The building is situated on an eminence two hundred and fifty feet above the Susquehanna River, the scenery stretching far up and down the valley, having features of uncommon beauty and grandeur.  Each patient has a thoroughly warmed and ventilated room, which, from the peculiar situation of the house, commands a wide view of the adjoining country.  The tables are supplied with a variety and abundance of good food, suitable in every respect to the wants of the patients, whose tastes and needs are carefully considered.  Amusements of various kinds, including billiards, etc., are provided within the building, which afford pleasure and profit to the patients.  Out-door pastimes, such as games of ball and croquet, and other invigorating sports, are encouraged and practised.  The asylum grounds embrace over four hundred acres, part of which are in a state of cultivation.  The remainder diversified in character, and partly consisting of forest.

Gentlemen who desire to place themselves under the care of the asylum, may enter it without any other formality than a compliance with such conditions as may be agreed upon between themselves and the superintendent.  The price of admission varies according to location of rooms and attention required.  Persons differ so widely in their circumstances and desires, that the scale of prices has been fixed at from ten to twenty-five dollars per week, which includes board, medical attendance, washing, etc.  In all cases the price of board for three months must be paid in advance.

From one of the annual reports of this institution now before us, we learn that the number of patients treated during the year was three hundred and thirty-six, of whom one hundred and ninety-eight “were discharged with great hopes of permanent reformation.”  Fifty-eight were discharged unimproved.  The largest number of patients in the asylum at one time was a hundred and five.

SAVING AND REFORMING INFLUENCES.

Of those discharged—­two hundred and fifty-six in number—­eighty-six were of a nervous temperament, ninety-eight sanguine and seventy-two bilious.  In their habits, two hundred and thirty-four were social and twenty-two solitary.  Out of the whole number, two hundred and forty-four used tobacco—­only twelve being free from its use.  Of these, one hundred and sixty had been constant and ninety-six periodical drinkers.  Serious affliction, being unfortunate in business, love matters, prosperity, etc., were given as reasons for drinking by one hundred and two of the patients.  One hundred and twenty-two had intemperate parents or ancestors.  One hundred and forty were married men and one hundred and sixteen single.  Their occupations were varied.  Merchants, fifty-eight; clerks, thirty-five; lawyers, seventeen; book-keepers, sixteen; manufacturers, eight; bankers and brokers, eight; machinists, seven; mechanics, six; farmers, six; clergymen, five; editors and reporters, five, etc.