The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-04
THE WORLDS EPLEPTIC INSTITUTE


Correspondence of the Chicago Times Aug
10, 1851.
While passing through st. Joseph, Mo, and
having heard II great deal about the Worlds
EpneptiC Institute located here, / concluded to
pay the celebrated institution short visit We
were met by DR.. Richmond, the proprietor, who
has gained reputation MS broad as the land.
lie is rather small yet prepoSsessing man, of
very aiiable and gentlemanly manners He gave
us hearty weicome. and took great pains In
showing us through his palatial and mammoth
institution, Ii Is iiye-story building 200xls0
feet with basement, and contains over three
hundred rooms, and can accommodate five hun
dred patients and each and every room is fur
nished IN the most elegant aud lavish manner.
But we VIII begin Mt the office, which is II large
room furnished with rosewood furniture
througout, In the Office are thousands of pho
tographs of those who have been benefited by
the Nervlne. The walls are elegantly papered
and are proiusley, decorated with rich aud costly
pictures, relieved here and there by busts In
stone and bronze of eminent men of this and
other countries In connection with the Insti-
| tuto is II mammoth printing house and bindery,
occupying six or seven large rooms, and score
Of presses are kept running night and day turn
ing out work for the doctor. The office is one of
the finest aud most complete In the west and he
has the rooms decorated. carpeted and trimmed
| up with MS 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, pack
| ing b0ttlng and consultation rooms barber
|
| 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 all rooms all of which
are furnished with Brussels carpets and the
| finest furniture 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 Is also free to guests
| The entire building Is surrounded on the east
aud south by an elegant five acre park, in which
are lovely trees, beds of rich and rare plants
gravel walks and drives. delicious arbors and n
most beautiful summer house. There are also n
number OF fountains that add wonderfully to the
beauty OF the PARK, which is truly one OF the
most lovely and attractive in the western coun-
try, and the Institute has no equal for luxury
and comfort in the world. Everything is per.
lection, and the visitor is ut once charmed with
the entire place and its surroundings An idea
of the immensely of the doctor business 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 hun
dfeds of orders from all quarters OF America
Lyons, France Geneva, Switzerland: Madrid
Spain; Brussels, Belgium; Cape Town, Africa
, Shanghai, China Yokohama, Japan: Bombay
India Melbourne, Australia. The doctor EN-
! ploys hundreds OF men aud women In his Insti
tute in the several branches aside from the i'm
mense force required to conduct the hotel 1t |
worth visit and Dr. Richmond extends to all
cordial invitation 10 come and see him He an
| his wonderful medical discovery have given
, 81. Joseph good name all over the habitabl
globe.