The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-02-21
81 For the Spirit
An Emp0sition CpOn the Tax Pay.
ers Of Monroe County.

Of the appointment OF Joshua Fisher
as Superintendent Of said InHrmary for
the ensuing year. Permit me, Messrs.
Editors, through your valuable paper,
knowing that you are true advocate of
the welfare of our county to say to the
taxpayers of Monroe that greater i'm
position was never before perpetr ated
upon them, by any officials. To dis
charge man who has superintend ed
the institution in every way satisfactory
to the tax payers, and satisfactory to the
inmates of the Infrmary; one who is
efficient in every respect, being a good
farmer, also good nurse, and kind to
every one about him.
And so you see tax payers their is to
be no reform, the same old expenses,
abuses, pickings, and stealings, are to go
on just as they used to and t he perpe
traitors will comfort themselves, by the
belief that the people Of Monroe will
never mind it, but submit to be cheated,
plundered and ridden in the future, just
as they have been in the past. 1t re.
mains to be seen whether the people of
Monroe, will thus submit to wrong, or
viii rise in indignation against those,
who ARE uselessly expending alarge for
tune of their hard earned money, the
first opportunity that offers.
From what ] have understood, the
reason for dlscharging the present Su,
perintendent, or the reason that two OF
the Directors hold out to the people for
making the change, is, that they could
get Joshua Fisher for 1915 90, while
Mr.. L. Sulsberger, the present Superin-
tendeDt, is receiving $500 90.
Now reader, look at it, Mr.. Sulsber.
ger furnished the Goa! for the infi-mary
while they propose 20 furnish the coal
for Fisher; it is supposed to take about
LOCO bushels, which will make Fishers
salary, including coal, fully $500 co.
but say nothing about this; has the man
that was appointed for the ensuing year
not been tried2 Was he not Superin,
tendent for 2 years? Was it not dis
covered that he was the wrong man in
the wrong place? Was it not proven
that he could not, or at least did moi
take care of the property entrusted tc
his care2 Was not the oats, about II
bushels, stolen? Did not the sheer
stray from the farm and could not bt
found, by Fisher, anywhere, and were
| afterwards found by one of the Direc
tors, with party, whom Fisher saw al
most every week2 Did the county ev
er get those sheep back? or did they
make Fisher pay for them, or neither
Did not the Directors, the same day
or one day after Fisher had moved from
the infrmary, have to buy sixty ode
dollars worth of bed clothing, &c. ? On,
day before there was plenty for all
there was little or 10 lard after Mr.
] Fisher bad movcd, notwithstanding ther,
were ii or II head of hogs which av
eraged about 400 lbs. per head, and
beeves hutchered as late as the 9th o
December only 2 months before he mo
we'd from there.
There was no corn there when Fisher
went out. and the corn the hogs wer,
fattened upon was bought instead of be
ling raised upon the farm, as it shoult
have been. The very hogs themselve
at least or s of them were bought.
Mr.. Fisher turned over but 40 bushels
of oats to his successor. He had beer
told by the Directors about months
before he moved, that they would wan
what oats there was TO SOW in the sprins
and that if one bushel was missing they
would make him pay for it; without tha
restriction what might have become Q
lit, we don't know
i There YVES no coal, no wood, and
! have been told that there was no fire il
the building, on the lst day of March
the day he was to move; the pauper
and his own family were shivcring fror
cold,
4 The first thing the present. Superin
tendent, Mr.. Sulsbcrger did, was to g
to the woods and get wood and starte
fires, to relieve the poor from the suffer
ing which they were subject to by Fish
ers neglect. The building looked hol
ribly dilapidated, it took two boxes {
window glass to take the place of brc
ken lights, the greatest part Of which
am told, were broken by Fishers boy
while playing ball. At visit to the II
firmary short time since, ! think / nc
: ticed but one single light of broken glas
in the whole house.
4 Tie cellar, when the present Superir
tendent went there, contained 2 feet c
water in consequence of the drains bein
t cloged up; instead Of being most use
i full part of the house, it was nuisance
which to this day would be the case, ur
: der the man who on the 1st of Marc
next is to 60 back there to Superintent
: if it was to have been done by his Ii
: Dor as it was by the present Superintend
\ ent.
When Mr.. Fisher with his family {
about or 9 gees back to the inlirmar
on the 1st of March next, the presen
superintendent will turn over to hir
, something like 200 bushels of corn,not
withstandipg there were IL head of hog
i .fattened, hogs and corn both raised uI
on the farm with the exception of
of the latter which were purchased i
/. the Spring when small shoats for th
sum of about S22 90. He will tur
over to him IT head Of pigs wcighin
about 100 lbs. each, and every one rails
led upon the farm, not a single one 9
i them purchased. He will turn over t
4 him about 200 bushels of oats ever
bushel laised there together with abou
! 100 bushels of potatoes, and 100 head
of cabbage. Some may say that ther
was corn bought since Mr.. Sulsberge
was Superintendent: which would b
true there was a little corn bought whe
he first went there as Mr.. Fisher hat
left nothing to feed. He will also turl
over to Mr.. Fisher about 300 lbs. of lar,
together with over Is Of the meat.
4 Notwithstanding he has had upward
of 40 paupers to feed all winter, the eS
penses for the last year, as near as | ca
remember, including improvements an