Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-07-26

wear 1922 when Il slid Il to MI Hugh Nichols fot
The sum Il say 81 100, and for many yeats lessed,
a. small annual rent from Mt. David Atkinson,
The poor House property six miles up The liver,
and c6alaaed % use .till after it purchased Tue
ttaSt Which the County nov owns 'on Woods
tua. This the County improved bYbpildlng' and
nov occupies by keeping the lanPets ora PSFEt
lshem theie. The tract sold Nj. Nichols em
told, Is good farming land, and will average w'0
our hill farms. The present poor House tact has
or had, as acres, and thong lAnueh .of itisyety
rough land yetit Is all rich and good pasture lard'
pOrl Of yety suitable for vegetable gatden'
sufficient fot more pstfoos l6al ttnst VII be on
The poor lit, for yepts 10 come. IN point 81 TACT
am told, llere Is more land on The present tract,
that is tilable, than Is present cultivated. Ia
farm can he used with profit TO The County IN
connection with The support Of Paupe''' confess
sec no reason Why The present. ono might not be
used. Without controversy, Il aPoor House iaF1l
Is Of az advantage. |. is more BY way Of providing
hay and paslutAge fol milk cows and summer veg'
ctaBleS, than In Other particulars. The only nF'
sufrient which have heard urged In iayot OIL the
project, which seemed to me imposing, was that
land was necessary in connection with poor
house, 10 order 10 supply thepaupers with good
milk and summer vegetables. Pot such purpose
small tract OF the present one Is undoubtedly sui
lCiant. There Is more liIobe land on Il Than the
pauptri can cultivate, and mote than Is necessary
tosurpIy The paupers with vegetables for Ihe yeat
round. There Is also room on II fOt mote build
ngs, II more Is necessary, with The best OF stone
coal fof fuel almost al tic door, and the place II.
selfis more accessible for carriages OF wagons
than The one Il is proposed 10 buy. lIaFins Tue
question ufhaving The poor house for our city
poor, in OF very near the oily, ciEcumSlanCed as
we are, | have supposed Il was proper fOt The
County 10 occupy by purchase OF lease email
tract OF land in connection with lie foor House
buildings not Tor The purpose Of farming, or
with any opinion or belief that The oYuIsteES OF
Tue Poor eau make muNey for tho County, direct
" or Indirectly by farming, but fNr The purpose
have already intimatfl. The poUpcEs themselves
may render some Profitable assistance, but not
much in cuItivaling aud taking cafe Of vegetable
garden aud its pTOIuCIsi bn! in The conduct and
operations Ct farming proper, il will no tate III
deed, thai pauret can he found wLOSe labor can
he or any material value.
II one or mote establishments atG provided I0E
tho paupets, they must bc provided with rooms.
have nliuaeh, that under IIliClOnS and tim
management, they can in their rooms, IN various
kinds u easy and plain labor, lie Inote pfodtabIy
aud hlmaneIy employed, than it is possibly to en'
may them in field or farm work. II Is 10 me /"
SoicclSln, an nbSntdiiy, 10 suppose paUrct 10 he
I'll iot field and farm labor. III for il, why shall
he not wotk for his own SuppotI-out farmers arc
always IN want Of hands.
but let II be further observed, that orr ptesen!
poor house farm and establishment, ate mol Garfield
on, OF conducted ior or on account OF The Over
ScctS, but is IN fact leased out to Mt Allison OF
so much rent, say 800 per annum. Ito on his
put agreeing to board, nOI TO cIollIe p0upers
which may be sent 10 him, at so much per week.
namely sl,5O or SIS per year. So that The over
SetES now furnish house, not land, AMI pay IN
addition fOr boarding the paupeES $3.50 pet week.
II latge farm is furnished, Il must bc tented
and in Tho sane way, or managed aud conducted
by hiteh agents on account Of thu 0vttSeers. II
individuals will moi, as matter Of WpG!, purchase
farms with tle intention Of conducting them alto
gctlleE, by hlred agency, or il individuals canHOt
by such on operation without their own immedi'
ale superintendent, make legal Unrest, | OIL
wholly unable 10 see why the County should Ell gnG'
in such MI enterprise, even if VIC were out OF debl
and had The cash 10 pay down lot The farm a0dneces
sary buildings AMI Improvements, to prepare aud
Gill up (Ot The oo--and lei il moi be (otgoIIeM thai
Tho present project, suppOseS, no tOnly an outlay d
eleven thousand dollars fot geo actcS Of land, bnt
also unequal or larger expenditure, in houses on,
Improvements 10 prepare II for The reception VI The
poor. Such understand Is lie plan Of It's ftienlsI
AMI this is what consider iHCxpeient aud unwiSe
aud mol IN accordance with our own experience
TIut The enjoyment Of few actes forgatdeuing AMI
grazing purposes, in connection with poor house,
located IN tho county, Is very different Thing
und one have mol opposed. CATO.
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