistants bathed his head
with cold water, and in short time re-
stored him to consciousness. The treat
ment sobered him little and be begged
MIR. J. to put him on a street-car and
send him home. That humane gentle
man took him by the arm and set forth
to comply with the request, but it
proved no easy undertaking. To keep
the man from tumbling down every ten
or fifteen feet was one Of the most diff
cult things Mr.. j. ever tried to do. The
attention elected from the passers-by
was also very embarrassing to modest
man, and the frequent remarks that
came to the ear of Mr.. J. convinced him
in very short order that he was not re-
ceiving much credit for being philan-
thropic.
A nice pair, they are," said an old
lady. " Both so drunk they can hardly
waddle."
"Shockingl dreadfulp' remarked an
other lady, az she drew in her skirts and
lodged to one side to avoid collision.
"Those beastly men should be taken to
the station house. People that can't
walk straight shouldn't be allowed on
the streets"
81 "How sad-how disgusting Oh why
will men make such beasts of them
selvesP said silvery-haired minister
to a gentleman at his elbow.
i" And what hardened, depraved-look-
ing wretches they are, too' returned
his companion. tl.r
| say, cullyp' reared one bootblack
to another across the street, F" see them
two boozers, will you p
"Ho-ho! Watch 'em-see 'em
carom on the box. A nice pair to draw
to, they is" came back from the other.
Mr. Janson's face was all on fire with
shame and indignation. The idea of
his being taken for a drunken man!
He, one of the staunchest pillars in the
blue ribbon cause. i0 ,
By this time they had reached the
corner, and while waiting for the car to
come up the drunken man slipped like
an eel from Mr. Janson, and embraced
the lamp-post, resting his chin on the
letter-box, with his hat showed back,
hair down over his eyes, tobacco juice
streaming over his chin, and blood
oozing down the side of his face. He
was sad, pitiable spectacle, and the
heart of the philanthropist ached as he
looked upon the wreck of a once bright
manhood, and thought of the pain and
shame that would come to the wife and
little ones when he arrived at home.
Mr.. Janson tried hard to break the
mans hold upon the post and get him
down to the car, but finding that hope
less, he resorted to persuasion. While
at this stage of the proceedings couple
of well-dressed ladies swept by, and one
of them remarked to the other in a tone
that reached Mr.. Us ear, and shocked
him to the marrow:
See that poor, miserable drunken
man. Some one has been fighting him."
I" Yes, and look at that dreadful
looking rowdy trying to entice him
away" said her companion. cts my
opinion he's terrible rascal, and wants to
coax him away into an alley or some
place where he can rob him. | think we
had better speak to the first policeman
we see about it,, r,..,-,.-a .....-
"Quite right" returned the other.
"That man has a hardened, wicked face,
and looks as though he wouldn't hesi7
tate to commit any crime"
Mr.. Janson didn't wait TO hear any
further remarks, but left the man to
take care of himself, andw crushed,
subdued feeling returned to his shop,
determined henceforth to be seen no
more in bad company under any circum-
stances. ee E t
In a recent lecture DIR. William A.
Hammond said: An increase of blood in
the brain has been found to accompany
mental action. A congested condition
of the brain often gives rise to.hallucin-i
ations. A recumbent position will often
bring these on, and they will disappear
when the person sits or stands up.
Doubtless many ghosts have been seen
in this way. Hanging causes certain
degree of congestion of the brain.
don't suppose any of you have ever
been hanged, but it is the testimony of
those who have been, and who were cut
down, that they experienced very ex-
allied condition of mind. This is also
true of drowning.
He who betrays another's secret be-
cause he has quarreled with him, was
never worthy the sacred name of friend.
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