Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-08-17
From the Springfield Republican.
BrattieborO.
ITS WATER CURES. SUMNER VISITORS
AND INSANE ASYLUM

BRATTLEBORO, VT, August 10, 1871
For beauty of location and varietyt
scenery this village stands uurivslai
the Connecticut valley; and the nCn-r
Ous visitors who congregate here es4
summer are proof that its merits are
widely known aud fully appreciated.
The water cure blishmenta have heeu
for wears a great attraction T. people r. =
abroad, and although their admirable
management cannot BE- disputed. Missy
droll stories in regard to them are told b7
residents who are non-believers IN the o.
| fioacy of the diet and regimen. Ii seems
10 be the general opinion that 1t j. 4 paw.
ing business, as they attract good class
of customers. dem and a high price I
board, and for obvious s4nitary reasons
cannot be expected to live like a frs.-
class hotel, as it is for the interest Of both
the doctor and his patients that be should
prescribe plain diet. When ont riding
few DAYS ego, called at 3 farm house.
several miles from the village, for gl4ss
Of milk. and the nice bustling old lady
who waited upon me. with pardonsble
Yankee curiosity asked If wa- staying
at 'the establishment" She said sha
used frequently TO see the patients pass
her house on foot, taking their regular
exercise, and she remembers one very
large woman in particular, who, she BE-
lieves, was under discipline for the pgr'
pose of reducing her superHuous sash,
that used to walk by, propelled by two
men, one on each side of her, carrying
rail horizontally, pressed against b.
back, which supported her, and at The
same time, gave her an impetus which
kept her under sail. at was lauEhsbs
sight" said the old lady. 'as you will 81
NIT If you could imagine it."
One obtains a great deal OF informatol
from casual acquaintance. A lady from
New York said she came up over the New
| London Northern railway. and should r.
turn that wsy,ss she always made = pol1i
of riding on broad gusge road, wbea
she could, the cars were so much larger
and more "commendeous" Her daughter
will not play croquet, 1t is so dreadiuA!
old fashioned, and although they dress
very richly. their remarks are decidedly
amusing. They informed Us yesterda!
that all the rich men in New York Wefs
Catholics, but that they were just as e.
lightened as anybedy, and that at home
they have gallery of real frisco painting.
done by the old masters and imporIe'
| from Rome.
One sometimes meets ignorance where
he least expects it. As beautiful young
woman whose time is occupied in sdofn'
ing her person according to the last man
date of fashion, was turning over 10.
magazines on my table, Harpers, Oid az
New. Scribner's and the Atlantic Tor Au-
gust, she asked, in good faith, :" na' ai'
all these books-novels My motnsL
don't allow me to read novels she thlnhs
it is wicked for any one to waste time IL
such a manner. She wouldn't let me come
into vour room so much if she knew they
were SO plenty here. for fesr 1 snoI i.s
interested in story. ana no' Ae0P
up pretty all the timer ...,
The insane asylum, while II aI'fa'
MANY curious visitors, would De 10 me
serious objection to the place IS rs'l,
dence. I should never become accustome'
To the strange, weird, hsggsrd or wlstia+
entresting faces, the wild eyes, the gio,
bering cries which one sees and nsa
always in the vicinity of the asylum ~
Sometimes I see the poor creatures
their keepers on the street. Ii seems :.
possible 10 live in the vicinity OF Su
sane asylum without hearing reports a,,e IL
regard to the discipline that, Wns.D.,
true or false, make the hearers blood fun
cold. Twas much interested IN the
counts of an old gentleman who was tDsls
for some time time, and who, when ~
walking, if he met a poorly d ret
woman or child would beg his atrena'DI
to give them q dollar. saying, mt Of
was peddling I cheated nv mon mTn. Dsy then
poor women, and if could oa,y s py hut
back, perhaps they wOuldn t Keep m0
up all the time" .-