The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1872-09-03
STATE INSTITUTIONS.

On several occasions, during u
residence in Carson City, we have
visited the different State institutions,
examined their workings, and reported
them through the columns of the
REGISTER. regardless of fear or favor
and, believing the following, from the
last issue of the Reno Crescent, to be
truthful, in every particular, we give
space in our columns-not that it con
tains anything new, but that it is in
accord with our exhibit recently pub
lished in this paper, and coming, too,
from a disinterested party, who car
have no object whatever in nlisrepre-
senting the tTu condition of the res
pective public buildings mentioned.
Following are the extracts referred to:
STATE PRISON.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
of this wee we spent in Carson City
and vicinity, and during the time took
occasion to visit the various public in
stitutions. Provided with an order
from Secretary Minor, we first visited
the State Prison in which one third of
the entire number of prisoners are
from Washoe county. The institution
at the time Of our visit seemed to be
in perfect order, cleanly and neat as
labor could make it. Lieutenant
Denver informed us that be
had several contracts for stone, to fill
which kept a large number OF prison
.rs employed; three men were en-
ployed in tie shoe shop, and four
Cinnamon in the laundry. The cloth
for the prisoners is all manufac-
tured within the walls, n we are
informed that the expense of the in
stitution under the present admins
has been greatly reduced from
that of any prior one.
ORPHANS HOME.
An institution of which the whole
may be justly proud. Under
the charge of Mr.. and Mrs. Webb,
with Miss Curry in charge Of the edu-
department., its every arrange
is a ratterno of perfection. cleanly,
luieu and orderly. The children, the
very picture of robust health, and in
all respects better provided for than
ire the children of parents in easy
circumstances in life. Better lodged,
ted, and better clothed than the
average of the children of this coast.
of regularity, industry and or
Ter are cultivated and enforced: all
and degrading associations
are shut out from them. Happy and
content, their bereavement a proved
n most, if not all cases, a blessing in
iisguise; and we venture to predict
hat the sorriest day oftheir lives will
De that on which they are forced to
the Orphans Home to engage
II the worlds great struggle for bread.
Dur visit was not made IN the regular
'isitor's day, and consequently the or
,hans were not on dress parade but
It their usual avocations. and IN their
garments. We took a little
to make our visit on an off-day
the reason that we had heard that
COMPLAINTS had been made against the
management, and in order-had we
irregularities and abuses-to be
BILE to speak a piece to the oppressors
# the unfortunate and helpless, the
ruest objects of unseltish charity in
he broad world. We are glad to be
ON PEELED to give our testimony to
he efficiency and fitness Of every per-
connected with the institution.
n fact. when we entered the school
Dom and looked around on the shin
ny faces, and into the clear untroubled
yes, had we been twenty-five years
-ounger. a single man or a WldOwer
We could almost have wished ourself
n orphan and a penSioner on this the
nost beautiful of Nevada's charities.