Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1907 — A Madman’s Wit [ARTICLE]

A Madman’s Wit

A Washington educator told a good story about a young medical friend of his who is interested in insanity symptoms and is a sort of amateur alienist. The other day the student got a chance to visit one of the wards in the Asylum For the Insane, and, having heard that there was a man confined there who labored under the hallucination that he was God, the studefit asked that he lie allowed to see this patient first, as be appeared the most promising for investigation, lie was taken to the ward where the lunatic was confined, and the following conversation ensued: Student—Are you the Deity? Lunatic—From everlasting untoeverlasting I am he. Student—Well, I’He been looking for you for a long time. I have a question to ask you. How do you reconcile the doctrines of predestination and free will? The lunatic drew himself up to his full height and, giving the medico a scornful glance, replied, “My dear sir, I never talk shop.”—Washington Star.