Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-20
mIBDLETOWN,s GLORIEs.

Its Immense State Institutions And Hts Educational InstttutiOns-IIs Horse Railroad And Its Increased Pros.
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 M1DDLETowN, July 19.-This quiet city is calming down after it's principal society event of the season, at Wesleyan. Many of the professors and leading citizens are either away at leading summer resorts or soon to depart. The horse railroad "citifes" the place considerably and after one years service is already voted a success and indis- pensable. Middletown has three noted insti- tutions besides Wesleyan university, viz the Insane Retreat, Industrial school and the Berkeley Divinity school. It is also the resi- dence of Bishop Williams, which is of itself a special honor. Dr. Olmstead, successor to the late Dr. Shew in the management of the retreat, is already winning golden opinions for his able work, for which he was amply prepared by his previous years of service in connection with it's management. There are 1,200 patients now in the institution, 8 small army and the immense buildings as they are-are filled to the utmost. The Industrial school has two hundred and thirty inmates. MT. Charles Fabrique, of this city, is untir- ing in his efforts to promote it's success and
 
 women filling places of usefulness in fami- lies in the State who are still wards of the institution. The results of the work effected in the institution are pronounced as most encouraging and stimulating to further eff fort. One of the ancient buildings of Mid dletown to which all Middletowners point with pardonable pride is the Partridge school building of Wesleyan, the only one not erected by the college. The memory of Cap tain Partridge and his famous military school are justly cherished with pride by the true son of Middletown. Here many man since noted received an important part of his early train ing for public or business life. The late Horatio Seymour, we believe, was Par fridge school man. So was the late ex-Gov. Thomas H. Seymour. MT. Thomas R. Trow- bridge, of this city, long one of New Ravens leading men, and Charles Fabrique, of this city, and other prominent citizens look back to the time with interest and pleasure when they attended Partridge's school The late General Russell based his famous school much on the Partridge plan-certainly as regards it's military part. Partridges school was in it's glory between 1880 and 1S40 and plate upon the old building tells some also proud of her Russell free libra ry. The building in which it is located is certainly an ornament to the city, but we do not propose to lug ia the New Haven State House question here. Middle town is also justly proud of it's splendid bridge over the broad Connecticut and it's neighboring quarries in Portland, where just after six o'clock each evening, except Sun day, boom! boomI boom! is heard like the distant sound of heavy artillery ,denoting the firing off of the big blasts, this time being chosen because the workmen have by this time quit work and got away out of danger. The people of Portland are proud of tn ir handsome little ferry steamer Portland, which plies back and forth between Port land to Middletown every six or ten minutes. Over in Portland are the stamp works with which the IngersolI of Boss Tweed ring fame was owner. But the one thing that Middletown takes special pride ir just now is that it is growing faster than for years before, as evidenced by the number of new buildings in process of con- struction in all sections and in the fact that the horse railroad service is likely to be e1- tended ere long. Meriden, nine miles from Middletown and calling itself one of the big cities of the State, is yet to have such pub lie convenience as horse railroad, but the citizens of Meriden are agitating the subject and are bound to have one, even if half the city does lie on hillside.