The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-10-02

week. the Eagle has the following:
"He sums up the salaries paid to the
and Poor House Direc-
ors from 1885 to 1851. Well. summing
ip the whole affair and what does he
make out oft. These men are paid a
reasonable compensation per day for
services rendered the county. If they
are engaged only one day, they get paid
ror that day. i'll The interest Of the county
require their services ohener they re-
ceive that much more additional pay"
Very we'll, and all righ; as far as the
explanation goes; but that is not lar O.
nough, The trouble lies in the incaPac
ity of the county officers. If an lndly'd
ual employs an agent TO doia cer'a"
thing with which he is not acquainted
and pays him by the day, the employer
suffers the consequences. For instance
tie Commissioners agreed 10 build a
bridge over Rushcreek at Bremen. They
first adopted one plan, then rejected III
and adopted another. Here was a
double expense to the county, because
a uajority.of'he Board were unacqaaint-
with their duties. Thus, Instead uf a.
dupliug p Ian and having abridge erect.
ed in accordance with it, at as little ex-
pense as possible, we learn that they
made several changes and consequently
were paid for several days services.
Now this was all wrong and would not
have taken place, had the Commissioners
been sufficiently acquainted with their
duties to know what the county wanted
and what they we're gong to do The
individual who changes the plan of a
hnuse which he is having erected, must
suffer the consequences.
Again-i! we properly understand
the article published in last weeks Ga
zette, relative to the County lnfrmary
manOgemeut.the Directors met on Christ.
mas, after the publication ofproposals,t to
fix "salary" and ere appoint" the su
peiniendent. This was against custom and
could not we'll DO done. Here then was
a per diem paid which would not have
been rendered necessary, had these mer
knew what they were about.
1t is in this way that salaries are in
! creased and hence the contrast of the
past with the present. which it seems il
: not very agreeable to the Commissioners
organ. We can't help it. The people
of this county shall know and understand
f, these matters, and if the majority still
persist in elecling such men, we shal
have The consolation Of knowing that W,
did our duty aud that we are not the onl
sufferers. What we have said above il
regard to the Rushcreek bridge, may b.
applied 10 half the bridges which hav
been erected in the county.
Quo STATE FAIR.- We have not room
for an extended notice of the Fair held i
Columbus last week. and irdeed it woul
f he impossible to give the reader an ide
o Of the numerous articles exhibited, b
II merely publishing list OF the sam,
! The exhibition was magnificent affa
4, and every Ohioan felt proud Of the az
n vance made by our people in the diffe
t. en-; branches of Industry.
y Ia Horses, Cattle. Sheep. Hogs, Pou
! try, Manufactures. Agricultural implt
ments, Needle work. &c, &C., the variC
" ties were numerous and most of them
the choicest, and most beautiful kind
. No one can have an idea ofthe improve
. ments which may be made without Sc,
al ing what has already been accomplished
e Among the articles on exhibition
at were many from this county, which con
- pared favorably and in many instance
successfully. In looking over the lis
1 we find the following, which may nj
D. embrace all:
u Edmond Ricketts,, ono mare and on
:, stallion; John Shefler one gelding fC
i ligh, harness; Grim & Pearse ,one stallion
r William Hammond. one stallion; Rebe
# & Kniz, one filIy; Biller and Beery, on
9 wheat drill; D. r. & s. M. Rockey, on
pump; j. S. Snyder. head, blocks for Sa'
Mills; J. X. Copper, do; s. X. William
e wheatdrill; II. Cusly, one stallion, n
IS Thomas, ono chicken; Joshua Clark,
y straw and hay CUTTER II. G. Black Aou
y T. Hord, wheat; NJ. Ghono, drawing til
N D. Smith, beans.
Several of these articles received pr
- miums, but as we have not yet receive
NJ tho list, we defer publishing, The nur
b. her at the Fair ia variously estimated
NJ from twenty-five to ono hundred tho
I, sand, which gives the reader wide rang
= for gaoss work. 1t is pretty certoi
as however, that more people were in Il
i. city than could be we'll accommodate
hl This is the second Fair held il theStat
r and persons who know, give it as their
:. pinion that it has not been excolled in an