Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-04-23

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5 Considerable has been said. if not at the
/. meeting above relerrrd to, mt least hv 9th
ers, whose only object WAS, perhaps, to
: understand 1T, about some OF the bills paid
: ,or the ountv House, as appears in the
!. report Of the superintendent OF the Poor.
3. The first report of the upcrintendcnts
{ referred to some Of these bills. but at that
s time the oils were not yet paid so that
{. they had necessarily to be included in the
+. last report. These ILLS, then, cover il pc
:. ROD Of eighteen months, instead OF only
> one Year. Among these might be emu
sSmerated the supplies purchased to com
sfmcnce operations with az the County
q House, tools, implements, seed, and the
,acost OF putting N the crops previous to
Ethe selection IF an oyerseer And the
'Tdry goods bills, with very lit lie exceptions
<%dld not only cover Il period of eighteen
sEmonth, but were in part for the supply of
EMBEDDING Tor a large number of beds pre-
E<pared and mad ready for use.-bedticks
= holsters, pillows sheets, blankets, com
Estorters De, which such an institution as
ga Poor House cannot do without In the
8"rocerY bills, too, airs included a large
fSnumber OF orders given to indigent help
t!9iess persons who were Incapable Of being
sarcInoyea to the County Iousc, and who
ssscouid leave their beds or until they died
~ his III cn Is deemed necessary 70 enable
IS impartial tux payers To understand, that
Gil II become necessary - 20 into a close
examination Of the expenditures OF the
e ounty House, 1t Is an easy matter to do
q nGer tins head, 1t Is, perhaps, proper to
Esnouce another matter which some have
.a~een proper to make complaint bout 1t
ksis that the inmates of the County House
iSssarc made too comfortable are TOO well
,.Sted and taken care of While these in
S ates were permitted to run around loose
H'eilinS their own tales, the charge made
IA alnst the Oyerscer was that the inmates
sawerc badly fed with unwholcs5me food
"a md made uncomfortatl lie in every possible
saway. Now the story changed. They
Fare too well fed, and made to comfort
yaable
81 Objection is made to supplying the
- the Poor House with fresh meat from the
81 utchers, during the hot summer months.
l3when the heat " .uld not permit KILN {
81 TO be done on the farm And also 10 the
q irnklnr OF tea or coffee, with sugar in
Persons old and decrepd, totterins
s.on the verge OF the graye-ti.o e afflicted
.swith chronic diseases, barely able to be
.9about-Jhose crippled for life bv some
u. Y,
sgor ts-d,e-m -lt we'll wonder at tie "Iav-
IS IS charity Of those kind dea~, Chris.
S. tlan souls, who would kindly furnish them
g with Tread and water, M by way of des-..
sssaert, chunk OF salt pork or silt beef, for
3sthelr nnurlshmcnt day by day and week
saby week, during the hot sn :ner DAYS.
4wlthout 50 much as knowing, carin.. or
s. nluirlnS whether they could swallow
q ne dclIcacies or not Persons who conld
.scAt with some appetite the bread and
( water, and tie meat TOO when they get
Glt, would no doubt be reasonably thank
Ssful, would bless the muniicenee of their
81 tW--INers VINO compel a Christian com
. lnunitv 70 iced the hungry. if it should be
.yoniy on Tread nj water. and prav f r
(, that same comm unity that strives 50 gem
ezerousiy 70 fulfil the strict letter of the
CLAW, although it may growl ominouslv.
1when it is suspected ;hat little more is
:si"ne IN the WAY Of charity tn n the law
absolutely specifies. :
j Another erie .ance Of which the meet
Gin complained was, at the County SUI.
3sperintendentS in their hiring the Ovcrscer
: o. the County Farm privately. rs that
slluty Of he upcrintendents was performed
.sSprecisely as All their other duties are per.
s5pcriormei. that Is, at their meeting-their
|meetlnGs are hardly public or private
.sheld generally n the County Farm whore
ssany and every person can attend. if they
.Sthlnk propcT-the II solution was passed
sot course, under misappreaeusion. In
4this case it Is simply the duty OF the SUI
sperntendcnt to select some suitable per
json capable OF managing Poor House,
.sto take char4e OF the paupers feed. clothe.
tsand take care of t EN- in sickness and in
..hcalth, to take proper care Of insane Ter-
Z sons, 10 carry on Il god sized farm and
s!do the labor upon it. The real trouble
ssabout the matter Is. that the Office was not
5put up to the lowest bidder i conpe-
stent person understands the cares. ankle
Cites, and incesslnt wdtchtulness require l.
gin such an institution besides the labor
3ani trouble OF cutivatin9 well a hundred
sacrcs Of land, and viii not offer to under
sztake 1t without a fair compens alton
,3Wh person who is entirely i.sno-s
grant OF what IS to be done. especially in
;zthc house, and not knuving how TO do it
Fpropar Y. when lie finds out what there Is
s5tG do, Will oilcr to do 1t at the lowest price
4: and the result would be miserable fail
: ure Knowing this to be 50. the Suppr--
In enients would no be peri rm:nr their
: duty hy making the experiment, merely
: to crafty unsatisfable people, aud involve
= the County IN unnecessary loss and the
:. inmates OF the Poor House in unnccessa
7,,ry suffering You might us well talk of
5puttlnG up the GovcrnOrship Of the State
: to the lowest bidder, rs the Overseer of
the Poor. the principle is the same At
( the commencement Of the County Farm
sthe uper'ntenderts took that plan, be.
Mcause they knew uf several comnetcnt ana
s experienced persons who would be willing.
{. 70 take en- re 81 1t, and the Superin en-
%dents were DESTROYS OF getting some idea
:. IN that WY OF what would he a fair COM
sspensItion, Having attained that object
4they congratulate tn mselves that they,
understand the inter 'sts Of the County, S
Sand thei' duty in the premises
4 FRANCIS LITTLE,
i J. NJ STRONG.
. HENRY PLOWMAN
] April l5 1862
: Washington, April lS.-lhe following
dispatches were received at the War De.
pl.tment from Gen. McClelIen.