Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1879-01-11
WHITE HOUSE LUHATiCs.
The "daft" people who find their way

sane enough, but some let their mental
weakness be known 10y their queer ques-
,ions and strange actions. They are
ont as soon as possible, out
often cause considerable trouble. When |
q person calls at the Executive Mansion ;
who is so insane as TO be helpless or /
dangerous he is turned over To the po- /
lice and sent to the insane asy luIn or
his home. From clues furnished by F!
themselves the place from which they
hail is often discovered, and they are
given transportation thereto at govern
ment expense. There are snch mum
Der that have to be sent 10 the insane
ASYLUM that it has been suggested that
a special appropriation be made for TAX
ing them home, as it costs more 10
maintain them at the government ex-
pense in the asylum.
Some harmless lunatics have meth
cd in their madness. AT stated PERIODS
they pay the White House visit.
Their faces have become familiar.
Among these is an old gentleman who
lives short distance out in the coun-
try, near Bladensburg. He wears
large sof; hat, salt and pepper pants,
ana short black coat. His eyes a'e
blue and mild, with nothing wild about
them, and his hair is gray. lie calls
regularly once in every two months
He comes iu The door solemnly. Being
asked what he wants, he replies: Il
have come TO take my seat" He then
tells how he has been regularly elected
President, and would have come TO en-
ter Oh his duties sooner, but work on
his farm prevented his leaving home.
The ushers talk TO him serious y abodt
the matter, and as general thing he
soon leaves perfectly satisfied. The last
tine he called he was somewhat persist
ent in demanding 'the presidential
chair" ia order .to take his law lu! seat.
Being expostuIa,ed with, he explained
10 the ushers that they need have no
fear; he did not intend TO make many
changes and would keep them ali III of
fee. lie didn't know, come TO think OF
it, that he would make any removals at
all. He might, however, put Secretary
Schurz out of the cabinet. lie was asked
if he had a wife He replied, "No."
He vas then told that no man unnIar
ricd could be President. He left imme
diatcly, with the express determination
to marry as soon as he got home and
then come back and stake his seat.
A man comes down here from Penn
svlvania about live times year. lie is
about thirty five years old, and dresses
neatly and comfortably. He demands
TO see the President. The Treasury and
the White House have been decided to
lin, and he wants the possession of
both. The last tirnc he called he wore
pair of badly used up shues, and got
Slightly noisy. When put outside the
door he SAID: II will submit this time.
as do not wish 10 make Hayes h"asc
less; but the next time | c"rne / want
no iuolishnrss. | want him to move
ont promp,ly~ haze to be so harsh,
but my shoes are wearing ont, and l
must have my rights. Just tell him
how the case stands.
A woman from Maine walked in one
day in dress like that Of Quakercss.
She stalked into the east room, and
spreading large Bible-which she car
rird under her arm--on one of the win
dow seats, announced her text, and be-
gan in loud voice TO hold forth on the
necessity of being born again. Sergeant
Dinsmore told her she must not make a
noise. She calmly told him that her
mission was to convert President Hay es,
and she had come to fulfil il. An effort
beirg made to escort her to the door,
she again became loud and quoted verse
after verse from the Bible. After much
noise, but no active resistance, she was
gotten out on the porch and the door
was closed. She left announcing her
determination TO convert Mr.. Hayes:
and repeating scriptural texts all the
way down the concrete walk 10 the
gate.
a man from Ohio called few days
ago. lie had theory that the world
was coming to an end in few days If
he was not made Superintendent of the
Naval Observatory, in view that he
might, by his knowledge Of astronomy,
avert The impending collision of the
earth with all the planets. He was
promised the position, and left satisfied.
Ohio, by the by, furnishes qnite
number of subjects. A woman from
that State, about forty yeais old. with
gray hat, a light wooden cloak, hand
some brown eyes and regular features,
came quietly iii las. week. She said
that there was $1,000 mp that she had
been elected Governor of Pennsylvania
on the greenback ticket She had only
the week before gone to that State TO
see about it, and, not getting much sat
istactiop, had come 10 the Presiden, 10
have the question finally settled. She
exhibited what she called her "creGen-
uals." This important document was
the ticket issued by the greenbackers in
the recent elections in Pennsylvania,
and had on them, of course, the names
of all the nominees of that party. She
was told that the President could do
nothing for her, and was referred 10 At
torney General Deveus.
A raw boned fellow from Maine is
seen no more at the White House. He
used to be a regular visitor. He would
march in every morning, walk up TO
one OF the ushers, and with a military
salute hand him letter The letters
were always addressed 10 "1on. X. B.
Hayes, from Ohio, President of the