The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-07-08

duced them somewhat.
While at Northampton, we were present
at one of these evening meetings and DIR.
Minis, the assistant superintendent, read Sc
lections from Dickens and there was music
interspersed, the chapel being furnished
with piano and an Esty Cottage Organ.
We Judge that about three hundred of the
patients were present and they were order
ly and seemed interested. DIR. Earl kindly
furnished us with copies of the annual re-
ports, from one of which-that of 1865
we copy the following list of exercises had
in the year previous:
l. Exercises in chapel on the Sabbath.
Divine worship in the afternoon, 80
days.
g Exercises in chapel ON secular even
ings.
Scripture reading and sacred music,
III days.
Sacred music and reading of poetry, SO
days.
Sacred music and reading of prose, 81
days.
Lectures, 81 days
Other entertainments, days.
3. Evening entertainments in the patients
Exhibition with Magic Lantern, .
days.
4. Entertainments in the rotunda.
Dance in the evening, ~ days.
5. No gathering, "a days.
Total number of days 1856.
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cat turnod allowing a stream IF cold water
to RIM unon tbo head and face while the
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necessary to nrcvnnt the daiirious from in.
inrng themselves and others we cannot
And jonr,,arn stroum o,onr,, =, oynreoa ar,
ind;gnation that nl,nisLment of anv Kind
rs snch. shonld ba resorted to Nv TIE Off
cors or amnlo,os Of so;J Asvl,n, vi, ho in
anv monna, ;nflictnd ,,non thnsn unfor,,,.
noio and ;r,esnons;,,le ho;nrs ord would
recor,n,end thc ,,osso,,o ~, 10 mnxt ier;s
iot,,ra Of .n,,,n i'' iii, ss,,o nrnit;as a1
taohnd t,,at TIC o, Sa ~, iorrnotod
Vour co,,n,;ttnn ;rn,,;ro5 nf ;,,o s,,oor;nto,
dents Of Wor,ha,,,,,ton r VI o 'm Ennnord
,,,hnt,,or ,,,,;si'n,nmts ',n a,.n, ,,a;ntoJ ",
the institutions under their charge, who re-
piled that punshments, as such, were not
known with them, and that they would
not suffer the nflction of any kind of pun
ishmcnt.
Your committee believe that there should
he radical change in the laws, regulating
the admission of patients, and that the sta
tutc of 1855 ought to be repealed That
statute provides that medical examiner
should he appointed by the Court of Chan
Gerry of Windham County, whose certificate
of the insanity of any person proposed for
admission, should be conclusive proof of
the fact. Under this statute the court APP
pointed DIR. Rockwell. Sen, the superin-
tendent of the Asylum, medical examiner,
and continued him in that office during the
remainder of his superintendcncy. This
appointment, as might be naturally eX-
pected, opened the door for fraud and chi
canery upon the part of some of the Off
| GERS OF the institution. AT Burlington in
joseph A. Stockton, per-
son confined in the Asylum, as insane, was
brought before Judge Pierpolnt on writ OF
hapeas corpus, ana at that hearing VIII
liam rockwell, Jr., on Dehalf OF the Asy-
luih. produced what Purported to be the
Original certlllcate OF Dr. Rockwell, Sen,
certifying 10 StocKtons insanity, winch pa
per was uateu' Us Oh inc ''ite OF STOCKTON )
ADMISSION as patieht ana CANNED
through co'ise!, tnal the certlhcate uluer
.n . s.a,u.c Vi Io9o Was p oaI 10 luIthel
Piooeo. ,a; 'uuso ici Poiii' 81 heio' anu
ie.oliiiii'.eu c.och:oii Ml.hout any eAaii,l-
iia''oil as .ohi: SAMMY or INSANITY o'och-
t0l' peiiiS ci.iAeh oi announcer statc' aP-
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