, 1878-09-19

on seeing the hospital Tor the trst
time, | was strongly reminded of the
Government buildings in Victoria,
b. c. We were all delighted with
the neatness, taste and thoroughly
comfortable look of the hospital, and
we felt if we were taken sick, we
could ask for nothing better than to
be taken there to be cared for. The
rooms for the patients are in the
wings OF the building, and the one
which we looked through was very
attractive with it's neat white floor,
its nice little beds with snowy quilts
and sheets, and with pictures select.
ed with great taste from the best
pictorials pasted on the walls. Some
of these pictures are quite lovely,
and added much to the appearance
of cheerful comfort which pervaded
the apartment. In the centre of
the room is a long table piled up
with papers and periodicals. There
are windows in three sides Of the
room through which the 'merry
merry sunshine" poured, bathing all
within in food of mellow light. AS
we left this place, cheerful, notwith-
standing its name, we could not re.
sist plucking some of the pretty
blossoms which we're blooming on
the borders. DR.. w. attends to the
prison hospital, he is said to be fine
physician, very much of gentle.
man, and bachelor, but, alas for the
fair sex, and perhaps for himself, be
is unfortunately woman hater.
One building which | have omitted
to mention is long two and one
half,storied house, one part of which
is within the prison enclosed and is
used as a store house. The other
portion contains two sets Of quarters.
The one facing the post being occn-
pied by the batchelor Doctor, and
the other by Col. Blunt, the Gov
ernor of the prison, whose rank in
the army is Brevet. This last has a
piazza running the whole length of
that end of the house, a most de-
lightful place for a prospect or a
promenade. These quarters stand
outside the prison walls; they have
foundations high up from the
ground, and their piazzas are reached
by means of a long flight stone steps.
The land in front slopes in terraces
to the river. Between the Govern
ors house and the water are two
sets of beautiful cottages, provided
with all the modern conveniences,
and with handsome grounds surround
ing them. These are the homes of the
other prison officials. The command
Of the department Of the prison is
considered by many to be the next
best to that of General Pope. Gov
ernor Blunt very kindly invited US to
come over to his house and get some
flowers, accordingly at subsequent
time we accepted his invitation. We
arrived at seven p. NJ, and whilst the
Governor and Chaplain entertained
us most agreeably, an orderly
rclipped beautiful boquet for US
from the many pretty beds Of flowers
with which the grounds of the Gov
ernor are adorned. Governor Blunt
also took us into fine conservatory
and himself gathered for us choice
little nosegay Of rarer flowers than
were to be found in the garden. AS
we reappeared upon the piazza after
having been some time in the con-
servatory, we all exclaimed at the
beauty Of the sunset which was tint
ing the sky with the most lovely
colors, faintest pink to the crimson,
which was reflected in all its glory
in the rapidly flowing waters of the
Missouri, reminding me of that poem,
beginning with.
Hast thou seen that lordly castle
That castle by the sea'
Golden and red above it
The clouds float gorgcously,
And iain it would stoOp downward
To the mirrord lake below.
And iain II would soar upward
In the evenings crimson glow"
We have been, and are, having ex.
tremely warm weather and even now
while am writing, the thermometer
indicates temperature of one hun
dred and three degrees in the shade,
and am almost inclined to envy my
friends on Puget Sound, when ] re-
member the delightful climate you
enjoy; never too hot in summer, or
too cold in winter. But this summer
is the most sultry and the heat more
oppressive than | have ever ex-
periencsd before, and | feel quite
exhausted and enervated, mind and