The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-09-03
TYNER CRY, Sep. /. 1868.
Nc.


ED. DEMocRAT-The Republican of
August 10Th contains a communication
from some person under the nom de plume
of" Man about town." which was doubt
less intended TO be clincher on the sub
ject of county expenses. The author has
either wilfully or ignorantly stated what
is known by all who are acquainted with
the matter to be false. lie seems to lie
under the impression that the county con-
missioners are by law required to ADVERT
the letting of ths superntendency Of the
county asylum Such is not the case the
law says they shall appoint. But oman
about town" is very much exercised be-
cause others of the faithful democrats of
course) are deprived Of an equal chance
with Mr.. Boyd the present superintendent.
The faithful are not in the habit Of going
to their enemies for sympathy.
This :" Man about town" says that Boyd
owns farm near Tyuer; lis that GRIM
inal p that he bought hay Of the former
owner of the farm fwell?) that he fed
it TO his horses while at work on the farm;
(suppose he did?) and that he paid for the
hay with county orders? Seriously, if
Boyd takes his pay from the county for
services in county orders, and chooses to
pay them out for hay to feed his horses
while at work on his farm, / can't see why
any one should find fault.
Another charge is that Boyd cut logs
on the county farm last winter, hanled
them to the sawmill, had them sawed into
lumber, and used the lumber on his farm.
Now the facts are, there were no sawlogs
cut on the farm last winter Boyd bought
some lumber with his own means (cash, or
county orders, perhaps and used it on
his farm, as he had a right to DO.
But the Republicans correspondent
further says that Boyd has taken " one or
more" of the paupers and made thea
work on his farm. The only foundation
for this charge consists in the fact that
Boyd sent his own boys some II or 10
years of age to do some chores on the
farm, and boy about the same age who
was an inmate Of the asylum wanted to 60
along and was permitted to do 20. But
suppose all the paupers worked on Boyd's
farm for his benefit, was there anything
wrong about it Let us see: Boyd is
bound to contract TO maintain the paupers,
work the poor farm an keep it in repair
He is entitled to the assistance Of the
inmates of the asylum SO far as they are
able to labor, and it can make no difference
to the public or the paupers whether they
work Oh the county farm er on Boyd's
farm, so long IS they are we'll taken csre
of and not overworked, and he fu,fls his
contract with the commissioners. The
public lose nothing and the paupers are
none the worse Yet this =" Man about
town" evidently out of any reputable
employment and desrous of bladgng to
johnson, rolls up his loyal eyes, and open
ing his loyal lips with hypocritical cant
exclsimS, "Who pays tor the hay, sawlogs
and lumber? Who pays Boyd? Who
supports the paupers while at work on
Boyd's farm? Taxpayers Of Marshall
this is where some Of your money goes.
Will you longer be swindled in this man
ner? All the above statements, and
much more, are true, and we can prove
them"
1t has been shown above that BOYD pays
for his hay and lumber, that no sawlogs
were cut rs charged, that Boyd supports
the paupers, that the county pays him for
it partly in orders and cash, and partly by
the use of the farm. This is all there is
of the matter, and when the correspondent
of the Republican says the charges con-
tanned in his communication are true, he
states falsehood. No honest man need
be mislead by his misstatements, and no
intelligent citizen will be thus mislead
FAIR PLAY