Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-06-16
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The Ohio Peuiscufisry. under the War
fcnship Of Mr.. Buttles. appears to be in
better condition than il has been for some
years past At the present time there are
Gil prisoners eonhnsl within its walls; of
this number 100 ars under contract 10 the
stsie upon the new Capital, at 40 cent? a
day each; loo TO Hayden & Co., in the
saddle tree. harness and blsck. smithing
business, At 40 cents day each 100 10
the Ohio Tool Company ic the manufacture
ofplanes. DC, at 40 cents isy each: 100
to Hall, Brown & Co, in manufacturing
agricultural implements, at rs cents day
each; % to j. Stric klerin stone cutting at
Sl cents day each for apprentices. and,
VI day for experienced hands 10 in
making cultivaters. plows. hauows. dc.
at 10 cents day each; aud 10 in the manu.
fscture of wooden type, at 81 cents day
each the balance being employed as tail
ofs, shoemskers, washers, cooks, and hall
walters.
Large additions have been made to the
workshops during the pre-, ent wear, the
mechanical work all being done by the
prisoners. A new building, 122 feet by
3S, has been erected forthe use of the Agri-
cultural Tool Company. The black smith
shop has been extended 81 feet in length /,
and every department is crowded with bus /
mess. A fine large garden is under cult
vation, and it is expected the present year .
that enough cabbages and tomatoes will be /
raised to supply the prisoners during the
season. Since the scurvy madeits appear
ance last winter, the necessity for more
vegetable diet became so apparent that Mr..
Buttles employed some of the most trust
worthy convicts in cultivating lot outside
the walls, on the bank OF the river, and we
have no doubt that the experiment will
prove highly beneficial to the health ofthe
prisoners.
On the greatest improvements yet made
in the discipline of the Prison, is the for
nation of school, under the direction of
the Rev. Mr.. Warner, the worthy Chap
lain. After the performance of their al
lotted tasks, the convicts have the priyi-
lege of attending, AMI many of them have
made considerable progress in learning -.
We noticed little boy, only twelve years t
old, upon one of the benches who appear.
ed to be very attentive to his books, and
upon his inquiry, we learned that he had
been sent here few weeks since from Dav-
ton for burglary. How long will it be
before Ohio will have House of Refuge :
There are seven women shut up wilhin
these walls, under the care OF Il Matron.-
Biddy Fury an Irish woman, with red
hair, gray eyes, ard a sharp nose, is one {
of them. Biddy Fury was well nalaeA.-.,
When excited her temper is ungoyerlable,
and III one oI her tantrua.s i'll Toledo, she
stabbed a woman as to cause hor death,
for which offence she was convicted Of m.zn-
slaughter in April 1851, and sentenced to +
the Penitentiary for tea years. After be.
ing shut up four months, another little
Fury came into the world, and Biddy, af- t
ter being allowed to keep it year, sent it l
away to be taken care OF by her parents .
living in Cincinnati Among the seven :
unfortunates, is ratehr pretty looking lit
tie girl about fourteen years old, who was +
convicted in Dayton and sentenced for one a
year, for stealing silk dress. .
The position of the Warden is certain
ly an arduous and responsible one. To /
keep 500 men i'll proper subjectiou i, no a
triHlng matter, but in onr humble opinion, |
his duty is like in comparison with that :,
of the Matron. We know some men
who cannot govern one woman, yet this ;
Matron is expected to manage scrcn.-- 0
Verify she must have sweet tilne.--,Sta!e ii
Jour. i