Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-10-13
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.
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The st Louis express, on the New York
Central road, was crowded one evening
recently, when at one OF the way stations.
an elderly gentleman, accompanied by a
young lady, entered the cars and finally
secured seat As the conductor APP
preached the pair, the young lady arose,
and in Il pleading voice said:
ssPlease, sir. don't let him carry me to
the asylum | ain not crazy; | am a lit
tie tired, hut not mad OH! no indeed
Won't You please have papa take me back
homc?"
The conductor, accustomed though he
WAS to all phases of humanity, looked
with establishment NJ the pair ~ did the
other = issen@erS in their vicinity. \ few
words from the father, however, suificcd
and the conductor passed on while the
young lady turned here face to the win
dow. The writer CHANGED to be seated
just behind the old gentleman and could
not forge the desire to speak to him.
With sad face and trembling voice the
father said:
s'Mv daughter has been attending the
seminary in Il distant town and was sue
ceeding remarkably. Her natural quail
ties, together with a great ambition
placed her in the front ranks Of the
school, bat she studied too closely, was
not careful of her health, and her poor
brain has been turned. am taking her
to Il private asylum where we hope she
will soon be better
At the next station the old man and his
daughter left the cars, but the incident,
so suggestive of Shakespeare's Ophelia,
awakened strange thoughts in the mind
of the writer. 1t is an absolute fact that
while the population of America increas-
ed thirty per cent. during the decade be-
tween 1870 and 1880 the insanity increase
was 0Uer one hundred and thiTty-fUe per
cent for the same period. Travellers by
rail, by boat, or in carriages in any part
Of the land see large and elaborate build
ings, and inquire what they are?
Insane asylums
Who builds them?
Each state; every county; hundreds of
private individuals, and in all cases their
capacity is taxed to the utmost.
Why?
Because men, in business and the pro-
fessions, women, at home or in society,
and children at school overtaX their men
tai and nervous forces by work, worry
and care. This brings about nervous dis
orders, indigestion and eventually mania
1t is not always trouble with the head
| that causes insanity. 1t far oftener arts
es from evils in other parts of the body.
| The nervous system determines the sta
tus of the brain. Any one who has peri
| odic headaches; occasional dizziness; a
! dlmness of vision; Il ringing in the ears
a feverish head; frequent nausea or a
| sinking at the pit Of the stomach, should
| take warning at once. The stomach and
head are in direct sympathy and if one be
| Impaired the other can never be in order.
Acute dyspepsia causes more insane sui
cides than any other known agency and
the man, woman or child whose stom-
| ach Is deranged is not and cannot be safe
from the coming on at any moment OF
mania in some one Of it's many terrible
| forms.
The value of moderation and the i'm
perative necessity of care in keeping the
stomach right must therefore be clear to
all. The least appearance Of indigestion
or mal-assimilation of food should be
watched as carefully as the first approach
of an invading army. Many means have
been advocated for meeting such attacks
bat al have heretofore been more or less
| defective. There can be little doubt
however, that for the purpose of regulat
ing the stomach, toning it up to proper
action, keeping its nerves in normal
condition and purifying the blood, War
ner's Tippecanoe the Best, excels all an
cient or recent discoveries. 1t is abso
lutely pure and vegetable; it is certain tc
add vigor to adults, while it cannot by
any possibility injure even child. The
fact that it was used in the days of the
famous Harrison family is proof positive
of its merit as it has so thoroughly with
stood the test of time. As tonic an(
revivifier it is simply wonderful. 1t ha;
relieved the agony of the stomach il
thousands of cases; soothed the tiret
nerves; produced peaceful sleep anC
averted the coming on of mania NOR,
to be dreaded than death itself.