The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-11-05
The East Mississippi; Insane
Asylum.
MERIDIAN, Miss, Oct. rs, 1886.

MERIDIAN, Miss, Oct. 25, 1856.
Editor Democrat-Star:
The little city OF Meridian is lust
now making dust fly with push aud
stir. She is an exceedingly live
little city, aud notwithstanding the
fact that she has but lately tailed
to get the State Capital, to furnish
the States Governor aud the DIS.
trcts Congressman, all this has by
no means cooled the ardOr of hpr
ambition. Her Wholesale mercan.
tile business is reaching out to the
very portals of New Orleans and
Mobile and west as far as Brandon.
Her citizens are also bOnyed up
with bright anticipation for the
future looking TO the buiItlin. OF
the Warrior Coal Fields aud the
Memphis and Pensacola Railroads.
o last Saturday your cores
pondent visited the East MisSlsSp.
ri lnsane Asylum in company with
CAPT. S. B. Waits, oHe Of the
trustees. Al he time of our visit
DR.. Rice was absent from the citN
aud bis assistant, DR.. johnson, was
engaged in making his round 0t
visits 10 patients. We, h0XeNeI,
rpcrived courteous aud most kindly
attention at the hands of MeSSrs. !
BOaduS and Smith. This latter !
gem leman succeeds The noted Hugh |
ID. Cameron as steward of the
ist lnm, aud his genial cOunttnauce
bears cl idence that fate has dealt
senlIv with him, aud we can hope
hat he will deal more gently with
he States iinnncPS than his prpde.
,eSSOr. He is quite Il pie tsant gen.
ieman. Ere We proceeded tar on
pur round it was our pleasure to be
oinrd by Mrs. Rice, the Dictor'S
A if", who, as matrOu of the iuSiitu-
ion. nll2ht he appropriately termed
he sunshine OF the establishment.
Dur visit Was rendered especially
,lcaSant aud profitable by her pres.
nee. She is a lady of CULTURE, re-
inemehl aud Il most cheerful dispo- /
iitiOH aud added 10 noble aud sym /
instincts she is wonderful.
y gifted with energy and business
act, which reuder her especially
iited tor the mission of mercy aud ,
,induess. Many look upon AN in f,
ane asylum as simply stronghold
or unrully miScreauts, but Mrs.
Rice very properly cOnsiuers her
IutieS from far nobler standpoint. {
We found every department in |
Xcelleut condition so far as the !
is concerned aud ta- I
ilITies will permit. Space will not '
us TO go into details more =
han so tar as we teel called upon :
d make some special mention. q
The laundry has, by sOme calcula
Drs, been considered false idea OF I
cohomy, which is certainly mis- :
AXE. | was assured by Mrs. Rice :
hat il will save lts total cost, by t
ecreasing the amount of labor
in the short space Ot 4
wrlve mOnlhs; that amount being q
600. She demonstrated this too d
learly to admit OF mistake. Con- {
ideriug then that the machinery
ill last a number OF years, Se b
ave an idea OF the total saving TO y
hp State. There are now about :
inmates iu the Asylum, neaI it's y
ill capacity, aud the washing is u
ute an item.
In speaking OF economy we must &
az the last Legislature, after all b
lp fuss aud tpatbers "nigglelr it q
dealing with this institution.
hey made an appropriation of b
5000 tor 1856 aud $35.O00 TOR n
sS7, an amount barrly Suficieut
, meet neerSsary Expenses, leaving 4
bout $4,000 or $4,000 Of back b
pbtS To be liquidaIei Out Of this j
rsr's sppropriati0", which has
ready cut the amount available a.