The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1890-12-17
MANY YEARS A MANIAC.
"A MAN WHO HAS BEEN INSANE
TELLS HOW THE FEELING SEEMS.
He Explains His PECULIAR uaIlucInation

He Explains His Peculiar HaIIucination.
Began Eusing Over ImmortaIity-His
Fad Was TO Get Rich by Raising Rad
ishes-Au Men Seem to BE His Enemies.
was once insane, and often muse
over my experience. There are of course
many kinds of insanity. Some mental
| disorders take place so gradually that
even the closest companions of the vic
tim are at a loss to remember when the
trouble began. 1t must have been this
way in my case. One evening, after an
oppressively warm day, day when /
experienced more fatigue from the heat
than ever before or since, sat on my
porch tanning myself. "This arm that
is now in motion, unused, ''must one
of these days be dust. I wonder how
long will the time be-"
Then Fmused upon the evidence had
of immortality. l could do things that
other people could not accomplish. |
had gone through battle after battle,
| and though bullets sang and struck
around me as thick as hail, yet l remained
uninjured. | had passed through cpl
denies of yellow fever. My idea gained
strength as Unused, and Twas convinced
that should live forever. No, this can
not be, for death follows all men alike.
Yes, am to die like other men, and
believe that it is my duty to make the
most of life; to make money and enjoy
myself, and to educate my children. |
wanted to be rich, and began to study
over an imaginary list of enterprises.
THE RADIsH SCHEME
At last l hit upon radishes. People
must have radishes. They should be in
every shop. They could be dried and
sold in winter would plant fifty
acres with radish seed, and people all
over the country would refer to me as
the "radish king" | would form
radish syndicate, and buy up all the
radishes and travel and be admired.
fastened to the house to tell my wife
that she was soon to be radish queen.
AT the breakfast table L said, Julia,
how would you Like to be radish uueen?'
"a whatlo she exclaimed.
explained my plan of acquiring great
wealth, and during the recital she be-
haved so curiously that Twas alarmed.
feared that she was losing her mind.
Finally she seemed to understand. She
agreed with me, but told mo not to say
anything more about it. After break
fast saw her talking earnestly with her
father, and | know that she was ex-
planning to the old gentleman how she
intended to pay his debts when l be-
came known as the radish king. The
old man approached me with much con-
Germ, and told me that needed rest and
that | must not think of business.
He was old and sadly worried, and
promised him that would not think Of
business. Pretty soon l went out to in
spect my radish kingdom. Looking
round saw the old man following mo.
From the field | went to the village.
approached u friend and l told him how
| intended to become rich. He seemed
grieved, and | saw at once that he was
contemplating the same enterprise. 1t
seemed mean that he should take advan-
tage OF me and | told him So He tried
to explain, but he made me SO angry
that | would have struck him il my
father-in-law had not come up and sepa-
rated us.
CURED AT LAST.
tried to calm myself, but could not
Those who had been my friends proved
to be my enemies, and was determined
to be avenged; but before | could exc
cute my will was seized by several
men. My father-in-law did not attempt
to rescue me, and hated him was
taken to prison. My wife came to SEQ
me, but she did not try to have me re-
leased. demanded trial, but no law
yer would defend mo.
Then | realized that the entire COM
munity was against me. l became so
wroth that my anger seemed to hang
over me like dark cloud. It pressed |
me to the floor, and held me there. Men
came after n long time and took me
away, I thought, to another prison. One
day Il cat came into my cell, and tried
to bite her. She made the hair fly, but
killed her.
don't know how long l remained
here, but one morning the sun rose and
shone in at me through the window. It
seemed to be tho first time that / had
seen the great luminary for months. A
mist cleared from before my eyes. My
plttiu poSah W Nolh, anu suuueluy re-
allied that had been insane called |
the keeper, and when he saw me he ex-
claimed, 'Thanlr heavent' and grasped |
my hand
| was not long in putting ON another
suit Of clothes and turning my face to- |
ward home A physician said that was |
cured, and everybody seemed bright and |
happy at my recovery. went home.
My wife tainted when she saw me and |
learned that had recovered my mind. |
l asked for my little children, and two |
big boys and young lady came forward |
and greeted me. had been in the asy-
lum twelve years.-Pearson's. Weekly.