The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-28

The third junketing trip of this legis-
lative assembly was made yesterday
when the insane asylum was, visited
and a good time enjoyed at the hands
of the residents of the Garden city.
The usual incidents Of good feeling
among partisans and the usual humor-
GUS incidents incident on a trip of this
nature were manifest during the day.
The start was made from the Rio
Grande Western depot at $40 yester-
day. about eighty-five persons. among
whom were most of the legislators and
members Of their families, boarded the
special that had been placed at the
disposal of the party. The first run
was made to the sugar factory, where
z stop Of an hour was made while the
curious pleasure seekers looked into
the process whereby the sugar is eX-
tracted from the beetS and prepared
for the market. Manager Cutler and
other factory officials were present and
showed the visitors over the building,
giving members information that will
be used in debates on bounty. All were
impressed with the workings of the
factory and many regrets were eX-
pressed that it could not be see at
work.
After the inspection the trip to the
Garden city was made in quick time
and the party received with generous
hospitality by members of the asylum
board and various prominent citizens
of Provo. They were then bundled pro-
mlscuousiy into carriages and the
drive TO the asylum began. On the
way, II was noticed that Seely the
magic disappearance heavyweight of
the Council occupied all the spare room
10 one vehicle, that J. E. Booth of Pro-
Vo, was proud occupant OF the same
rig as Colonel Doxey, janitor of the
House, and that there were some
startling combinations of sterling
Democrats and rabid Republicans.
AT THE ASYLUM.
On reaching the asylum the party
were received by Superintendent Pike
and various members of the board and
We're shown into the chapel where it
was announced that only the Council
and House committees on insane asy-
lum and members of the press would
be taken through the wards, as the
patients would get very much excited
were too many to come. This small
party, accompanied by the superintend-
ent. went through all the wards, three
for the men and two fer the
women and found everything neat and
clean, the beds having mattresses of
straw, the ticking clean and whole
some, the sheets clean and cases white
and neat and the blankets clean and
warm. They found all sanitary ar
rangements were good and the cells
and domitories light and airy.
CURIOUS INCIDENTS.
In the passage through the wards.
many curious things were seen by the
sCraying members One patient, a
dark, rather handsome, man, with a
seemingly Intelligent couutenance
glanced narrowly at all the visitors and
finally choosing President Breeder as
the most suitable man for his purpose.
slipped into the hand of that aston
1shed gentleman q note, in which he
declared he is not insane and should
be liberated at once. This man is
quite prolific in his declarations of
sanity and gives notes to nearly all
visitors.
In the women's department. one of
the members who was walking through
was suddenly seized upon by catalep-
tic patient. who protested that she is
sane and should be liberated She said
her treatment was cruel and unjust
To prove her sanity she offered to play
on the piano, write shorthand or dc
anything else. She had to be taken
away from the visitor by an exertion
of force.
In one of the side rooms leading off
from ward. a tall lank man was
sitting on a table with the ends of the
fingers of his left hand covered with
blood, and was said to be attempting
to draw pictures of the crucifixion and
Savior with his fresh blood. He thus
keeps his fingers always raw.
Two men in one of the wards were in
straight Jackets and while one sat in
logged silence the other kept up a
continual gibbering, rushing out in
coherent sentences after sentences
He seemed to have ideas of world
moving on his mind and made a pitifu
figure.
One Of the visitors received a severe
fright in the ward for the men, He
had been looking about at one or two
of the patients and turned suddenly tc
find himself face to face with one oil
the most ferocious patients, whose
staring, reason bereft eyes were
enough TO startle any man and whose
set features were, repulsive in the ex
IRENE. The patient, however, moved
on without deigning to give any sigr
TO the scared man.
A STARTLING CRY.
In a cell, confined by the steel door
was a heavily bearded Swede. who sa-
sullenly on The floor for sometime Will,
the visitors were looking about Sud
denly he started to his feet with a or,
in his native tongue, causing one Of
two to start, Failing to quiet him h,
was shut out from sight.
In the cell next to him a man, with
heavy brows and full forehead. was
leaning back against the wall in an
attitude suggestive of deepest thought
his arms being crossed upon his breast
Once in q while he would lift hand
TO his brow and then extend it and
work the arm as though repeating q
proposition to himself. When dis
turbed in his reverie by one of the
members, who said: Good day. tc
him. he turned, looked closely at hi:
disturber. said Good day" and re
surneS his thoughtful mien.
A PLAUSIBLE FELLOW.
One of the members from the soutf
found a patient from his district locked
up in cell, who recognized him ant
asked about family matters He asked
the member to bond him out and al
low him tc go home to his family. Hi.
conversation was smooth and pleasins
and he was almost Chesterfieldan il
his bearing. The superintendent saw,
that this class are the most dangerou.
to the community.
In one corner of the upper men,
ward, an uncouth figure was stretched
out This specimen of humanity la,
stolidly staring for some time at !
denly raised up and abruptly asked
Are you sick?v and DO you want ;
doctor?'
One old man stood by and howe,
with the utmost grace to each passer
by. Another talked nationally. but i
liable to fits. Others showed vagarie
and deformities that showed with ter
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