The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-06-13
For The Bloomfield Times
Mr.. TrOstle's Reply to the Visitors of the
Perry County Poor HOuse.

Perry County Poor House.
The poor-house visitors say they are surprised
at seeing reply to their report by me. think
that they need not be surprised that would be
disposed to defend myself from calumny when
their malicious darts were thrown at me. They
think that If anything was wrong the directors
were the proper persons to attend to it. did
not take the whole responsibility on myself,
and if they have little patience they may
hear from the directors.
The visitors say: "In making the report
they had no purpose in view, but to give the
facts as they came to them" This, l say, is
not the fact. They say they had no spite or
unkind feeling to crafty, nor do they enter
tain any other than the most friendly disposi-
tion toward the institution, rs well as to the
steward. | would meet this by asking, was
there not some alteration between one of the
visitors and myself on one of their last visits
respecting some talk he had about me last win
ter! Here was ground for the aggravated feel
ing which he cherished This was the good
feeling he entertained toward me at that time.
This give to show that kind feelings, such as
he speaks of, did not actually exist, and ac-
counts IN part Tor the evil report, and shows
that the anmosity was personal, and not for
the good of the inmates of the poor-house, for
whom he has so much sympathy.
They say they have reason to believe that q
wagon-whp or some such instrument was used
on females or a female why not say females, if
Iucy nau SuCn information, but they have
brought it down to one. want to know where
they got their information perhaps it was such
an instrument as some persons use in their fam
lilies to correct their children with.
They say that the paupers, from some cause,
perhaps from threats of fear or harsh treatment,
are afraid to say anything about their bad us
age. This is guess Worb or Imagination with
them. They think it prudent not to tell us
where they got their their information. If
they call on me | will give them any infor-
nation they may want, with pleasure.
As to the bed-bugs, did not the visitors Ques-
ton one of the females so closely on that sub
ject, that she told them she thought they had
come there for the purpose of giving them a
bad name. This was not in the room where
the bed-bugs were picked Off the wall with the
tooth-pick.
They say next, that the horses were kept be-
lore there was any move toward the building of
the new house. / must say to them that |
have had the two horses since the middle of
April last, and the first move for the new build
ing was in October, 1869. They are certainly
at a great loss for something to complain Of
as preparations for work must be made before
the work commences. 1t was about the time
the horse-doctor was attending the black horse
for what he pronounced to be cramp in the
limb.
AS to the butter they speak of, they say per-
haps one or two of the old and delicate get
butter. AS near as l can come at it, there are
eighteen of that class who get butter every
meal; this am willing to be qualified to,
which think they would not be willing to be,
and all the rest of the inmates of the house
are, and have been furnished with butter twice
in the week, regularly.
They say the person alluded to, as taking
dinner at the poor-house, was q lady from the
West, and an acquaintance of the stewards
wife, who made n friendly call, but he forgot
to tell that his own lady and n son-in-aw from
the West helped to make up the party, and
that the dinner was spoke for a week be-
lore the time. Does this look like friendly
call of an acquaintance And as to the old
acquaintance, my wife says she never saw the
lady until the visitor introduced her; and as
to the host of friends in the West end of the
county, I have only to say my parents and my
wife's parents and friends live there, and il
any of them call to see me, | think it my privi-
lege to entertain them as ] would in my own
house, because the stewards house is my home;
but never allow my friends to bespeak a din
ner before hand, as the visitor did. This would
be making the county-house place of public
resort. There are great many persons who
make friendly calls, land after being treated as
well as We knew how, are then ready to
spread some evil report.
They also assert that they had been watched
and followed by me into the poor-house to pre-
vent them from getting any information from
the paupers, and on one occasion little girl
was sent with them, but they forgot to say that
they had ordered the little girl back. They
ought 70 give the whole story; and did not two
ofthe visitors order me out of the house, say
ing that their intention was to make thor
ough examination, and after doing so, they
came the directors room, and reported to the
directors, in my presence, that every thing was
right-ths was a meeting of the directors ten
days or two weeks before the reading of the
report to the court.
The last time they came to visit, they went
through the house unknown to any of us, and
spent fully one hour on the premises without
any person from the stewards house attempting
to follow them, or notice them.
They ask, "why did not the directors answer
them instead OF the steward?" l say the steward
is the particular one assailed. He is the one at
which the darts are aimed and he has right to
defend himself from their assaults and calumny.
1t is evident from the tone of the report that
they came to the poor house the last time with the
intention of making an evil report and also their
answer shows malignant design and an enviOus
disposition towards me.
They say they don't intend to follow me any
further. They can do as they please about that,
but am ready to meet them at any time they
wish, and can satisfy them OF all that have said,
and 1t is in justification OF myself and wife. after
being assaulted as have been that speak in my
own defense ISAAC B. TRosTLE
,June 9Th 1871 IT