Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-05-01
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natic asylum All that strange drift or
humanity which poured into the dis
trict frum every direction soon after th"
war has b-cn wasted away by death.
lunacy commission or gentle restraint
by friend. until very few are left, and
q comparatively harmless Sct has taken
it, place
Tn. approach ~ Coxey's army. how
ever. has warmed into life all the queer
and crocping things % th" capital, and
frum miserable tencmenis In the Jack
districts. frvm obscure rOpms in cheap
hotels aud even frO.i lonely old farm
houses In the adjacent country the long
haired men and the short hairrlwumcn
have appcard on the sircts and AZ.
tempted to organize In hands - wei.
come For the most part they carry
plain evidence ~ diseased mind, 'vpc.
cially I'm eyes which sometime. show the
glare ~ unreasonable anger. oftener .
painful vacancy and frequently the un.
easy, foycrish light s-n in the eye of a
hunted animal
Cr.ak. st a.. whit. H"a...
What l.comes ~ all the eranks any.
howp Lawrence, the painter who snap
p-i a pistol twice at President Jackson.
lived for IS years In lunatic asylum.
Guitoau. ~ everybody knows, died by
the rupe. aud. although the weight ~
opinion Is that h. wa. rally insane, yet
events have shown that his execution
was wise and justifablc. for M sul~e-
quent attempt has h.n made upon the
life ~ president lis true that scarce
ly week passes without call NJ the
White lIouse by some crank who insists
upon ssing the president. but IL II very
seldom that any such are arrested Old
residents tell many queer stories about
panics In the White House In the days
when presidents wcrc not ~ carefully
guarded n now In that dark p"riod ~
John Tyler's administration when one
wo. trUi upun anO,hcr's heels. - fast
did they follOw-the killing ~ two
members ~ the cabinet by the bursting
Of the big gun. the hanging Of another
members son on the governments brig
Somers and other minor tragcdie--
many threatening messages werr ~
ceiyed. and the political animosity
against Mr.. Tyler was - graf that he
took these messages seriously. One day
a mysterious looking b1x was delivered
M the White HOUSE and was at once
prunOunc,sl AN Internal machine. After
much trcpida,iun the coachman consent
..l Ia oTsn IL very cautiously. and In IL
was the mOlel ~ n patent stove and a
letter from thu inventor requesting the
president ,o see that the proper patent
was issues at onoc
,tb. s.o..i Head. Id.>
Conspi'Q1us among the cranks Of to-
day l. Coh!lel Relstone, whose mission
IL l. to prepare cungrss and the public
generally for the wonderful reform
which the Good Roa'ls association l. Ia
bring about. Every day ho may H. seen
In the hall IL the house for AN hour or
80 before the session opens distributing
his crazy documents and buttOnhOlinR
members At iir.t he was something of
a nuisance to the statesmen. Tut now
he no sooner takes hi. stand at desk
than be- II surrounded by crowd of
visitors. pages and loafers, who prucccd
to guy him with all sorts of ridiculous
questions and Jokes On his mission and
personal appcarance He Is ~ awfnily
serious. however. that very little fun
can b. made out II him. AZ other times
IA. hastens hack and forward bctv"n
Rschabite hall and other resorts ~ the
unemployed. canyasscs the hotel lobbies
or holds fOrin On the street corner. The
singular feature u the Rc,lstonc- coNey
programme l. it, moderation They only
ask an issue II $500, COO. 900 In green.
backs, while No other financial rcfOrmer
of that class spcaks IL starting In with
lees than ~. OO0. 600. 600. and the favor
10. amount with most II them l. Sc
pr capita
social CurI"-ities.
Most noted ~ our present crinks l.
"the stuffed man. u son Of the once
eminent Judge Dunlap of Gcorgotown.
lie was ciu,ated at Heidelberg and In.
herite,i competence, but developol AN
idea that hc was the glass of fashion
and the mold u form when properly
dressed. llis chest and shoulders are
pufYcd out with padding To an amazing
extent. and he wears n child's chip hat
on the cruwn of his long and curiously
shapd head. In this queer getup he
po-es on the street corners, standing
crcct and motionless sometimes for an
har at a time AMI threatening with tie
straction any who laugh at him OF even
stop long 10 gaze Another local curios'
ity. though q man Of average sense. IL
Big Heale.l Parker. He Is n small man.
but has the largest head In the world
and enjoys fairly good health withaL
The fact that he has sold this head 10 a