Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-05-02
National Asylum for Il isabled
Soldiers. ~

SOkedaCESs
The Board of Managers of the Nntlonal
Asy lum FIR Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
give notice that they are now prepared to
receive benefciaries into either branch,
near Augusta, Maine, Milwaukee, Wis,
or at the central asylum, near Columbus,
Ohio. Volunteer soldiers are admitted
upon application, by letter to either Of the
managers, whereupon blank application
will be sent to the applicant, and, if duly
qualified, transportation will be furnished
him. The requirements are: First, an
honorable discharge from the volunteer
service; second, disability by wounds re-
ceived or sickness contracted in the line
of duty. If the applicant is unable to
travel or for other sufficient cause, relief
will be furnished under the direction OF
the manager to whom the application is
made. Overseers Of all aims houses and
charity hospitals having disc bled soldiers
subsisting upon private beneflcence, are
respectfully urged 4 to report Tsuch
such cases to !. either of managers,
as it is not fit that, meritorlous disabled
soldiers of the nation should have to be
supported by private or public charity.
Soldiers are especially informed that the
asylums are neither hospitals nor aims
houses, but homes, where subsistence, care,
education, ;ireligious instruction, and en-
ployment are provided for disabled soldiers
by the Congress of the United States, to
be paid from the forfeitures and tines OF
deserters from the army. The provision
is not a charity-it is contribution by
bounty jumpers and bad soldiers to the
brave and deserving, and is their right.
Soldiers having a wife, child, or parent
IovapIa1,t fbap1 O 70 not rpOIIjr10 IN
give up their pensions upon coming to the
asylum Other soldiers are required to
assign their pensions to the asylum in spe-
cial cases only, to be determined by the
Board. Suitable compensation will be
given for profitable labor in the asylum.
Good behavior will insure the kindest
treatment. Wives and children will not
be cared for at the asylum until after the sol
der has shown by his ability to aid him
self and them in part by labor and steadi-
ness, that in, taking his family in charge
he win not increase his expenses to the
asylum above the cost Of other helpless
benefciaries in which case provisions will
hereafter be made. ie rs sa II 7Ti
THE following admirable anecdote is
from Breslau, and is of recent date. Not
long since an elderly man with bare head
stood in an eating house, surrounded by
crowd of people. The landlord held the
mans hat and cane in his hand, and an I'M
pudent waiter stood between the guest and
the door The confusion of the old man
was INDISPENSABLE. He seemed to be for the
first time in his life in such a scrape-sald
nothing, looked down on the ground, and
with difficulty restrained his tears. While
all around Knocked and jeered him. just
tha,, rIx1-6 poc with q 1nnO
white beard, entered, and inquired what it
all meant, and with an expression ofalmost
feminine curiosity He was told that the
man had eaten and drunk, and now that he
must pay he searched his pockets in vain
for money. "Well," exclaimed the Jew,
~ see the old man for the first time, but
I'll be bound he did not come here to cheat.
And landlord suppose he had no money to
forget, couldn't you for once give poor
man something to eat, for Gods sake p
How much does he owe, anyhow" The
debt was eight silver groschen, and the Jew
paying this, took the poor old man by the
hand and led him to the door. Those pres
ent did not seem to enjoy the reproofwhich
their brutality had received, and one lnso-
lent fellow cried out: "Hey! jew, what
have you done ?--this is the Sabbath, and
you have touched money !" This is forbid,
Gen to the Israelites You are right"
answered the Jew. Just now l forgot
that was Jew, just as you forgot that
you were Christians. But you may rest
easy On my account, understand my com-
mandmelt which says, Honor the Sab
BATH day and keep it molly Just get some
schoolmastor to explain it to you, and if he
is a reason able mon he will agree with me-
Good deeds have no Sabbath" And with
these words the good man left the room.
Doa-oLoGY.-The Commissioner of Ag-
riculture, in his report for March, devotes
considerable attention to the "dog
nuisance" and is evidently of the opinion
that the whole canine race should be ex-
terminated at a blow. Few" he says
" are aware of the immense losses inflicted
upon the productive industry of the coun-
try by these pests" He adds every
local attempt to ascertain these damages