Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1908 — Belgium’s Town of Fools. [ARTICLE]

Belgium’s Town of Fools.

Gheel, in Belgium, Is a town of fools. Imbeciles are sent there as to an asylum, but, instead of being shut up and deprived of the pleasures of liberty, they are allowed to enjoy themselves like reasonable beings.