The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-02

extempOriZed Tor the purpose.
TUE 3RATrLEBoRo INsASE ASYLUM -
The Boston Advertiser prints n letter
from correspondent OF that paper having
reference to the BrattIeborc asylum, in
which he says he has read with astonish-
ment. and Indignation the report OF the in.
vestgating committee on the asylum for
the insane, and, further, says that DR..
Rockwell, through his able management
and great financial ability, has raised its
pecuniary basis from and endowment of
$4,000 and $4,000 given by the state
to 100000, and also that the officers OF
that institution distinctly deny the charge
that punishment as such are ever used by
them IN that institution. The above cx.
tracts taken from said correspondents
letter fail altogether to set forth or con-
vey the true system or discipline Of that
institution. Now for some cause or 9TH
er,-and the Lord only knows what, for
they say it is not punishment they take
their victims by force aud put them into
a box or sink, place them on their backs
with bar or lever across their bodies to
hold them down, and then the water is let
down on them from above, and they can
neither beg nor plead for mercy from the
fact, should they attempt to speak ,strang-
ulation would be the result. could
name other modes of punishment, if they
can be called by that name, but enough.
1t is horrible. The Brattlcboro asylum
is, doubiedy, very rich; but has that
vas. amount OF property been accumulat.
ed with an eye to the maxim, " Do unto
others as you would they should do unto
you 2" Those inmates Of the asylum
should have sympathy and Kindness shown
them by the officers and overseers of that
institution, but they used to go, in former
years, over the river and on the mountain
with their axes, to chop wood for the asy.
lum. in cold weather, when the ground
was frozen hard and partially covered
with snow, in a sad condition, their cloth
ing being altogether insufficient for the
season Of the year,-which constitutes the
great financial ability, and also the sym
patty and kindness exercised in this in
stitution. With regard to the report o
the investigating committee, | should say
but littlc,-only that | can see no cause
for establishment or Indignation. It is
in all of is essential points. correct.
! + A Correspondent. !
/PTTsFoRD MONUMENT DEDIcATIoN.-A
monument has been erected uron the sit,
Of old Fort Vengeance in Pittsford, tt
the memory Of Caleb Houghton, who wa:
killed by the Indians in 1880, and il
commcmoration of events occurring there
about that time. The monument wal
dedicated with appropriate exercises OF
Thursday last. Large numbers from al
the surrounding towns were present. Al
address of welcome was given by Hon. S
H. kellogg, aud historical address wa
given by DR.. Caverly, Simeon Gilbert pre-
sided. The monument consists of plain
solid, heavy shaft, some six or seven fee
high surmounting double pedestal, com
prising two superposed blocks of stone
the whole reaching some ten or twelve
feet in hight.
On the east face is the inscription
Caleb Houghton
Born
Bolton Ms 1850
Member of
Capt Saffords Co.
Maj Collins Department
stationed at this fort
Killed by an Indian
half mile South
July Is 1850
His remains removed here
Aug 1873
FORT VENGEANCE,
Erected in 1880.
Stood on this ground.
Erected by the town of Pit'sford
Dedicated Aug, %. 1873.
On the south side the inscription reads
Pittsiord
Company. ITS:
Capt, Benjamin Cooley
Lieut.. Nose Olmstead
; E,nsign James Hopkins.
Sergeant S. Mosher.
d. GrifTen.
S. Ellsworth.
Clerk. j. Barnes.
, Corporal j. Stevens.
d. a. Hopkins.
A. Parsons.
! A. Stevens, ID. Stevens,
G b. Stevens, f. Stevens,
e j. Ewings, w. Cox.
y l.. Drury, f. Drury,