St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-03-04
Correspondence of the Chicago Timesl
The Worlds EpiIeptfc Institute.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, August 10, 1Ss1.-While
passing through ST. Joseph, and having heard
great deal about the Worlds Epileptic In
stitute located here, concluded to pay the
celebrated institution short visit. We were
met BY DIR. Richmond the proprietor, who has
gained d reputation as broad as the land. He
is rather small, get prspossessmg man, OF
very atfable and gentlemanly manners. He
gave us hearty welcome, and took great
pains In showing us through his paltatial and
mammoth institution. tits a fve-story build
ing, 200S180 feet, With basement, and contains
over three hundred rooms, and can accommc-
date five hundred PATIENTS and each and every
room is furnished in the most elegant and Law
ish manner s But we will begin at the office,
which is a large room furnished with rosewood
furniture throughout. In the office are thou
sands of photographs of those who have been
benefited by the NerFine.@ The walls are ele-
ganty papered, and are profusely decorated
with rich and costly pictures, relieved here
and there by busts in stone and bronze OF
eminent men of this and other countries. In
connection with the Institute is mammoth
printing house and bindery, occupying six or
seven large rooms, and score of presses are
kept running night and day turning out work
for the doctor. The office is one of the finest
and most complete in the West, and he has
the rooms decorated, carpeted and trimmed
up with as much care and luxury as is his own
private office. On the first floor of this mann
moth building is the DOCTORS private Office,
the printing department, binderY, tank room,
packing room, bottling room, consultation
room, barber shop, drug store, cigar store,
notion store, etc, all Of which are neat and
fitted up regardless of expense. The second
floor has the hotel office, dining, billiard and
cooking rooms, many guest chambers, and
several parlors. The third and fourth floors
are rooms, all Of which are furnished with
Brussels carpets and the finest of furniture.
Tn fon thn ANTI hnJ Jc fJ1rn m.
less of expense. The billiard room has six
tables, all of which are free to the guests of
the house and their friends. The bath room
is large and neat, and that too is free to
guests. The entire building, which is nearly
new, is surrounded on the east and south by
an elegant five acre park, in which are many
lovely trees, beds of rich and rare plants,
gravel walks and drives, delicious arbors, and
most beautiful summer house for social
parties, etc. There are number of fountains
that add wonderfully to the bee1ey OF the
park. 1t is truly one of the most lovely and
beautiful parks in the western country. and
the Institute has no equal for luxury, beauty
and comfort in the world. Everything is per-
lection, and the visitor is at once charmed
with the entire place and its surroundings.
An idea of the immensely of the doctors bust
ness may be given when we say that on the
day we visited the Institute he showed us to
his express room, and we saw the expressman
take goods labeled to the following places, to
say nothing Of hundreds of orders from all
quarters OF America: Lyons, France; Geneva,
Switzerland; Madrid, Spain; Brussels, Bel
GUM; Cape Town, Africa; Shanghai, China;
Yokohama, Japan Bombay, India; Melbourne,
Australia. The doctor employs hundreds of
men and women in his Institute in the several
branches, aside from the immense force re-
quired to conduct the hotel. 1t is worth
visit, and Dr. Richmond extends to all cor
dial welcome to come, and see him. He and
his wonderful medical discovery have given to
st. Joseph good name all over the habtable
globe The building is supplied with water
and gas works, is admirably ventilated, and
pared to be lighted up with gas, as lamps are
scattered all over ii. .