Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-06-13
A vermontsr's Trip Around the World.
LEAVES FROM pE. THAYEE'S JorENAL-sIGHr;
AND SCENES IN CALCUTTA.
CALCUTTA, ITlndOOsIan,
Wednesday. March 9Th. 1879.

CALCUTTA, lIindooslan,
= Wednesday, March 9th, 1871
: We took delightful drive in the evening
i along a wide. shaded avenue bordering the
: IIoorly river, passing Fort William, Eaton
| gardens and the residence of the cx-k king of
| Dude. Fort William is n magnificent fort
ress. 1t was founded in the time of King
William Ill of England. The extensive
I grounds, tastcfuly laid out in drives and
promcnadcs; the plots of flowers and shade
= trees; the palaces for officers and their fam-
lies the long line of barracks inrthc soldiers
the spacious parade grounds, and all the
paraphernalia of war, combine to make il an
attractive place Ia visit. Eaton gardens,
| formerly swamp have been reclaimed and
converted into Il favoritc place of resort. II
contains u large pagoda with frctted minarets
of Bengal architecture and workmanship. 1t
was removed from country place in Bengal
and is now occupying conspicuous position
among the rare trees of India. Passing
several palaces within spacious grounds oc-
cupicd hy English merchants, We arrived
at the cx-King of Dudes establishment lie
is nearly eighty years of age and rarely visits
the city Al one time he was a man of great
power and immense possessions. by some
means he became implicated in some
political difficulty with the English
government, WAS taken prisoner and
brought 10 Calcutta. \ compromise
was in some way effected and hr
is permitted Ia live in his usual splendnr
Surrounding one acre of land is n stone wall
ten feet high and twelve feet thick, in which
are the tencmcnts for his rciancrs and their
families. The great gates Of entrance TO the
enclosure have on their portals on either side !
stone figures uf the tiger couchant Twelve |
horses fully caparisoncd were standing out
side the gate and the same number of SepoyS |
were lounging on the ground near them, |
smoking and otherwise amusing themselves. |
/ We passed several open gates in the wall,
which gave us peep within, and glimrsrs
OF palace and several other structures of |
| fine proportions, and of grounds well laid
out and ornancntcd. The cN-king has
three thousand retainers and three hundred
wives quite family. His secretary oncca
! year gives II reception, one of which oc
CURED last evening. Through Gen. Litch-
field, Col Merriam and myself had an invi-
tation, hut we were ~ much fatiqed 10y our
days work, and there was some deficiency
in our wardrobe unnecessary to mention,
81 we sent our regrets. On our return We
drove by way of the garden, at the time
when the arisiocracy is abroad, and were
much Interested in observing the great VA
rietv of turnouts. not only of the horses and
carriages, but in the different costumes worn
10y the mnuied gentry, and the varieties of
liverics in which the servants were deco
rated and hcspanglrh.
Through the politencss of DR. Smith and
Dr. Stuart, who have been identified for
many wears with the medical colleges and
hospitals of Calcutta ndarc the Government
sanitary commissioners of India. | received
an invitation to visit the hospital for lcpcrS
and another where patients are received suf-
fering from clephintiasis In the hospital
were swarms of patients suffering from
lcprosy in all lis hidcous forms. Upon the
whole surface of the b"dirs and limbs of
many of them are ulcers in patches varying
in size from that Of penny 10 Il bank note
others have lost their fingers and toes and
portions of their hands and feet. presenting
as smooth II stump AS il they hal been re-
moved by surgeons knife. About the
the streets in the native quarter of the city as
well as in the hospital there are many seen
whose fingers and toes are curved upon their
hands and feet in resemblance To the claws
of flesh eating birds of prey. The hospital
for the reception of patients suffering from
clephantiasis is ovcrcr0wded with those
presenting in every form the dis
ease as it prevails in India some
with large legs and feet, having lost
all scmblancc To everything human and
presenting more than anything else the ap-
pearancc of the elephants leg and foot,
from which the disease receives its name In
some cases the pendulous portions Of the
car and the wings of the nose are so much
enlarged that all resemblance 10 the human !
features is lost. One poor man saw Whose
whole body and cXtremilies were covered bv
these growths, some as large rs a quart
bowl, and others no larger than 4 lihcrt.
Another man in the hospital had Il pcntlulnus
tumor from the abdomen sn large that it cN-
tended nearly to the ground and cumber-
some that Ia 20 about he used kind of lar =
row with two wheels. Before the eases be
come So severe AS To disable them from going
about town. it is utilized by them for beg
sing. 10 profit in many instances.
The Medical College. with which the hos
pials are associated for the benefit of !
students, is an old institution. 1t has con
nrctcd with it many able men. both European
ami native. There arc fourteen hundred .
mairiculants. Students arr required Ia
remain in college in pursuit of their
stu!ics for five years and then un-
dcrro IA rigid examination; if they pass
satisfactorily the degree Of l.. VI. :. is con-
fcrrcd upon them. After another year spent
attending lectures, and in disprns:lrv prc-
ticr. they are eligible to the degree OF VI D.
D
homr,lans and llindnos live. trade and carry
on all kinds Of manufacturing in peace and
harmony with each other. The streets arr
narrow, and the sidewalks where there are
any, are M more than II yard wide. II seem
cd odd tu MS To see BARRIERS and their Gus |
TONERS sitting upon the sidewalks, hair cut
ting and shaving: and book binders. tailors
shncnlakrrS tinsmiihs and thinkers pursun"
their respective avocalinns siltin" upon the
sidewalks in front ol their little sllcs rooms I
We also saw apolhccarics compromising
medicines and physicians prescribing for the
sick and performing minor operations in sur
gerry on sidewalks 50 narrow ~ scarcely to
afford standing place for one man. The
day work closed. We repaired Ia our hotel
just i'll time for dinner At seven o'clock, AMI
Ia our beds feeling Thai We had accomplish
cd good deal with the Thermometer al 81
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