Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-15

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to the farming interests of the State un-
der the auspices of the Board In con
nectiun with the agricultural colleges of
many States experiment stations have
been ordered by the legislative authority.
Some measures in this important auxil-
larry to scientific rop.raising may be in
vited at this session
INSANE.
BY invitation | met the Honorable
Board of Supervisors of the Insane at the
asylum at their October visit in 1883
Pursuant to the amendatory acts of 1882
and 1854, several most economical and
salutnry regulations have been introduc-
ed by the Board with the cooperation of
he officers Of the institution relating to
the state and town beneficiaries in this
asylum aud elsewhere in he State. be
lieve this class OF our unfortunate enjoy
as complete and humane care and super
vision at the hands Of the State or the
asylum as any that can he found in sini-
lar institutions IN our neighboring States.
The number of inma cs in the asylum
August LIST, 1855. was Observation-Disclosures. .. I37
August LIST, 1856 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $50
Admitted during the biennial term ..... 1884
Discharged during the biennial tci IN In
W Jolly supported by tue state. .......... .l3l
| supported by towns with Sl25 per week,
each by State Observation-Disclosures. .. $50
Private patients ............ ..... ......... IN
OF those now in the asylum 90 per cent
are regarded probably incurable. The
| report of the Board of Supervisors will be
| duly transmitted to the General Assem-
bly,. 1t is document of grave and I'M
usual interest to the people of the State.
| especially commend its painstaking and
elaborate historical review and sugges-
tons, to the legislature and the citizens of
the State. The efforts of the board TO cor.
rect certain evils of long standing, and
which have grown up under imperfect
laws, have been success, though no per
functory task.
| PENAL AND REFORMAToRY INSTITUTIONS.
The reports of the directors and super
lntendents of the State Prison and House
| OF Correction and of the trustees
of the Reform School show that
these institutions have been conducted in
Il manner as satisfactory as any similar in
stitutions i'll the country. The Expenditures
IN their maintenance have been only or
binary and the ends for which they are
severally instituted have been fairly well
attained. The retirement of Mr. and Mrs.
Falrbank from their long and Invaluable
services in the government of the Reform
school creates vacancy that will be diff
cult TO supply. Their stewardship there
has been characterized throughout by q
humane and parental scare and oversight
which has tended to promote the highest
degree of reformatory influence over the
youth in their charge. The best wishes
of our people will follow them to their
new theatre of benefcent work. | have
visited each of these institutions at least
twice, generally with the directors ant
trustees
The following data are presented as in
diCating the relative number of inmate.
in these institutions from and including
lsS2;
State Prison 40 50 IS
| House of Correction ... - til ~
| Reform School ...........s6 ~ So
The net ordinary expenses of these in
stitutions for the same period are as fol
lows;
State Prison s2i,o3a.e5 sl7,46l0 s1l,0US. -
ton 49,. :, l9lm,!5 l7,79LOe la5lNs
Reform Schco oil 5,,U4 AZ 22,5s96 2i,2Ol.3
All public institutions should be kept
in the condition the best of their kind, at
all times, III the interest of State credit
and economy This cannot be attained
without occasional resort to specific ap
preparations. The needs of this cuAe to
us most reliably through the reports o.
the directors, trustees and superinten-
dents OF these institutions, though they
are sometimes obvious to any observer
The worn ont wooden stairs and walks
around the cells OF the main prison al
Windsor should be replaced In the in
terests of safety from fire, of permanence
and cleanliness, they should be replaced
| by iron stairs and walks. This wonld
seem IN the end to be economical as we'll
BENNINGTON BATTLE MONUMENT.
1t is now ten years since the subject of
erecting battle monument at Benning-
ton became r!atter of general interest
throughout the State. In 1870 the Asso
citation for the purpose was charter ed and
| organized. Liberal appropriation toward
the enterprise was made by the legiSla-
lures of Vermont, New Hampshire and
Massachusetts and soon after by Con
| gresS.
The appropriation Of 81 800 by the state
of Massachusetts had lap>ed by general
| law before the last session of the Legis
| lature OF that state, and the fact being
| brought to the attention Of that body at
their last session by Governor Robinson,
with appropriate suggestion the appro-
| prlatlon was promptly renewed and i'll
creased to 10000. The general plan of Il
monument has been settled upon by the
association since your last session, but
the erection of the same has not been con
| tracted, and so the conditions of the law,
providing that no moneys appropriated by
the State shall be used in the erection of
| the monument until the governor is ats
fled that sufficient funds have been raised
from various sources to complete it, have
not been complied with with sufficient
dehnlteness to warrant the turning over
of the funds at hand for this purpose to
the ASSOCIATION; nor to cover into the
treasury or to release to the use of the as
ISOLATION the moneys appropriated by the
general government and by the States of
New Hamp- hire and Massachusetts, The
amount of available funds for this object
Is now something over So 10000. | have
attended two meetings of the association
at Bennington, have had much correspon-
dence upon the subject of the plan of the
monument and | find that the impress
sion has grown with many that haste is
being made too slowly in this PATRIOTIC
enterprise. think, after so many years
of discussion with no ground broken the
General Assembly we'll might interpose
and by appropriate legislation encourage
progress. The funds are ready and will
not largely increase. Let the structure
rise; grand and imposing rs it will be, at
such cost few feet more, or few
feet less, than 300 feet, and let us do the
best we can with what funds we ha We
Three generations have come and gone
since the battle. The fourth ought 10 as
sure the rearing of the monument.
STATE MILITARY HISTORY