Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-11-14
THE VERMONT PHOENIX, FRIDAY, NO

a similar gathering at each succeeding ses-
sion Of the legislature.
The House passed the bill for the removal
Of the shire Of Orleans county.
The joint assembly held on Thursday Of
last week TO elect judges Of the supreme
court was dissolved without action by vote
Of % TO 30, on account Of tho pending bills
affecting tho constitution and compensation
Of the judiciary.
Both houses have agreed upon tomorrow,
10Th inst, as the last day for the introduction
of bills except by unanimous consent and ex-
cept those reported by committees.
Report on the Insane Asylum.
The Joint report of the Senate and House
committees on the insane was submitted to
tho legislature on the 9Th inst and ordered
printed. The committees witt to the asy-
lum was entirely unexpected, aud by their
request tuey were at once shown into the
kitchen-the hour WAS about 5;3O-"where
supper for the inmates was being prepared. d
TIE bread, rolls aud other foods were tested
and found to be sweet and of az good quality
as will be found in any private family. One
noticeable feature was the special range and
cook employed to prepare those articles Of
food which were prescribed for patients who,
10y reason Of especial pecularities or sickness,
1t was de med, required such articles Of food
~
A portion Of the wards we're visited the same
evening. Later the committee met the state
supervisors, and learned from them
"That this was the only institution Of the kind in
which no extra charge made for clothing Furnish
ed 90 the patients for property destroyed by them.
On further interrogatug them It learned that af
ter careful inquiry they had not been able to learn OF
aryinstution but what the price was higher, and an
IRA charge was made for clothing and property de-
sroyed. Further, that excluding the interest the
plant repairs, improvements aud the products from
the farm Of GOO acres, which includes the milk Of 40
cows used as such, (not made into butter or cheese
$500 bushels Of pntatOes OO0 bushels Of corn tho
ear, 1000 bushels Of oats ,50e bushels vegetables,
and l5lJ heads Of cabbage there are also raised aud
tattened upon the farm from IS to 90 beeves. The
cost per week for the and sustenance Of each
tent f3G3 an excess over the paid by the state
Of 10 cents pcr week. which deficit il made up by the
excess over the cost Of the price Of private PATIENTS
We also learned the following Interesting fncs There
are kept the farm 10 horses 10 oxen and 80 40
young cattle. Huy sufficient 10 Keep the same Ia rais
ed, and there are consumed in the yearly supplies 800
tons Of cheese 800 pounds Of coffee, 200 pounds Of
tea, and 800 cords Of wood Eighty persons are en-
pluyed Ia various capacitles.'
The following morning the insp, ction Of
the asylum, including the park and summer
retreat, was completed, and everything was
| found in satisfactory and praiseworthy con-
/ ditou, indicating advanced mothod5 in every
/ direction in the treatment OF the insane.
From Brattleboro the committee went to
| Rutland to visit the House Of Correction, and
| they recommend tho provision there Of ac-
commodatons for the convict aud criminal
insane.
The committee also recommend that the
state increase Ia allowance for state patients,
/ so rs to cover the cost OF their maintenance
aud increase the ability Of the officers of the
asylum 10 give larger liberty and better at
tendance to a large class Of PATIENTS who
would be benefited by such treatment
Tie committee closes its report as follows
"Gu further accordance With your resolution, your
committee on the 9th II oct ystel the home Of ID.
CLARK, situated on picturesque bluh near the city Of
/ Burlington, overlooking Lake Champain. The doc
tor very kindly showed Us his establishment neatly
/ and tlsteuily nttcd up. He accom- nodate u OF
10 patients suffering from the quieter forms Of IN
. sanity or nervous disease. Here the unfortunate
sufferer from business anuoyaucos or the veNationt
Of society aud our present civilization eau hnd qui
% and peaceful retreat from the world, where art aud
nature can be united 90 give vgor 10 the exhausted
brain and restore power TO the will which temporarily
. % has laid aside.
"Iu conclusion, your committee desire to say that
10 their opinion the people Of Vermont have IN the
Vermont asylum 90 Brtttleb1r0 an institution equa
IN all poets and superior in some to any state IN
sttutou, aud deserving Of the fullest confidence"