ABSTRACT
This chapter presents an address which concern the daily life of an inmate of the New York Inebriate Asylum, published in Atlantic Monthly, July 1869. It gives a short description of the interiors of the inmate's apartment and the scenery outside, as visible from the window. The address mentions the daily life of the inmate, starting with the clangs of the rising bell, the eight o’clock breakfast, which is followed by individual activities such a game of billiards or reading at the library. The lunch is at one and supper is served at six; the mail-bag from the post office arrives at eleven and again at six. The evenings are spent according to the day such as readings in chapel on Mondays and doctor's talk on Wednesdays. The Asylum is a free school of manners, equal rights, and common sense, and where the fair play of the Golden Rule and the decorous deference of the Hindoo Vedas are taught.
