Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-11-29
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Since the last report of the trustees was submitted, the new building
which was then en- erecting rsMa has been completed ,o il a manner suitable to
thereby afforded, we have been enabled to receive a greater number of
already awaited themselves Of the advantages Of this institution, 50 that
sla~ss , GyeTy ya TGom + y. now Uoo oGs Z a;A And we're !. i not not , 70, .d the siTcu ~.
institution would soon be crowded.
the erection q only the centre building and one wing. These have been
s ss apy part was va p aaisSed If it W a i nppesaaeIs' o asc ap@l' SS Patients, lna, as s TGe
Superintendent Il tend and family ) De \ y M aas and : ! few ssS female sT pa pis"s"' now re-
he asso%modsiion o 81 p p %s% "'I XII It t hspi is@%%es, therefore, hslsi@ey s re-
tenis reside in the former building, thereby eHecting a complete separa-
f f5e i, e iss i SaSS;na b saS 6 i aSm injecting ? & Of a., PsG sssido Legislature is e. ,,em and be,
wing, many patients must be rejected for want of room if the appHca-
I s1 trustees = 3e 9 q ,iS ssesea e qSt 1Rst ' iSsy g wel SsS unable to raise and
the hem more re- when ne they fsS' ind It the new w b psi as' almost II filed sps With R0p pa' Isss.
and that i will soon be insufficient to accommodate all who may apply
Legislature to this important subject, and inquire, lift be not consistent
provide for those who are afflicted with this most distressing calamity.
ofahoss ni who a9s are placed ssali in a /. proper pc al within six months from their
friends and the community, but return to their friends and aid in their
b An unusual interest has Of late been awakened to the condition and
condition, and the advantages Of an asylum, have BEEN = duly &c, Considered spe,
,ne.a q, ha s nave met me. WITH wnl;a a Just Is RESP response onse.i from every ,phlanthropist.
for iSr them; and especially, for the insane poor. The horror with which
ed BY Others, have already awakened a peculiar interest in their behalf.
,oos Sass IL sa E S iaiae nc p town saI poSp as ( IL : 81 Ps ses "a ss Ky Gov 'ssy s Ss usually Y
either shae h case ai fhsy l are usually Gagged n q confined room, with little left
t ma Po " shs influence aug@, Of passions uns0l,r9nsd by human reason, sfIuiout
every act ofsympathy TO soothe aud encourage them, deprived Of every
s hs aa1ns. osse Y. %@,, and p , confined na il an impure atmosphere: Need we
are so 2 relieved By an undmely death, Of their wrtched exhaeneel 1t
sane poor beyond the possibility of recovery, Or Of deepriivfng them Of all
care ' Of horse en wSo 81 ha sepa na o e s'l SSses o. thn ,s To- pl, ,es.t them under ,%sn the the
.tyss Of gain, and who win shut them out from society, and chain a and and
ii5s1ssssi trouble I \ sIS Al e he insane II POOR or should X If e placed q il %' ss
and their friends and the public relieved Of charge, " which chm might ni siIr,
X M' na ' t%s Sst i psfsy % 1 make In nJsd pesanis 'gv pGint q, view lew there. therefore. is
,~ConsdesIug, The claims Of the insane poor, a paramount to those Of
f faE 0 soisi ss Il he I p9JsaGa re G IN b sSsDH!s 81 ri. de sso 'Esssss . Tssla u respect 6.
unable to present their own claims or express their own wants. that ne