The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-12-28
OUR ITINERARY.
A Hasty Sketch of the Most Noted
Places Visited.


of The TIMES has the honor to be
had most delightful
itinerary of some of the eastern
states, for the purpose OF inspecting
new and modern built asylums, &C
cording to the provisions Of law. We
left st. Louis on the evening OF Dec.
18th, over the Wabash railroad and
arrived the next morning in Toledo,
Ohio, for breakfast. We were receiv-
ed at their Hospital for Insane by
the superintendent, DR.. Tobey, a very
courteous and clever gentleman, who
took great pleasure in showing us
through that institution. 1t is built
on the cottage plan, there being
something like twenty cottages ar
ranged in the shape of a parallelO-
gram, with a large infirmary at one
end and a hospital at the other. In
the center are located the domestic
buildings, such as dining hall. kitchen.
power houses, ice plants, laundries,
etc. There are between fourteen and
fifeen hundred patients, and all ap-
peared happy and contented. The
arrangements of the cottages on the
inside are models for convenience and
comfort for the patients. The COM
mission were placed under obligation
- nr Tobaxy n N Il bis avooIIont fo roilv
composed of a charming wife and two
pretty and accomplished daughters,
for a splendid dinner and an even
ing's entertainment. At Massillon,
Ohio, the commission was courte-
ously received by the gentlemanly
superintendent, DR.. lyman, who used
his best endeavors to make our stay
profitable and pleasant. Like the
Toledo asylum, this institution is
built on the cottage plan, though the
buildings are much more elaborate
and costly and the grounds laid off
in an irregular though very pretty
design. This institution is just being
completed and is designed for the &C
commodation OF 1000 patients. Mrs.
lyman entertained us to a splendid
turkey dinner.
From Massillon we went through
Pittsburg and Harrisburg, to Wer-
nersburg, Pa. Here we found an asy-
lum built on the plan of the large
ward buildings, connected with corri-
doris. The superintendent, DR.. Hill,
extended every possible courtesy to
a thorough inspection OF his institu-
ton.
From here we went direct to Phila-
delphia, which we reached Saturday
evening. We spent Sunday in the
Quaker city and visited large num-
Der OF her historic points, among
which was Congress Hall, wherein sat
the first Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the Uuited States and
where Washington was inaugurated
March 4, 1893, City hall where first
met L. S. Supreme Court; Independ-
ence hall, the old Betsy Ross house
where were born the stars and stripes,
and other places OF equal importance
and interest all of which we will write
more fully in a future article. On
Monday We inspected the Norristown
asylum which we found almost an
exact counterpart of the Nevada,
Mo-, asylum, though larger. and in
which were 21OO patients. From
here we went to New York where we
spent a day and night. We took a
carriage for the day with an expert
enced driver and our route through
the city, hastily outlined was, Under
the Dewey arch, down 5th Avenue,
through Central Park, W to Column.
bia College, on to Grants Tomb on
the Hudson, back down river side drive
to our hotel. the Gilsey, on Broad
way After hasty lunch and change
of teams, to the Bowery, passing
Tammany Hall, the old A. T. Stew
art house. on through Italy, China
town and eoontown, back through
Wall street, then to Battery Park,
from which point the great Statue oil
Liberty could be seen far out in the
bay, thence to The wharf where the
big Greyhound steamer come in, to
the great Brooklyn bridge which we
crossed and returned to our hotel in
time for supper. Next We went to
Buffalo over the West Shore line.
There we inspected the asylum, which
ia of large three-story buildings, the
winus connected hY corridors