Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-11-05
Brattleboro.

village uutlnE tnt last uecaue,
And we come FIRST, as is natural, to
notice the Improvement in its hotel accom-.
molatious Ia place Of the old, tumble.
down Brattleboro House, with which so
many Of our Vermont officers had occasion
to become familiar during the war, we have
now an elegant and commodious new hotel. /
for which the citizens Of that village are
indebted to the public spirit and libcraliiy
Of MIR. Chas Brooks, resident Of Bratile. |
boro, who has in this graceful manner built
a lasting monument TO his memory This
hotel, appropriately called the Brooks /
House, has every modern convenience and .
appliance for the comior, Of lis patrons,
and is Of sufficient capacity to accommodate |
handsomely all the guests which any occa-
sion in Brattleboro might bring within it,
borders Add, we imagine, that if the
citizens Of certain other town 10 Vermont, I
not a hundred miles from here. fully real
ICED how much good rooms aud careful at
teudants contribute to the comfort Of the
stranger within her gates" aud how im.
portant factor these constitute in the
estimate which that stranger makes of that
village, her citizens, we repeat, fully alive TO
her other material interests, would suffer no
long period to eapso without better hotel
accommodations We were assured by
citizens Of l'rattlcboro, and can readily
believe, that residents Of the cities eagerly
avail themselves Of these excellent quarters
during the summer months, and that their
presence during this period makes bushes.
lively for the merchants, aud afordsa much
better market for the produce Of the farmers
than could otherwise be secured
Contiguous to the hotel, and occupying the
remainder of the square on this street, is
the new and fine business block erected BY
Mr. Edward Crosby another public spir.
tied citizen. No absentee from Braltlo.
boro for ten years surely could recognize
this part ofthe village This block is three
stories in hight, the lower story being occu-
pied, at high rents, for mercantile purposes,
the second story for offices, and the third for
rooms for families The block, we learned,
was fully occupied, and we were told was
paying good percentage on the investment.
Our next visit was to the cemetery,
which has been greatly enlarged aud beauii-
fed and the improvements in which are not
yet fully completed The location Of this
cemetery is very charming, being au eleya-
ton commanding fine view Of the Connect.
lieut. river for long distance. The princi.
pal object which we had 10 view in visiting
this placc--an Inspection Of the monument
designed by the sculptor Meade, to beplaced
over the grave of james Fisk. Jr,-was
however defeated, as the monument has not
yet arrived in this country.
The leading manufacturing interest in
Brattleboro is that Of Cottage Organ Build
ing, and in this industry the firm Of Jacob
E,tey & Co. employ about five hundred
persons. Since we last visited there they
have erected eight large, substantial, three
story buildings for the prosecution of their
work These blocks are all connected to-
gether by bridges, and the coarser timber,
beginning in the first shop, by various
/ transmutations and additions, comes out OF
the last one perfect, costly, and elegantly
constructed organ. The present product OF
this mandatory is about seven hundred
and fifty organs per month, or one COM
pleted organ for every twenty minutes OF
time The value of their monthly product
is about 100000. The company have as
yet made no reduction in their force, or
working time and such IS the demand for
their organs that they do not apprehend
any necessity for such course, even should
the times prove to be harder than thus far
they have been
There can be no question as TO the i'm
mense benefit which such concern is to
village. 1t has got to be pretty thoroughly
understood in these days that the only sure
way to bring permanent prosperity to any
place is to increase and foster its manufac-
turing interests. When any town shall
have developed to the fullest extent ali the
manufacturing capacity which is at its dis
posal when every permanently available
stream Of water is made to do duty as of.
ten as is possibc-then that town has made
u sure entrance upon the road to its full
lest development aud prosperity. Other
improvements will undoubtedly be needed,
but they will come in due season. The en-.
couragement and fostering Of the manulac.
turing interests of any inland village may
be safely accounted as the entering wedge
to its growth and influence.
A visit aud thorough inspection of the
Insane Asylum was next made, and we
came away fully satisfied that it is an ex.
ceedingly difficult thing to manage, and
manage well, an asylum containing three
hundred and sixty insane patients Through
the kindness of Superintendent Rockwell,
aud Doctors Draper aud Tenuey, we visited
every ward in the institution. For the
greater part we could see evidences of
nothing but kind treatment and careful at
tention. The famous underground apart
ments, of which the legislative committee
speak, aud in which are confined the more
dangerous Of the incurable maniacs, are not
pleasant nor do we regard them as wholesome
places for the Incarceration Of these uufor-
tunates. Extensive additions are, however,
being built, which will render their further
use unnecessary, and there will be no in.
mate of the asylum who will not be at least
five feet above terra 6rma
We doubted also the capacity OF the
heating apparatus to render some of the
wards perfectly comfortable during the Sc
we're winter weather But among the i'm.
Proyemeuts being made, is one to warm the
entire building with steam, which will ef-
feciually obyia;c any difficulty of this char