The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-09-24

| she throws quick glance toward us and, meet
| ing our c'ze, drops her ewes again In further
seeming uneonsciousness of our pr sence. bhe
~ thin aud has n foxy look. In that one glimpse
OF her fa"e we have seen tht her eyes are light,
| her cheeks hollow aud pale, her lips thin aud
compressed The physicians say that she n I'M
doubleday crazy 70 some extent, but u is hard TO
| say how far. She has an Immense deal OF
| malicious cunning, and " constantly inyenttng
| some annoying mischief when sno persuades
the other inmates to execute.
The fifteen women In this ward give innrlteiy
| more trouble to the PHYSICIANS and attendants
| by their whims, freaks, aud outbreaks " inburn
| diabolism than all the one hundred men in the
| other departments Of the asylum, and Kate
| Stoddnrd alone uivcs them more ANNOYANCE thsn
| the other fourteen " her sex confined WITH her.
| Davis. the New York FIRE bug who sane
enough O. burn her trunk for the insurance up
| There Is nobod, clso here worth special no.
| ttce or mention, and we soon turn To 20 out.
As We, do - we notice close az our elbows a
| snort, lat, colorcd Eifl the blacklist Of all the
black girls, who has been following ~ In silence
ever since entered tho APARTMENT. Upon
| seeing us approach tne door she breaks out IN
| ehrill, rapid enunciatiOn OF words that II ia
almost impossiblc 70 understand. 70 puLliing Is
| her negro dialect, but upon their being trans
| lated to us by the doctor who h accustomed TO
| her speech, we understand that she ~ saying
"'H yougwincI eabdutaO'op e atsheefi' ndo'
| case pwincout acknowledgements gwine
| sly nliyofnunoo p'ndatshceund
PLEASANT QUARTERS.
Her command h unhecded aud her voice CON
tinucs ringing la our cars as we descend tue
stuifs and pass out If the asylum urouer into tho
residence part Of the edince. where thick, de ID
| oued doors shut un all the sad sounds Of this
dcath IN life. AGAIN we breathe freely. Inc
LiId's songs. the brEht Clldiul1s. dah.ias, and
Chrys tnthemuinA out ~ the suuiiaht. tho pure
AR that replaces the incradtcaple odOr. faint.
bat sickCning that clinCs to the insane, all seem
mi nitcis dcurer t. us now than thpv ever were
before IN their keen contrast with what we have
left bel md.
There are four wgtds, or halls in the old
building, and four Lcw once. sunny, uiry. and
very handsomely hntshed, have just been com
Ulytct IN an uudcd wing OF the odince. IIts
VIII double the Ccom nod ,tiun Of tue ASYLUM.
an extension which NAV well bc looked forward
t. "a, 4 nccc--iiyof tile future, n the continued
use ~ tue " oark cell 30 as a punishment in our
state pfiS n' Is uVt.teted "a. %. Wllkic saws
that fullv hllt OF those VINO arr consigned to
hi- care from the pr -ons have been made insane
~ tur dark cells Yet t'u- IA toe punishment
tnat our humaui'attl- insist upon. for tho
pre- .erNatiou tf PRISON discipline, IA preference
To the Lash or tuD paddle.
Surruundiug the a-ylum ere ak acres Of
ground. htt thc .uuCr4ht. earnestly be-
sccches the STATE 10 ada moro iaad tor farm pur-
poses. lie iay. shat he has alMaya enough
inmates eufI ufis zane Tor farm labor to cult
NutC MY acre.. aud Uc agguC. that such employ
mont would NOT uulv te productive aud Of great
value in rcDUcu4E tuH rNNnnAitur,a uuw neces-
siry tui e. tlalY. cuIurr 90 t.ir Institution, hut
that u would ina e. 500 the great benefit OF the
iu-nn. in m'in- tHen rec very. Dr. WhtNc H.
doubtless ri.ut.