, 1874-12-18
Visit Of tho legislators 10 lilo E'gin
Asylum.
Inspection Of the Bui1ding---Its
Satisfactory Condition.
Trustee Holden Tells tho Guests What
He Wants OF Them.
Examining the Inmates.

| Chairman of tho Board of TrustceB OF the
! Northern InHane Hospital mud Asylum at E1glt,.
| tho following namcl m1tnbors Of tho Stalo Lug
islature aud their friends visited tho asynm
yoBtorslay scl,atorH--J. uouhor, of tho Fifth
District; H. /. Waite. Of tho Sixth District; and
q. w. Upton, of Wnukcgan. Aksombymon--C.
L. Niel,oir and r. III. ualpino, Of tho Third Dis.
trct; o. i. Mann ANIL II. II. Miller, Of tho
Fourth; q, q. Linderborg, II. J. Duuno
! und j. n. Arwcdson, Of tho Fifth; mid
". II. sticlsnoy, Of tho Sixth District Guesta
Dim Booth, Jofroraon; Prof. 4. J. Sawyer,
Willlam lIopkuson. Of Chicago; II. B. 11urd !;
James Harrington, Of Geneva; Capt. II. p.
Goodrich and Miss Annso Goodrich of rhia.tcl-
phia. Pr; s. Y. Shipinau aud Misu Anuio
Shipman, u Clslcago.
THE cAuir or THE VISIT
may bo explained In THIS wiso Dec. IL the
TrustoeB of the Asylum Ecnt their ycar's report
to Springfield. Altor detailing NIL tho work lhas
had boou done snco thu work of building began,
itcmizing tho expenditure. showing That tho
building was now complete according to tho
original plan, mud would afrosl accommodation
to AGO patlouts. thu Trustees asked fur further
appropriations to prorido for tho wantu
Of the patients for tue next two years,
and for othor purposes hereafter explained
i'll Mr.. lloldon's address. With WOW Of oo,l-
vincing tho legislators Of tho ontire truth OF
tho statc1nents in tho annual report, to cuablo
them to behold with their very oycs tue groat
things accomplished by tho Irusteea and Tint
they might bo brought to understand thoroughly
tl'c necessity for The appropriation nsled for 50
TINT should u doubling Thomas show himself
whon this matter comes up for discussion III the
Legislature, they may brush away his skepti-
cism by tho recital Of hard fncts Mr. Holden ill.,
Etituted thiH excursion.
Tho purity started from the Chicago l. Pacific
RAILROAD Depot at 0:A0 n. H., il, T. special cur,
which was placcd at the disposal Of tho Trustees
by Col. John s. Wilcox, General Solicitor of tho
railroad. very comfortable onjo, nblo rido
through aomo Of tho prottieat country in tho
State, luBfng about MI hour and forty ,nin,ltcs
brought them 10 their destination, tho handsome
City Of
Quito largo dcpusation Of Tie principal men OF
tho city received tho visitors at tho terminus.
Among tuein wcro: Iutlge Wilcox. s, 3. Mann.
Elsin, 4. I. Lewis, orlnulo Davidson mud Tic
ltey. j. Danlch. Tic asylnm yehiclus wero not
capacious Or numerous enough to convoy tllo
party to tho asylum. which Is milo aud asshnlf
outside the city. SO it seemed if a|l tho livery
stables IN tho surrounding ncighborhood had
bccn levied upon to 1neot tho unusual and in,-
moderate domanl. Tho regular hospital caravan
had q ploshorio quota Of Legislators
M old-fasbioncd family coach, drum. By
ordinarily ndorn the city. hearso, contained
q Trustee or two, us 1nany Senators, and the H.
dies and their escorts Trustees Henry Sher-
man, of Elgin. and q. ". Marsh, ol DeKslb.
vaa3ca wo aIo hnd H the ary 1T Sn ers
ponies; and 70 OIL. all happily disposed aud pro-
glded for, tue Journey to tLo Asylum waH begun.
As tho ascent Of tho hill fron. tho terminus
waa made slowly, there was time to look around
and noto tho
CONFORMATION AND CHARACTER OF TIE COUNTRY,
The prospect was charming. 1;'gin In situated,
most pietuieHquely. It il built along tho baulss
o1 tho Fox River. 60 broad and pcncoful. Up
napiros assert. their claim to recognition.
Tho Elsin Watch-ractory, model Of factory
construction, adds much to the beauty Of tho
waterfront, ali, from its prominence, draws tho
Eazo Of the visitor tha instant be sets foot in
iElEln. Home. not Of buttcrcups aud datsics,
but buttorn,lilk md dairicy, tho pt1ro mir aud
crystal waters Of thcso breezy hill-lops uud that
gcntly-tlowiny river uhoud ina]iu it u sanituri-
I'M, mud much sought residence for yalctudina-
rlalle: 1t III just such q spot as should lo &C.
lcctod for M asyum Proceeding towurfl tho
institution tile view expands, and tho Fox liycr
!lke lts prototype. IL Eacn .slyly ouorging from
tso' nosMeeh ~. te r!sing ground ana winding slowly
landscape.
THE INSTITUTION
was renclloil. mud it's full! frontage Of 800 feet
was most NO impressive: Tho Medical Surosintensl
itorf, and was assihtod by Dr. llichurl y. Dewey
Assistant physician, in giving them n cordial
we!cono. the purity Of tho atmosphere, tho
nir'4osa ~ t an! llghtsoo caanly neat olaractor
good impression. Aftor preliminary iutrol,lc-
tions, tho visitors mud frion,ls, uuler Ur, Kill