Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-04-23
Management ofthe County Farm

- Management of the County Farm
81 Considerable disturbance has recent,
taken place in neighborhood contiguou.
Z to the County Farm, in rcla ton t. IL r., an
: a@ement And sineularlv enough thost
!. who seem TO he most active in this pro
S ceeiing, have not taken the trouble to Wis
s it the Farm and personally to examine
s INTO is management, or 20 in 0rm them
: selves correctly as to its affairs This i,
: very much to be regretted rs many per
!. sons Of honest motives and good genera
( character have been blindIv led by thea
: into making some very serious charges
3 against persons connected with the ad-
administration of affairs NJ tho County Farm
!. proper knowledge of everything relatins
s 70 the County Farm, would aispel many
!. OF the false Impressions which have beer
{ c used b. ignorance, prejudice and pas
son
z 1t would lie found that the county saves
thousands Of dollars annually. by It's pres
> ent mode OF taking care OF the COUNT
poor
4 1t would be found also, that these poor
: II not better fed and clothed, than under
: the Town system. are ut least much NOR,
:. comfortable nd much better off
= 1t would be found that the insane who
fall npon the county for support, are Sc
curely and comfortable kept at an i'm
!. mense saving to the county from the Old
: system.
I i would be found that the mana-ement
: Of the Farm generally, taken wear b. wear.
, W II show As fair result in proportion. rs
{ any farm N the nei- hborhood, y ,rhaps in
the county.
1t would bc found that the Super;nten-
dents have taken deep interest IN hayin-
the inmates Of the place properly treated
that when any complaints have come to
their hearing from them, which We're ,vol-
thy Of attention, a very thorough cxamin-
alton took place, in order to Correct any
abuse, If such existed
7 II would be found. too. that one or two
! individuals, coming occasion ilsy. and look
: IN. over the fence, - not the best way To
: keep an intelligent nci-hbr1nood well
posted in the affairs of the County Farm.
j 1t would lie lound that it is not the in
: tercst Of the nvcrsccr to increase the mum
. her of people ut the Poor Housc-he
. k-ows the object If that place is only for
/. keeping those who have no other way Of
, living. and hat every Individual Il limited
there only increases the care and respon-
sibilitv and labor Of himself and family.
. and the charge, therefore, that he oproses
any one Going away when there is Il place
; TO which to 20, is simply ridiculous And
: farther 1t would seem clear to any reason
: able person, that as the poor house is but
an asylum for those whose disease. mfr
Initv, age and accide have driven there.
there IS not likely To be anv great supply
ot house keepers, who are able to DO all
kinds Ol work ahout house, kitchen, or
dairy, as some seem to mae' ne. such q
person vas applied for to one of the Su-
per.ntendehtS. and the arplic..:.t even sid
That II he could get such one to take
cnIr-" ot his house he would lie wiiIino
20 allow her = couple OF dollars month
as wages. he idea seeming to prevail
with some Is, that persons hired from the
poor house, are able to do most every kind
OF work, and can be cot to do it All for
small, or perhaps, no WAGES nj all or.
: else, the fact OF their ha, ing been taken
from the poor house. will enable their era
-ploycr5 To domineer and tIrannize over
thcm as il they were slaycs.
1t would bc found that If the Sunerin-
tcndents allow the Ovcrsccr to ke ~
horses and horned cattle as his o,yn mi
) rate property on the farm. that the c0un
{ y could not lose nothing by il. The conn
~ purciIaset one span Of horses ana !;
Joke of cattle These were insutTeinnt+n
work one hundred ac2es. and do MI fba
hauling necessary 10 so large an c.tnblisb
5 ment The Oyersecr, of whom the yybofc
( was purchased, had another span Of bor-
. scs and other cattle, which the county
could purchase or not as it became pacn.-
sarE- If not purchased, and the Oversee,
. was permitted to keep them there. he was
willing, Of course, Tor he made the nrono.
: sition, to pay the county whatever Il ~
WORT. board them But the county had
70 u.s. them, o" p.,. ehasc others To assist
IN working the farm. Same with the cat
tie Here the county u~eI these apim..ls
without purchasing them Is a rood sr,n
Of horses well worked on Iarre farm, nn.
worth their board ? Are cattle wbatl..
Z WorkInE oxen or cows not worth their f,,o.l
{ strange INFLAMMATION, that persons 81 f..
nlilar with the value and uses oc animal.
. should not see, even by merely iouj,;n
over the fence. TINT the county was rather
the gamer than loser hv the operation
Finally. It WI be found upon fair OK.
animation, that the object Of appointina
, Super!n,endents Of the poor, is to do the
very things that this public meeting have
assumed 70 do. namely o take oh ir.re al
the panpers falling upon the public ion
support, and to see to and protect the in
: teres.s Of the public.
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