Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-01-29
The Reform school.


Woodbury.. the very successful manager
of the Reform School. i before uS. to-
ge,hcr with the reports OF the Trustees
aud the Physician. The Trustees say Of
thu superintendent
The Superintendent has proved to BE- a
good cconomiS;-5uys by wholesale. and
81 first hands wherever he can, and
always pays cash down, H. has laborcd
faithfully To enhance his resources on the
one hand. and on the other T. disburSe
them wisely and economically. The
measure of success, that has crowned has
cxertion> 1, shown in the Treasures
Report. where \ very respectable balance
will be- found standing, though the appro-
pril,ion from the State was considerably
smaller than usual
Mr.. Woodbury. recommendation con-
corning the adoption OF steam appar-
a,u, i cordially endorsed by them, and
the Legislature j. asked 10 look into the
matter. The library has been enlarged
by POO volumes the past year and i a
splendid adjunct. The Chaplain, Mr..
IIillman, pr Gordon, the Physician, and
the sabbath school Superintendent, Mr..
W. f. Gould, are greatly praised for AT
tentiou To the WORK assigned them. The
appropriation asked for the coming Year
j. $1,000. 5000 less than ever before.
The Trustee, conclude a, follows:
L.. conclusion We venture once more to
commend the school 10 the ily oT.iblc Ic-
gard of the Legislature. and of the PEG
Pile of the State 1t is doing good work,
and may Justly claim at the hand, OF the
humane and the philanthropic much
larger share of their sympathy than it has
heretofore received.
Concerning the boys kitchen and the
till of fare, the Superintendent says:
Eight boys assist in this department.
We use in this room one barrel Of flour Il
day; and the bread made by the boys. and
consumed 6y them. will not suffer in COM
pari>on with that used in boarding houses
and hotels We give the boys for break
fast. flour bread and coffee with the nights
milk. For supper, flour bread and coffee
with the mornings milk, excepting Tues
days and Fridays, when they have flour
bread with molasseS and cold water For
dinner: Sunday-ha&ed beans, brown
bread land pickles Monday-boiled corned
beef with vegetables; Tuesday-tresh
meat soup with vegetables; "Wednesday
fresh fish chowder; Thursday--Stewed
peas: Friday-salt fish; Saturday-fresh
meat. They have potatoes for dinner,
excepting sunday and Thursday.
There are many things of great interest
in the Superintendent'S report, says the
Portland Advertiser, for which We cannot
possibly find space. We cannot forbear
to express our unqualified endorsement
Of the great excellence of the Institution
under Mr.. Woodbury's charge We
predicted for him rich harvest of sue
cess when he first entered upon the charge
and we know the whole community feels
that no man could have done the work
better than Mr. Woodbury. lie deserves
the praise he is so generally receiving.
DIR. Gordon reports most flattering
state of health in the school. Only two
deaths have occurred during the year,
John Thompson and John Guy. both of
whom were invaGds when they entered.
He says the health of the boys has con
stantly improved, the cause of which he
gives below:
Much more animal food has been given
and larger supply of vegetables and
milk. These, together with much supe-
rior quantity of bread, manufactured from
the best flour of the market, gives much
greater amount of nourishment, such as
is required by boys, and at an equal, if