Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-04
A CHILD BONN DRUNK.
"A Jersey YounSster in Perpetual
State of intoxication.
From tho Vego Yoyk World.

From tho Veqo Yoyk World,
The infant son of well known citizen
Of Westfeld, n. j., though but just large
enough to walk aud talk, appears and
acts like an intoxicated person. A local
physician in conversation with a report.
er gave history OF the case. 1t seems
that the parents were very exemplary
young people, and began their married
lie without cloud 10 dim their future.
No one in the town had better habits than
the young husband, but some months
after his marriage be lapsed u little from
the path OF strict temperance.
One winter evening the man went from
his home ostensiblv Ito " atch with a sick
member o the village lodge" He really
visited Sam Goschalk's tavern. The
trusting wife discovered AT Q o'clock that
her husband had forgotten to purchase
meat Tor breakfast ana she went to the
market. A stormy wind was blowing and
the snow was falling, but as she pass
the Motel the sound of mans voice in
song cane TO her ears, She listened but
a moment. There WAS no installing her
hushanu's voice, and scarcely knowing
what she did, she looked in at the bar
room window and saw her husband there
in state of beastly MODIFICATION.
Some time after this little episode
ealthy infant. bright and comelv. Sew
eral months later, when the child began
to walk and talk, they took him to the
physician. The little one could not walk
without staggering In most unseemiy
and ludtcr0us manner, aud could not lisp
baby words without a strange hlccough
and hesitation. The doctor. aVerring
that IL he had seen such symptoms in an
adult he should have pronounced them
fvNtT limit
little difficulty obtained an account ofthe
IN orlunate maternal impression that
provoked the peculiar malady with which
the child is afflicted. No line a. medical
treatment could be OF use in such a case,
and reluctantly the phy stefan gave up the
infant BOY TO endure his strangely misera-
BILE lite.
"There is nothing like catalepsy about
the case" the doctor explained. There
Ia no Eealthier child in town. AS near rs
| can explain it, the child has muscles
and nerves in that condition OF action
which its father showed when the moth
er's impression Of his intOXIcation was
received. There are no tits or convul-
| siOns, though u tremOr Is always present.
In spite OF this fact there j. no mental
| weakness, There is no coordination 10
| the movements of the lower limbs and the
! hands are almost AS bad off. HIS gait is
/ heavy and inSecure-a regular drunken
reel or stagger. As 10 his speech. IL is
not only incouerent and rambling but he
mas all OF toe pher omena Of eXhilaration
or excitement Characteristic OF the earlier
stages Of intoNlcation. HIS IDEAS seem TO
flow rapidly and all OF the senses are won
deriully acute, but there are the muscu-
lar tremblings aud the actual stumbling
gait of ire driukard,"
"ls recovery to he hoped for" the re.
! porter asked.
"No,' The doctor answered. SIT is a
hopeless case; impossible 10 cure. That
boz, " he iiVcs, VIII have the continued
appearance Of drunkenness, and it cannot
be helped. he ~ drunk, naturally
drunk, and, though he may become o