The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-03-09


N-~rs, LdltoTs:-In your paper Of tie 2ud
inst, ! see that DR.. Rowland has cunoucted
lengthy article expressly for my benefit in
which he says that the court in requesting the
sheriff to notify the physicians to send in propo,
SAILS for doing the medical pauper business, niJr
med him that he need not notify him; (Dr How
! land) And that one member Of the court said
| that they would not receive proposals from him
The remark The says) WIS made To The sheriff a
he Is informed by Mr. Elliott in thc DIS eX
pose he snys that it was during the first session
! Of the court in December
Now, Nj Ed.tcr laay i; not ue possible that
there i some mistake here, and that | could not
have dictated to the -Aent what rhy.yiuus he
should should not notify a, i, viii be rccolcc.
ted that at Maf fiH,c ! rus not Il membsr Of the
cduTt; my time having expired, was 10. in
Ottawa during the -cs-!u. 1t the court IN Deem.
Der, except i short tine 10 The forenoon of the
IITst day ui the term, u assist in organizing the
Il, - cour:, ant returned home that day. The next
gr,,s ne made against lie Is that | have re-.
cciv.l nav ,,r keeping child lliat have adopt.
.Ia,m, own H., lis would really be SO ii what
was related by the IN. vas correct Inc i'ctsr
spec'iny this child are ,hes. In the lore part ct
February, 1912 Mc-rs BeckN. g" ana = O'"l "
came TO me AMI made complain, than mere were
three children on the north side of the Norn. non
( that bud been found (cft by their father their M
| thcr beng Gead) IN very Hesitate and dcplora.
Die condition. One was gid about xix year, old
another boy about three or four ana little girl
probably n little more than one ye.,r Il age The
youngest was very much omacmtod-.o feeble
that when We first took her she could No, e.
ven creep uui wa- troubled with "A very severe
bowel complaint, which rendered it necessary for
her To have frequent cL nres Of clothing, and
. careful nursing. | WIS not At home WHEN the
man who had kindly taken this child, cal cd to see
me about her, but h. ;Id my wife that they did
no, wish To keep her NJ B,cawth AMI Clark,
with whom he left he complaint for ne tod nae
the same from him. Mr. Beckwi,h agreed to keep
the bog who was with hiu, fcr the time being. ut
the price agreed upon fifty cents Per week Mr.
Clark did not wish to keep the elder gil who was
with him, and obtained II place for her upon the
same terms, but did not succeed in in ling any One
who was willing 10 take the youngest, anl was o.
bliged to take her myself, or send her to the poor
house. which was unwilling TO do. fec,in, that
she would not he likely to receive such care there,
as her age and circumstances required Accord.
ingly ] took her to my house on the 10Th Of Feb,
1919 and also procured clothing for her AMI the
other children At the succeeding March term
laid the matter before the court, and offered to
keep the child for one year, at one dollar per
week,-clothing and doctoring furnished, and after
that time | would maintain her myself AS 20
my adopting the child rs my own there is no truth
in the assertion, except 50 fares that expect to
provide f0r, and bring her up That have en-.
de2vored to treat the child as my olrn," frankly
acknowledge, ind hope may con nue To DO SO
as long as she lives with me, nor dill dream that
there was any wrong in doing so, until learned
It from the Drs communication. If there is, or
has been, any one who wished o. take her il
has not come to my knowle ige. Inreglri to .he
bill for clothing 1t was taken from ana,cpIu' kept
by me Of clothing that was actually bought Tor
her. aud the amounts were paid by me for that
purpose, anl nothing was Obtained except what
we thought was necessary for the co nfart and
health of the child. | have firuiih,i clo'hin,
and other neccssuTics to persons at tImt., when
thought by 50 doing for n limited time, It would
prevent their becoming permanent plupcrs, and
sometimes have charged the county, aud n Others
have not This course has been pursued by each
Of the commissioners in their respective districts,
IL is true that have not received specific bill
Of DR.. Bullock for his attendance rs physician
upon the child, but did not suppose that was
dung wrong by presenting the bill, an account
having been kept Of the number Of the Ds's visits
made expressly for her, land m account kept when
he visited any other member Of the fimily) Nnl
knowing rs dill his usual professional change
The child was taken severely sick about the mil.
! die Of July Tn, Dr.. visited her then five times
ia succession. and WIS called 10 visit her ut three
different times afterwards. She remained sick ill
into November. | never told the man who had
the child that II must not become county charge,
or tina, there were those who would be glad to a.
| dept II rs their own, for have nsver knovn Of
amy such persons. did not say that the commits
sioncrs had made rule to audit no paupcr bills,
for charges made previous to application. ho't
then, and think now, that IL any case has occurred
since have been in Office, when |, would have
been proper TO depart from that rule this was
| that case. G. c. ELLIOTT.
Lowell, March 9th, 1850.
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