The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-01-12

NV ~" muse WAS llnnSuLltcIN hIlCu Win pau
pers 10 visit and charge therefor shese stipulated
lees. Aud accordingly On the first Monday IN Sep
tember, Gully % DAYS from the appointment. h,
I presented bill for Sofas before stated-s3 50
more than had for doing 1t a year. Yet strange
20 say, this did not open the eyes 81 the honest
commissioners; but they still permitted the ap
puintmeat 10 continue ami ON the Stth ot Noyem
Der he presented another bill for = months and 20
days OF SlS6,S5; including Us before stated, -
that had been charged and allowed In tho former
bilI, AMI m this large bill II appears that, m mum
TER of instances, from Ia 81! dollars day or,
charged for visiting paupcrs at the poor house
from 80 cents 10 dollar for each patient and all
IN one Nl,lt-and Vet, 81 liberal had the court be
come on the eve of its extinction that the whole
oiboth tthc>c bills WAS allowed making SiSI,-
% 10 one physician IN three mouths and a half
Pearson. Stout aud my sell had done the business
3 years Tor Sl926oD Yet tins l. not all. To Or.
Meaghvt tor services daring the same period they
allowed SIS 5d-->lO of which together with 5
changed in DR.. Guilberts bill making SIS, We're
charged for services rendered - one paupcr We
man in the village during labor and yet on IuquI
. rng It turns out that Dr. Stout actually deliver
ca the woman and tOf whicl,'hc made no charge
= were also paid 10 Dr. Hopkins at the Nov
term, making IN accre,atefp S months of S527
81. lnadii,im to this So are charged in Walk
cr 4 Hlckhnc's bill for ouiuine purchased 10y tie
county physician IN November.
know i; Will be said that the cholera was here
and hence the necessity If admitting; "a many on
the poor list and ot So great an expenditure let
H. see If this Is so 1t appears 10y the foregoing
communications of the commissioners that hnSpl-
tai was established In Peru in June last and Or
Wmslow appointed To attend it And at the
September term Of the court he presented his bill
for three months strN sces aud Il auunu,s To ONLY
Sll2, Now viii any one pretend that there were
not more Stransers more cholera and more sick
ness IN Peru and lAsllle during the s summer
months, among such persons Is were proper OBJ
jets Of public charity than there were in Ottawa
during the three tik months Every man uftum
mon sense knows there must have been more
than ihreetod. for the cholera disappeared here
the 5th Of ctobsr and it does not appear that pau
pers were either sent from Peru or laSalle to this
place, for Mr.. Gilman wa, to provide for those in
the north west part Of the county ami accordingly
established hospital st Peru The physicians and
many Of the citizens who have been lotlg here. IN
form me that the season, while was absent was
not As unhealthy, Independent Of the cholera as
usual AMI that there wervh hut ) ur cholera IA
tlrnis among the pdgperS. Since my return on the
9th October It has btcu unusually healthy for the
time of wear.
How then does /, happen that all at once. there
Is such an unhcarl oi amount If medical paupcr
business in Ottawa and NJ the poor house WIN.
simply, because tie court had appointed an honest
man to attend To H. with full power to create it O;
viii IN illustration Of tins ~ the first term If
the new court IN December Or Guiib,rt present
eI another Till for Professional attendance upon
pauptr~, from Nov. % to Dec t. eight days, If -
-of which the court allowed ully s. reject
Ing ; Is a, having been charged .nr service, rcud-
cred persons whom the court ,iI not regard A.
paUpers AZ the time the charges were mauy. anil
accordingly, on repairing 10 he poor house duIiu,
TINT session they discharged four or i've persons.
As not beng proper objects Of public charity Up
To this time It seems DR. G. had had the control If
the business under hi, former appointment Now
ask i! the facts N relation to tho last bill do
not furnish urun;royertible evidence oi the truth
II the preceding remarks. and that the cause Of
such an enoFmou- amount OF medical Isupcr bu.
sine, originated m such an urbcar,of appoint
ment a. ye>tin. the power in the person who 70.
cciye, the pay. to create blsiGe~s fur b!mscifi
But the evil effects Of the admission Of every
applicant On 10 the poor list, do not stop here -
/ There are always rrr'a.n persons Interested in
seeing them wei. clothed AMI catered for IN other
plr'lculyTs-an! ! viii now give a brief ui some
Of the items If expense connected with such a
course. .nd leave the public 10 draw IL own con
c.u-ious.
Ii, As the commi-sonsr, say. on tine lo;h Of An
gust, thcy had placed good man in the poor
house, with what psopriety 60 they pay one oi
themselves $50 ior experimenting the mighty Is
Enlistment for three months
At the extra term OF the court on tie lOh Of
August the following tA-s were allowed on the
pauper account. .
To Ms O'BTien 10 % TO New York. - 20
To Chas. II. Gilman Tor services rendered to
palpers, II ~
T5'John Kennedy forwhi;ewa.hins the p. H., 10 %
$40 ~
At the September term Of the court the follow.
iuI I'LL were allowed for paupcr account,
To Walker s. Kicking, for provisions a-i
clothing, mostly provisions from June II
i 10 Sept. 10, $50 90
To NJ Nitunger for clothing, Is
To Mr Moore tor mixing colfins. I OF
them after len for New lork, l. %
To lnman, tor washing Il 90
To Hatly, for boarding McCabe, q NJ
To John Leahy pair OF shoes, -
To John liaIly, for making! coat AMI pants
Tor McCa5e, 5 ~
( To John Kennedy for finding and making
/ bedding, : 90
/ To Frank Clark for keeping and attending
I Patrick Burke , days IN cholera, Slj iot
/ bed budIcdGud clothes buried, $40, pad
Dr. Mragher So Moore tor coffin, 81,
prdGEng grave, 50 u OO
! To Mr. Waterman for furniture for poor h., SO "a
! To John Kennedy, Tor experimenting poor
\ house aud for experimenting the purchase
I OF clothing and provisions at the p h. anl
u M Ottawa, n on
/ To Ryan & Sanger for clothing. !! 81
4 To B. 7 Phelps, Tor funeral expenses Of
/ Parmcly, : 81
/ To Aleph Gofiior boarding Mr' b md child, &c IL
I To VIM. Kelly iorpoaices so, tor bury,ng
j pauper IS, - on
To McNr. tor ald TO panper, = OC
To White & Hunter tor medicine (or paupcrs, 3 %
To John kenn.dy for taking pauper to
l Springfield, on
To Peter Russell Tor furniture to poor-hoise, 5 OC
To C. C. Elliott for tunernl expenses tor
stranger. and for boarding child, - 1.
I To John Lane for keeping the poor house
from Aug 10 to Sept 10, - OI
AT the rite Of si26 year and the pro.
visions all found,
To Mn Lane for provisions, soap, &c. 4 Z,
Toe II Gilman for the purpose ul render
ing assi-,ance to a widow IN Peru, 10 q,
: To Martin Murray for digging 3gnycs, 80
: To Francis Col, 20,
To John Kort for hou-e .rent, s U
; To Dr. WiIislow, OF Peru, for attending
} hospital, ll2 o,
= TOD. Gulbert Of Ottawa, 81 u
To Dr. Pearson Of do lW
To Dr. Gooding OF do 90,
|. ~. d. ~ do Al.