Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-03-17

keeping, telegraphiDg or other ,lseIui employ.
ment. These colleges grant lDerai oiscouh'
| to inmates of the Home.
| 1t was, at an early day, seen by the prolec-
| TORS of the enterprise that eventually some
| thing more than temporary rest would De
rennired: that while the debt of the people to
| these men can never be paid, 1t Is Que 10 our,
| selves and to them, that We estaDnsh rear
permanent home for such Wisconsin soldiers
| as need such a resort, and for such other SOL
diers of the country as have no other refuge
| About one year ago certain ladies devised the
plan of holding State Fair for the purpose Oh
raising fund for TINS OBJECT. r IhaI scnemo
was matured and published. The Fair was
| held at Milwaukee in the months OF June and
July 1865 resulting in complete success.
The people of all parts of the State were OF one
mind, and actuated by patriotic and CRATE
| full zeal, worked together for the common op-
/ iect, with unanimity almost unexampled.
! The citizens OF Milwaukee contributed be-
| forehand fund of about S1l 600 to defray the
i building expenses of the Fair. The gross re-
| ceipts of the Fair, Including the sum so con-
tributed for expenses, reached the large sum
OF little over $14S, 900.
l. After deducting expenses OF every klnd,-
| including the refreshments afforded to large
number of returning soldiers, at the Far
building, the net receipts, paid over by the
managers of the Fair, To the Treasurer OF the
Home, amounted to the sum of one hundred
and two THOUSAND eight hundred and ffty-tve
dollars and sxty-twO cents, (s102, o55.6D. VI
this amount there has been invested sfrs
in 7:3O U. s. bonds. ............ $4,000
Paid for the site OF the Permanent
Home in the city of Milwaukee,. 12,OOO.OO
There remains on deposit in banks
of this city, on certificates bearing
five and six per cent. interest,
| subject to call on the same as may
Iuilding, or other expenses. 49,. s5,6O5.62
in cash. ...................... 1869. 90
s102, 774.62
1t will be seen that we have thus far en-
+ crOacbed but very little upon the Fair fund,
: except by the purchase of site for the Per-
4 Imanent Home. The enormous price OF ma
] terials and the time necessarily expended IL
q procuring suitable information and plans for .
/ building appropriate to the purpose proposed
1 prevente d the Board from actually commence
ing the erection of the building before the set
4 ting in of winter but it is the present purpose
8 OF those having the affair in hand, upon the
opening of spring to hasten the work to al
: early completion. From such information as
) the Board have been enabled to Obtain,
5 seems very certain that the number OF persons
V who will properly ask admission to the Home
/ | whenever the permanent structure shall D'
5 completed, Will not fall far short of two nun
IS bred. The design Is to erect building ina
g will accommodate that number. The estl
d mated cost of said building is $50, 600. II
Il the present time, aided by the hve Thousand
: dollars appropriated by the Legislature, ant
IL the contributions of individuals, embr acinI
II food and deicacies for the sick, the Boar
n have been able to meet the current expense
If of the institution, without drawing upon tn
3 Fair fund, except to the small amount abov
It mentioned. They will now be obliged to re
m sort to that for such purposes
4 1t would be both just and desirable, it
e. were possible to accurately credit each count
4. with It's contributions to the Fair. In sui
N hitting the accompanying statement of count
o. donations we do not claim that it is altOgethe
Dr. accurate. 1t is, however, the nearest approx
of imation to accuracy which we have been abb
IN to make,
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