The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-02-01

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the wronsed poor win usto forgiveness bsiots
n. ..k;nr, Oliver Twist should Be- eloquent
i thv behalf. The van, frightened face, III
burning words, the trembling flight. thsstoat'
hearted death Of poor cd Betty Hisden,
would be eloquent = angels in your defense
and put God s seaito your true ministry. 40
poor 10, 10 the shadow Of Tom AlEAione,
s.ia the dark-but . gropin'-s grop'n "
ward SHE light a-comin',h shall pap q
Charles Dickens the tribute Of Thousands @
suffering souls, and say, HE wos very good
i, me; vsrry good 70 me indeed, - vos.'
Aud ne will sanction that poor praise, 10
and think ia real Christ-sermon Charles
Dickens utters when standing beside yon'
poor dead clay, be says sadly to oil England
"The light is come upon the DARK benisat'
ed var. Dead
Dead, your majesty. Dead, my lords an.
gentlemen. Dead, Right Reverends and
Wrong Rsysreuds Of every order Dead
n a md women, born with Heavenly com
r,assion in your hearts. And. dying tAsi
around us every day
We haveu't known much Of pauperishi d
America, especially in the West. Il 10 TOT
easy 40 live By labor. There is 70 much Il
do, and that very we'll paid. There is tos
much shame in muscular beggary 10 hav'
much of that It is only real indigence here
for the most part, that asks aims. But ever
here there ia an excess Of i'll and niafOrssa'
occasionally that makes man, or woman, o
child helpless, and ready 10 perish unless thu
aforementioned save them. So ever,
weii.reeulaied and christian county has nov
q County Poor House and Farm
Lee county has one. Honorable mem
bers Of the Board Of Supervisors
dye hear that? Lee county has Count.
Poor House and Farm; : very poor Count.
Poor House and Farm, has Lee county, Hon
orabIe Members Of the Board Of Supervisors
We take in some sor, the pleasure Of an org
insI discover, or . irst explorer, or the earl
est narrator Of 4 scandal story in annoancini
this. We presume that Yoar Honorable,
Body wasn't aware OF the fact. ProbabI.
two or three members Of the Board have seer
the building wi.hoat having any very dehnit,
notion Of who built il, or what il is for. With
ont thinking definitely whether its erectios
was subsequent to the settlement OF this eoun
ty by the whites, or whether it was the re
main. Of aboriginal architecture. 1t is safi
to SAY that msjonly Of The Board have new
er been nigh the institution. Now We hav,
a suggestion to make. That is, that ito mex
meeting the Board go in body and visi, tina
Poor House. That it 20 round abbus 1t sne
consider well the condition thereof. Tha
they take into thosg htfui account the cost o
that building to the county, and consider il
that cost money isn'r preuy neariy thrown
away snd Soing TO waste. with the house in it,
presen, shape. We ask. them To reflect
whether that house isn't shame to them and
a disgrace to Lee county. We wish them to
look q, that blank mass Of brick, standing ia
barren agliness, without a Tree abopt 1t big
enough to shade hens egg, and cay if
ii isn't very picture of shhbbiness.
We ask them to look outside and In
side, and say if that isn't very short
sighted and senseless economy that is
letting that honse fall to decay for ihe lack Of
sufficient appropriation TO repair and paint
i, and put it in decent condition. The Board
should disregard this matter no longer it is
time for promp, and needed measures.