The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-01-31
Was 1t all a Dream.
From the Manning Is. ca Times.

Our readers remember SNORT n0tlce III
the Times, some weeks ago, where the
sudden and unaccountable disappearance
Of Dr.. W. q. Reynolds was noted; and q
week OF two later another notice that
DR.. Reynolds had returned. We were
unable until last Saturday to get q correct
account of the affair, and as DR.. Reynolds
is widely: known throughout the county,
we publish it SO that his friends may
have q correct version of the affair. 5ss
Dr.. Reynolds for several weeks had
been drinking very hard, until it finally
affected bis brain. On Saturday night,
December Is, while laboring under this
mental alteration, he left his home, not
conscious Of what he MAS doing. He has
no recollection Of. when he left home, or
how Or when he got to railroad station,
nor could any Of his family, by the most
.diligent search, find out where he had
taken the train. And this is wrapped in
-.
mystery. BE has no recollection Of how
much money he had with him when he
left, but it is thought he had about seven:
tenty.fVe OF, q hundred dollars. Wien
he came to himself he mas in the city Of
Nashville, Tenn. From this place he
wrote 8 letter to his family, which 8as
y. - -.
duly received. He here became &C.
.quainted with some gentle IMAM, influential
in a large No Western railroad syndi.
cate,. who kindly presented him free
pass over most of the Northwestern rail.
roads. Whenh he left Nashville be does
not remember, but in this same state of
mind visited Cincinnati, st. Paul, St.
Louis and other Western cities.
At Cincinnati he got severe fall
which resulted in concussion ofthe spine.
He thinks there. was q heavy sleet at the
time, and that in getting off the train he
slipped, and fell on a stone. At st.
Louis he was enabled once again to regain
his normal state of mind, probably owing
to the severe pain he was suffering; or
probably because nature would no longer
submit to such a terrible ordeal. He
had frequently, in his wild career, written
to his family, the letters being duly
received and answered, but the answers
never reached him, as he did not wait for
a reply. At st. Louis he met kind
friends among strangers, who took him in
charge, furnished him with money, put
him on q Pullman palace car, and started
him homeward, where he safely arrived
about two months ago, having been alb.
sent about three weeks. His family and
friends nere delighted to welcome him
again, and DR.. Reynolds himself was
probably the MOST rejoiced Of all to be
again safely restored to his loved ones
after 80 perilous and remarkable trip.
His suffering is severe, but it is hoped he
will soon be well again, coming and going
among us.
After bis sudden leaving the widest
and vaguest ramors we're repeated for
facts, and it would take the entire six
page edition of the Times to hold the half
Of them. Sufceth for it to be said, and
on the best of authority, that excessive
drinking was the sole cause ofhis going.
Any rumors as to financial embarrassment,
or as to unpleasant social and family
troubles, are denied by those who know
best. DR.. Reynolds, his wife and children
form, we are reliably told, q most loving
and afectionate family, with not the
shadow Of skeleton lurking in any se.
cret closet.
Do such temporary mental alterations
occur often T? Yes. Whiskey is the
greatest curse on the face Of the globe,
and is the fountain head of three. fourtbs
Of all sin, misery, damnation. a few
months ago We met in Laurens gentle.
man who had just returned from Califor-
mia. He related to US his experience,
which was so similar to DR.. Reynolds
that they almost coincide. He had been
drinking a long time, left suddenly, and
came to himself as he was crossing the
Missippi River, at st. Louis. With such
cases whiskey generally has little effect,
on the muscular or nervous system, but
affects the brain. Such men may be, to
use an uncouth expression, fool drunk,
even crazy drunk, and yet walk perfectly
straight without the slightest swagger.
Unless one is we'll acquainted with such
person, it is difficult to tell when he is
drunk. DR.. Reynolds is thus constitu-
ted.
Senator vance's Affliction.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. Ex-senator
Vance to day had one of his eyes removed.
He commenced to lose the sight of the
eye more than year ago, and it has
grown worse until recently when be en-.