Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-08-31


md noa:ncss characterized every part
OF The firm 60 or - acres are cultiya-
ted. found here, August OH i bat
three poor individuals: one small child in
feeble health, ore IDIOT a man; one man
subjoc. to fits. The following mcnornn-
da was furnished BY the County Auditor,
at my request:
Cos: of Farm for The poor, S260),01
s3Is 80
Cost Of keeping paupors for tho
year ending juno lst. 1916. <5107 30
Or. By rent Of Farm, $1,000
Or. BY paupar labor, 100 $500
FouSrAtN County jan, Il, Cosing:on.
is very defective in is general pIan and
internal arrangement; being insecure, it
was abou: TO be ,hroughly repaired and
stronglhouci. at the ,imo Of my visit IN
August, the keepers apartment: and the
prison aro beneath the same roof. The
building IS uncnc!oscd, ana rs usual. no
yard for tho prisoners 70 exercise il. Thc
dungeon and debtors room wcro each a.
bou, thirteen by fourteen feet. Tho floor
was to Be Of la-s covered with heavy plank
Two small windows below; four above
Both dungeons can be warmed in winter
il IS said. No prisoner at the date above.
The pooR-uoUsE farm of Fountain coun-
~, is unoncloscd; contains 50 acres. about
- Of which. arc cultivated. The keepers
dwelling was new aud convenient: the
cabins for tho poor, miserable, and wholly
insufficient for the wants Of tho inmates,
and for their decent accommodation.
found two insane women; one cripple near
~ helpless; pleasing and most unfortunate
young woman; one man WIKI Il broken leg;
ono i'll of fever; a woman with q diseased
limb and her child; and one or two aged
men. For all those, there were but two
rooms: ono was the kitchen where all the
work was carried on; sometimes this was
the other room stood four beds; ono ii each
corner. Gao was occupied at night. by
tho aged man; ono was tenanted by The
fever patieni; one by tho man with tho
broken leg, who was also, IN consequence
of intemporance, in state Of furious
AMI Iashoi - the bed5.eai with
ropes; the fourth bed Vas appropriated 10
the Young woman, a cripple she was a
person who seemed to have known better
days, and to have once had friends. The
two insane girls, was told, lodged hero
also, on the floor. To mo it appears most
unfortunate that when citizens are able 10
sake charge of the poor in the land; when
with liberal hand they pay their taxes,
tina. they should no; also exercise humane
spirit and sound Judgment IN the appoint
ment of saitable officers 10 carry out their
purposes. Il seems needless 10
employ many words in comment upon the .
state Of the poor at Fountain county Poor I
house. as found them: the common de- +
cencies of life, are those recesses which
the mos. vulgar ana uneducatcd maintain,
were here, through tho reglec; Of official
persons. absolutely abandoned. | .rus.
that some better order and arrangement
has been adopted before this time. By
received at the Office Of the
Auditor, there was paid out of the county
treasury, during the year ending May Isl,
1916, the sum Of SSo2.52 cents, for the
relief Of necessi:ous persons: about two
thirds having been expended at the Poor
house; the remainder for transient. appii-
cants.
The farmer, in whose charge the poor
arc placed, receives salary Of $3.50, cash .
and the farm: the county clothing the poor
and paying for making the same; the physi-
clans bill which is about $40. and funeral .
expenses, beside allowing 10 the Superin /
.enden: 81 so for burlals. A more sim
pie method Of arranging might be adopted
making fawer complicated petty account.
There are bat fov Poor-housa establish
mon.s il Indiana. in which 50 gross defects
are conspicuous as in this near Coyington;