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109 There have been several cases of Insanity in this country - which are puzzlers to account for. A few days ago - Stone who has been teaming all winter from Sacremento - was seized with insanity - without any bodily ailment apparently - not having been drinker and has become a raving maniac. Exposure - retarding circulation in the extremities may have brought it in - yet even this with all other conjecture leaves the cause in doubt. Several persons I have heard of who have become deranged. Bosworth who died here a short time ago - became a mild lunatic in this country - A man at the Missouri Dam - has gone crazy - after working all summer. Can the excitement of gold - be a cause of these derangements. Dr Nelson was called to Stone on the night of his seizure. A horse was found him - the messenger returned with him - the distance was eight miles. The Doctor could do nothing for the case - the charge for the visit was $100.00. And this is California also. Sacramento City is invaded by body lice. Carter came up. He saw two men under a tree picking themselves. They asked him how long he had been in the city. A week. Then will bet you five dollars you have lice in you. He scouted the idea - but what was his horror on changing his clothes here - to find his flanells covered with them. We got one on a bright tin plate and examined him under the microscope. Verily my flesh crawled with imagination The City is said to be overrun with them - it is second only to Egypt - once to be drowned with a flood - now overrun with the plague of lice. This too is California. Bernicia beats the world for fleas - in the summer. Their numbers beggar imagination. Of several nights I spent there - I could not sleep - on account of them. Dr N - his family were completely eaten up. Tommy was sores from head to foot - the effects of their bites. I could concur of no worse torment - then to be forced to stay in Bernicia. It is a war - endless - and completely without hope. At San Francisco also we were troubled with these insects. Here we have the good fortune to escape. Camp life does not suit