Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-03-26

authoritatively upon the subject say
there could be no such things exis,
and not known to more than one
person.
! DIDN'T SHOW UP.
Every opportunity has been afford
ed the chronic howlers to sustain
their charges. Committees. which
transacted their business with open
doors, have time and again been sent
there by the State for the purposes oi
investigation, and these parties were
asked to lay before them their charges.
They did not show up. The commit
tees reported the institution well
! managed and the vindication has just
been made complete by a new Board
re. eIecting all the old officers. No
better selections could have been
made, we think.
FAIR PROPOSITION.
Drs. Tichenor and Young, and
others in authority, and the subordi-
/ mates, with one accord. say. with the
now crowded condition of the asylum,
it is impossible to improve upon the
| management; that each one knows
his duty and faithfully performs it,
and that all outsiders cannot be
pleased. They say if any reliable
newspaper desires to make an lnves-
tigation of the inside workings Of the
/ institution lis representative will be
carefully shown through the entire
building and given an insight into
the management of everything per-
tanning to the Asylum, besides enter
tanning him while in the town. A
fair enough proposition, every one
will admit.
1t is only right and due to the
Asylum people to state that while the
writer of this was in Fulton lie was
not known at the institution rs being
connected with a newspaper.
SYMPATHETIC MAN.
! As an instance Of DR.. Smiths kind
and tender sympathies. it Is related
that while portion of the herd OF
cattle diseased with pIeuro-pneumonis
were being shot he stood by the side
of an animal he thought the world Of
and for which he paid fancy price,
and with his hand resting on his fa'
vurite's neck, witnessed the work oi
killing with tears coursing down hi
cheeks.
COUPLE OF PLEASANT HOURS.
We attended the dance and, il
common with others present, passet
!. The two hours very pleasantly
, Those who have ever heen affortie,
the opportunity Of being present q
one Of these gatherings-an inte1
mingling of the sane with the insan
Twill not fail 10 recall to memor
> the well-known faces and forms ,
r two very old men, whose peculi:
haliucinations are amusing, to sa
the least. Both are wlnte-haire
J. with age, one tall and rather slim
: the other low of statue and hrav
U build. The former imagines he
: the Duke of Wellington, while II
u other is just as certain that he is
Z THE GREAT NAPOLEON.
: Conspicuous upon the latter
y breast are all kinds and colo
of glittering medals, trophies
u the numerous victories won by Il
II Emperor that he believes himself
'' he. Both these old men have be,
'' at the asylum for many years, al
:. each Is humored by callers and a
d dressed by the title he thinks he beal
y These two 'sold warriors" dance on
s. once during the evening, when I
E the other merry-makers clear t
y floor, the orchestra strikes up I
or tune so we'll known to them, and t
10 aged couple, just as polite and G.
'e liant as the knights of olden time
~ keep stately tread to the music. an
d. bowling and politely gesliculating
" one another, much to the merrime
as of the crowd, leaving the spectatt
in doubtful suspense as to wheti
the one who thinks himself to
OF Bnnapar,e had forgotten that
t. Waterloo he had ever met an {
e. ponent in his partner-he who i'm:
es ines himself the great Duke-a
ny that to him the monarch-sold
W. howed the knee. These differen
he seemed to have been forgotten, wi
en- the dance was in progress, at a
cir rate.
ed Every patient was dressed neat
presenting a clean appearance,
attendants paid them all neccss
we attention. and un unusual number
Ter visitors from abroad we're present,
hle of whom spoke in the highest tel
lh- of praise of what they bad witness
The We herewith return our thank.
mt. our wide-awake young friend, Mr..
ny f. Farris, for courtesies extended
IN
ION Mabeps Evasion.
;ed always" said papa, as he dr.
,cb his coffee and enjoyed his morn
NJ hecfsieak, ''olways, children, cha
tho suhietf whom ANYTHING ,1nn1