Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-24

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services opened with prayer By the Rev. l..
U. Brastow. pastor of tho Winooski Avenue
Congregational church Of this city. Next
camea brief addross hy Dr. Walter Carpen-
ter, President of the Hospitals Board Of
Trustees.
DE. CAErENTEE'S REMARKS.
DIR. Carpenter briefly narrated the inception
of the charity. The late ThaddeuS Fletcher
during the later years hi, life had repeated
" consulted the speaker in reference TO pub
lie lack in our Statc-VZ.: the lack Of hospital
facilities. II had occurred To him, aS uerhapS,
10 Others, especially in the medic ii profession,
that there Were three classes to be benefited by
the supply of this need-fir>t, the poor who
have not the means TO command the comforts
skill and medicines, necessary for the proper
care of the sick: second. persons taken sick
while temporarily SnlOurnins in or passing
through our state, away from home comforts
anu care, ami claiming public care, though
able 10 pay for it and third. persons afflicted
with diseases or injuries requiring capital
operations, and demanding more scientific
treatment and ampler consultation. than can
ordinarily be secured. Mr.. Fletcher doubt
less intended at some time TO undertake what
his daughter has accomplished; but his death
interrupted his purposes. After his decea>e
his widow renewed the inquiries. with the
tention of Mr.. Fletcher; but again death in
teriered. Mrs. Fletcher was suddenly stricken
down by IN apoplectic attack and died. Her
daughter then took up the plans of her parents
The main features of her gift have been made
pubic. She appropriated for this charity the
sum of Sl'In0un OF this sum so 900 was for the
erection Of the buildings. and they have been
erected within that limit, and 800 900 was for
the permanent endowment OF the hospital. She
subsequently added S2jOOO for the purchase
Of .Il If FIR a,..Vs
hospital has been built, and i about TO be
opened TO public use. II is the lot of mankind
to sciken and die. Mans life here is forced
upon him, and death also. He comes into
mortal being by no planning or consent of his
own. and he must leave il often in spite of his
utmost reluctance anil endeavor. To her or
him who can minister TO the relief of human
suffering and can avert or DELAY the pangs of
dissolution we award the title of an angel of
mercy. To her 10 whose generosity and care
for her fellow creatures we owe this charity. the
hospital stand>-her best tribute.
Dr., Carpenter then introduced the Presi-
d-ut 81 .he Uai.sraity. who il also oae Of
the Board If Directors o TIL Hospital, who
sid:
PRESIDENT BUCRHAM'S REMARKS.
When the directors of this institution set
about the task assigned them, they were sur
pii-e" " hiiu hVN nO'Sl IN sunni leNpt'tS W a.
the undertaking. Hospitals were no novelty
they are a. old, almost. a Christianity. But
general hospital which shall be something
more than the English cottage hospitals, and
less than one of the great city hospitals; one
whose primary object shall be care of the
poor and whose secondary object is TO provide
ar infrmary which shall furnish the best adj
vice and scientific prescriptions one attached
TO u Medical College: one that is TO combine in
its sanitary, curative and architectural ar
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10 be provided at at moderate expenses-such
an institution is not a common or IN easy pro-
Luct. IL VIII he revealing 10 secret to say that
their attempt, 10 solve this problem nave been
anu VIII DC attehucu Win extreme sOllcltude
on Iheir part
mere Is no sAdd'r chapter OF extravaganza
anu lal>e economy thih l. TO be found IN the
history OF hospital construction. Inc task OF
lhe ho>pi IIi arehllret Is 10 plan building
W men WIN she s.h PERSONS PERSONS, the nest chance
~ sel wei. pnt -fIohltr'tuI. StePs III WIN
uelnahun ior iihPo,lnS eneclsHtp secure when
sur hcS'e''' III. sihPeSt conciusions VI SAM
tarH science. \ case III point i mat oil nos
pital Iecehln creet,I III large CITY al cost Oh
hrariy h',li"h "oliais' WHEN can only De
eharactcIIleu - 1l cilD9rate contrlVahce ior
INV wv "L.lhs iS'c'l III anu NuuIc eHorts Ior
tle ouIY Vi lne sIch. II Nas ihGIancnoly, Is we
pursued our lhNe>llSal IONS !" ne so olteh tolu
We CAN SHOW YOU llttle 10 ne lnlltateu' nlucn
TO be avoided. IL i TO he remembered, too,
thht IN reference 10 the domestic arts oil DRAM
ing Nenlliailoil' ui>iiieetI0h' elc', mankind Is
YET profoundly ignorant. Inc directors Ol TINS
institution 10 mol claim thSt they nave solved
these problems put lheV nave zone lhe best
they could. lhey nave zone II anu IL stands
rs Il whole, we can say that we have furnish
wi al II n,e' tn Nj Fshor .,n,d MI
ment and taste, i certainly unrivalled. The
el.y nosPa' Go"ny MI S.Trou hl ma
here a hospital, Il, it were. on i farm. amid
asne'u, ni "renaIu anu anr' ,;,, ana pine
mountain peaks. As l" buildings We have
ASH one cla,, ct eXperts in surh matters what
a hospital should be, and they tell Won: "a s6,I
II simple series of plain wards. which can he
torn down or burned when they become infect
ed with the germs of disease" and they point to
the success Of such structures during the last
war. Others say: give lis a comfortable and
substantial building adapted to the rigor of our