Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-10-08
ENIx AND RECORD AND FARMER. OCTOBER g. 1880

woes loI ~ tose ,risoners who we're unproyided
with cells Al the time Of the yisit OF VI, tsed IN
tbe state prison 1856 convcts and thefe W'lV wv ~
coils for their accommodation. there teeneI mn NH
10 be au immediate necessity Tor an ~ -, ~
nn hence the adoption Of section !, u the act re-
ferred to. hut since the House OF OoIl'V'iou ~
/ beep opeped for conycts there has btch u'ylu'u
tilipg IN in the number sent to the state prison 20
that on the 31st day Of July, 1880, there were guy
conyicts at Windsor, and the number lt nor mN,y ~
be large enough to I'll all the cels ior n' , LA
consequently the directors have not hult lho ,9
tonal prison building provided Tor T.! tne atl 90 %
| mo falling Of in the number Of cunNiclH ~ lhe
state prison il partly due TO the fact that the ouhe
of Correction now takes some OF INC sanlt Ia 5u
criminals that formerly sent to the state lIun
but 1t Is principally due to agrtat decrease ]" "s"
| crimes In the state.
HousE OF coRRrctioE.
when the Legislature was last in session, inc
House Of Correction was uhhhlrh'1' anu nv. ~
and al the time Of the report Of the directors lWh"
are the famo as those Of the state prison. JuNS
| 1880, It had been in use twenty months. me
whole number Of prisoners during that time was 800
The number confined at the time Of the report can
mot state, but believe 1t was about as many as tue
! institution can accommodate The same building il
also used FOR the purposes Of the Rutland county
Jail At the date Of the report there were Tour hu'-
| The directors have let the couyicts labor for the
! finishing Of marble during the term 81 hye. years
from sept. ], 1879 at twenty-five cents per Gay Tor
each convict up TO Aug. !, $50, and thirty cents
thereafter. It was with dimculty that any contract
at all could be made, partly on account - the short
terms ~ many Of the prisoners. Beiur" the com
tract WAS made, the conyicts were WORKED On the
grounds grading, building wall, &c.
The directors, IN their report ray that For the
year ending Aug. /, 1880, the current csprnsts 81
isc entire institution including Rutlaud comfy jail
were So 235Cs. II the prisoners bad been employed
under the contract during the entire year, and upon
| Inc same nav az since Aug l. 1880 their earnings
,,Id raw s,,ouptsd 10 "a s5s a. leaving balance
against the state for the current o1pcns,s q year
Of only 80 3G. ~. The cost to the state Of Rutland
| county Jail, previous to the Establishment Of the
House ~ Corr, elton, exceeded that bumi-the aver
age cIpcnfe being $500 y'sr ana more than that
! amount since 1870.
The auditors report to which have ALREADY refer
rcd, shows that the expenses Of all tht Jis h tne
state Tor the year ending Aug. J. 1850, are nearly
$1,000 less than for the year ending Aug J. 1875 Inc
directors their report claim that tins is mainly at
ributable to the tHabhthmtui 81 th' il"us' 81 'VI-
rocuun. THIS ls true 10 some 'A''h' bu, ,
examination Of the auditors acc suni shows tuHt te
Jail expenses diminished from July 81, 1877, 10 thc
same day IN 1873, t2a5s.12i aud ms was t'.r' ".
House Of Correction was established. From tue last
date TO the corresponding day IN 1879, the expenses
Of iail- fcll o fj,5ls.s4. The House o correction
was opened 10 receive prisoners December 1878, 1t
may be supposed TO have had some influence during
the last year named; but must believe that the
same Influences weree work in other retpects IN 1872
third of The 81 uOO dminution Of jan o1reuses for
the last two years is be- credited % the Houte u
Correction. There has been a strong disposition 20
diminish expenses IN all public departments through
out the state for more than Tour years. ara win
good degree Of success.
The directors also claim that the institution has
been very Efficient collector u hncs aud Costs, aud
il undoubtedly has been. They that the state ha
received from that during the past year near
]
ono year They believe that the House OF Gorge
ton will not only become Een-suppOrtng, hut soon
pay Tor Itself taking into CONFEDERATION the addition
al incentives to the payment 81 nnts OhcNery graf.
fyug statement j., that q the $4,000 appropratcd
by the Legislature 1878 for the support Il the in
sttuton the directors lave drawn from The treasury
While visiting the House Of Correction, learned
that sherhs and other Cfhcers, ps the law LoW D.,
draw double and treble aud perhaps fees FOR the
single transportation and commitment Of prisoner
who has been convicted Of different offences and SEN
/ % I Il
rtctcd. In rome iustauces where the othcer drew
tfcl, fees the prisoner was also serving out three
sentences at the same time. II there il any uHcer.
tainy the law in this reipect 1t should be made
certain. There 40 some valuable suggestions upon
this subject 10 the i,IuU u the commis'ioueis On
court cKpcusrs.
TIE directors q The House q curr,pton recon-
mttd she 'ularp'mcu q the workshop lhr shop
now was tu.it ty the directors without an az,
pr,rration hpdor. tId they p',dgod their own
crtit 70 raise tie funds. The contract for the labor
Of the conyicts could not be made available without
the shop. The din ectors also fought stup Of land
for the purpose q making better entrance TO the
property, aud also buih fence ~ front Of the super
| iuttudeuis houte. For all these ILLS there Is due
about $4,000. They. should be provided for by the
necessary Appropriation
RKToHM SCHOOL.
This excellent institution has been 20 9ngiu exist
ence that need not spend tine IN giving any parc-
pproIriattd $4,000 to deirGy the expense Of en-
largng the boys school building, subject however to
the approval u the governor. The trustees, some
| time since became satisfied that such enlargement
should be made principally for the reason that they
!
Steering apartment that Is really adapted TO only
about SIXTY. Lily prcdtceffCr, however, declined to
give his approval TO such t1ltudturt Tor good r6A-
sons, which have aIpeartd ~ his message The trus-
tees have stated the reasons Why there should be
eri6usiJn # the buildings at fun length 10 their re-
port. And thus the matter stands at this time. The
matter j. ~ fully discussed in the report and mes
sace r,forr,d TO- will be in the Heperal Assembly
during the session, that have DO doubt you Will be
much better cited 10 dcsite the qutsiipu than any
one Isrtor, and sui NIT that the General As, mbIy
either repeal the act Of 1875, making the hIpropriS-
| u. u
ditiopAL
The total expense Of the school for the two years
ondipg July 81, 1880, is t595s4 25 The earnings
Of the huyl for the same time amount to s. 1888 81
| The receipts from all sources Including The earn.
ings amount received from towns, buttons produce
sold, &C, amount 10 SlS,6Ifli, leaving balance
be met by orders the state treasury Of 573714
which 80. g62 SC less than the apI ropriaon.
The number Of boys in the institution, July 81
1875 Was l22. on the came day in 1850, the Lumber
| 1880 lD-EhoSiug decrtase IN numbers II %. The
whole number Of commitments during the year has
been ~ boys and three glrs. The total number Of
commitments during the existence u the school has
been GIG, ranging from Fix years Of age to nineteen
There committed during the last year two Of
nine years OF age and two 81 ten aud there are sew
eral u that age IN the school, They all labor six
hours day aud are in school four hours. on tile
sabbath they attend service IN the chapel and take
| part IN the sabbath school A certain portion Of
each day devoted to recreation and amusement I'm.
der the eye Of keeper As looked upon those chill
dreH eight, nine and ten years Of busy and skill
fu At their Abors, scented cruel to think that child
hood some Of them TO he blOtted cut; that they
must, every moment live up TO a strict rule without
one furgi,nR word from mothers lips, or one warm
embrace from a mothers arms, in sickness or 10
health, in pain or gCief A mothers YARN unrducat-
ed heart often better instructor than the the cold
machinery Of q State institution.
| But when We remember that many Of these chill
dreu nave lost one or both parents, or have drunken
fathers, and that most Of the scholars are 10 there
for breach Of the laws Of the State realize that
the school is necessity, hut that the pupils should
be sent from It soon is safe for themselves and
agcmeut and the superintendent and his wife the
nsiron Of the institution both Christian people
snd deeply interested IN the welfare Of their pupils.
KpucArIoS.
w. miaht save a large share IL Inc eEpspss If tbs
three tu,iops to Rhch have Just called your at
STATE prison; If these 81 were natives OF Vermont
and only IS f. reigneTs. use the statistics u 1878
because | have not those Of 1880 at hand. In 1878
there SO couyicts the State prison. Of these
~ were natives Of Vermont, and only 80 Of foreign
birth. Surely cannot charge the crimes q our
State upon the unedueated foreigners who come TO
our shores.
provided with schools; but many Of the sparsely in
hAbiled portions Of the state have schools but a few
pouths in'ihe year and those Of an inferior kind.
The nAahitantg are 30 Fey or are 30 stratened in
circumstances, that they cannot support good schools
The remedy for this is to fave the expense Of schools
fail TO greater extent upon the whole state.
| The state superintendent Of education advises the
raising Of tax Of twenty-five cepts the dollar
addition 20 all other State taxes, DO used for gen.
era school purposes half Of this fund to be d-
yded among the towns and cities Of the State in pro-
portion to their population, and the other half in
proportion to the aggregate attendance Of scholars
| upon the public schools. This is making quite a
sweeping change and it may strike you as too much
of an experiment. would suggest that the nine per
cent. taI provided for0ip stSion eighty Of chapter
twenty-five Of the general atatdtts BE- Increased con
sderably. This will tend to help the weaker por-
tions uf the several towns
Our best educators tell us that We are not keeping
pace with the progress Of other States in our public
schools. One for this is the lack Of trained
teachers. We have three Normal schools, which
haze done some good work in the way Of supplying
teachers slecally hted for their work. But COM
plant is made that for the last years not more
than ppe half Of the teachers IN our Normal
schools have themselves been either graduates stu
dents Of any Normal school whatsoever This is
said to be due to the fact that the selection OF the
subordinate teachers is left mainly to the principal
who is affected by personal interest or local intiu-