The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-29

has been +. vowed, were there confined, sub
iected to the. " outrages and inhumanitles,
INSIGHT and o'ind of the jibbering idiot
and the screach III the maniac, so that their
friends and relat,'vcs-God save the mark
might be rid of th.m, This was not a State
institution, but its 1ain support came from
the state. and all the shame and disgrace
wa. ours. Was it net then time to bestr
ourselves and look TO the management of
our public institutions? 1t would seem SO,
but has it been done the echo comes back
to us, has it?
But the cup OF our humiliation was not
full Another muttering of the volcano
has been heard as if to warn us to bestir
ourselves at once, and clean out our own
Augean stables. More shame and disgrace
we are compelled to bear another blot
must be borne the fair fame of Vermont
must be again dinmed. We need not re-
peat the DISGUSTING, dsgraceful story in re-
| ference TO the Vermont Reform School
| The whole of it, so far as known-we know
not how much there is in the back ground
was published in Saturdays GLOBE. 1t
is not an irresponsible charge. 1t comes
not from personal or political enemies. 1t
is not matched up to get one set of men
out of Office and another set in 1t is
sworn testimony, given in open court, on a
matter properly before the court, and in the
presence of the chief magistrate OF the
State. 1t came from such men rs the
Sheriff of Windsor county and the Secrc-
tarv to the Governor. and was confirmed
hy an examination of the person OF him
who had been an inmate of the sO-calct
reform school We turn back To the frs
report and find the idea which led TO III
foundations and to lis subsequent support
1t was to rescue the young from the paths
OF crime, vice, neglect and filth. throw
around them the influence of home" I,
make them all of one family, to educate
: them, teach them habits of industry
teach them habits of cleanliness, in
strl,ct them in some useful trade or labor
, in fact and in word, TO prepare them f
become useful members of society. How
, far this is now being realized the tcstimo
ny, in part, shows. The state has been al
this institution. and thereby restore thcs
, unfortunatcs to the community as goo
1 citizens. At the last session of the egisla
{ turc siXty-elght thousand dollars was al
e., 10 al La
: was then or has been, heretofore, asked fo
has been chcerlully given. Why are nc
| the inmates properly cared for? Til
p question the people of Vermont ask and II
quire an answer that will not have til
a odor of whtcwash about it. The manag,
p mcnt of the school needs more 1gt0rmil
q than do its inmates. Over fifty-five hun
k dred dollars is paid in salaries, sixteen hui
drcd dollars of which goes to William {
Fairbank and his wife, one as supcrinteI
, dent and the other as matron. How the
!, superntcnd, etc, appears in the testmon,
6 Let us have general overhauling W
are warned in time. and there will be /
;. excuse for us if we are engulphed by frau'
corruption and encouragement. Let ,
wake up to the danger and reform ever.
. thing that needs reforming Surely the
!, is honor, integrity, virtue and humani
enough in Vermont to keep the state in Il
right track, and persons can be found wi
:, are wiling and competent to properly ma
., age our benevolent, rciormatory and 9th
- institutions