The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-01-24

bu. still che has feeling, and while we we're there
we noticed her shvering around the stove End ma.
king signs that she sensible Of the cold atmos-
phere She was no better provided for in the wa
of clothing than the others, he garments being
very scant patterns, but few Of Them and very Car
from being in cleanly condtion--like the others
her dress looked as though it hal never hen tkcn
through course ofsoap- sus. The other worn n
was the wife ofthe crippled cd mln, " were in
formed, but much younger Asn he is. From up
pearances. she is not blessed Cor cursed as the case
may be- with very sensitive nature. was pro-
men. appears to enjoy good health, and regards
herself as being mattress of the house.
] The first Of the four young women or girls tha,
We shall notice, looks to be about twenty five
years ofage-has been married we bclieve-hus.
band has left hs.-has little boy three or four
years old. From her appearance. We should thiuk
she was not possessed of very much intelligence
She was thinly clad-wss without shoes. If our
memory serves us right.
The next, was an Irish girl or young woman
that looked to be about twenty wears of age. She
is naturally smart, or at least ordinary in point OF
intelligence. She is horribly blosted with dropsv,
her complexion is sallow and her face and general
appearance is the very picture Of grief, discomfort
and restitution or want of care. When we saw
her she was without shoes or stockings, and from
the appearance Of her feet are confident that
she has no. worn any during the entire winter
Her clothing was very thin and much soied, and
in short, like all the garments and bedclothcs ha.
we saw about the eatablshment-.oo filthy to ad-
init of their being healthy or d. to be or slept
uuderby any person.
! The third one girl, that is known to many
of our readers, by the name of Eliza Rusk. She
ia almost quite idiots in poor health and
dressed about as the others, but had on some pie
ees of shoes snd stockings.
The fourth one is an idiot girl afflicted Wit.
spasns. of which she has many each dsv. She is
apparently about fourteen fifteen years of age
She does not possess enough Of intelligence to, in
any way take care Of herself. The spasms she IL
afflicted with come on very suddenly and she falls
instantly when one comes upon her. We, noticed
several Scars and sores on her face and hands, tina,
the old lady, before spoken Of teld us we're caused
by her falling against the isr,s shset-iron stove
t'iat described two weeks ago She spoke Fl.
asa yer! common occurrence AMI sud she could
not watch her ali the time" She is permitted to
go about the stove AMI there 10 nothing { around
it to keep her from falling against it at any me
and is just as likely to do when it is red hot
at any other time, ami her face and hands showed
that she had often been so unforsunatc a. 20 do
so. Sheis not only unfortun Ite on account of be
ing idiot and atil cted with most horrible spasms
but she 10 extremely unfortunate to have been found
in Marshall cour'y, which supports an institution
that permits her 10 be thus inhum,nly treated
Her clothing is like the rest
The middle aged is Irislman who is vt
filcted with ulcer on his lie which we were clad
to learn getting we'll, or it is hoped so at least
Otherwise &c appeared to be in good health and
was able to nuke fires for the rest of them He
was clothed extra--hsd on. to all appearances.
three OF four pait of pants. We supposed this was
done to make one pair p,tch another Hope he
will get outnext spring.
/ Tbs boy is about twelve wear, old, id; o,;e
though bright about some things, anlis dumb -
3
dlsremember what his other msrortunes are II,
was more comfortably clothed than any of The 9th
err, bat NE believe he had hottie ,lere very long
which, II our recollection Is right in Til. matter
accounts tor the better clothing he had on.
The Others were children who appeared To emo,
good health, but far their appearance wa:
concerDed they looked like all the rest. To use
common vu'garisn, they were "iat ragged and
stscy."
We have given tie above plain statement, Of
facts concerning the poor of this county as the,
appeared in the ''den" on the day we visited it,
We will not make any comments at present. bu,
will merely ask the humane people of Marshall
comfy ilthis is the way they want the poor taken
care of at an Increased expense to them, and
whether they do not consider the institution a dis
grace to the people ofthc county