Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1872-09-25
IFor the Macarthur EnqAaFar
That Slice off the Intirn Aary
~ Farm.

fusion from the dlmlnutiVe Dram
Of an individual styling himsell
Gone of the People," in which
he attempts to show corruption
and fayoritism on the part of the
County Commissioners in their
transactions in reference to the
Infrmary Farm, 1t seems that
at their late session they dispos-
ed Of one-half acre Of the Infrm-
airy Farm to Harry Zimmerman
for what zone of the People"
(whois nobody but the carpet-bag-
er from G Chillicothe) styles about
one-fourth its value, and that the
@slice is off the best part of the
farm" Now, the half acre re-
fered to is q narrow strip lying
between the old Scioto 4 Hook
ing Valley Railroad bed and
the public road leading from
Macarthur to Logan, and in case
the G., Meas G. r.. R. is built
on that bee. which is very prob
able, it would be of no value
whatever to The Infirmary Farm;
and, as to its being "off the best
part of the farm" there is nota
individual In the State, acquaint-
ed with its situation, but knows
the assertion to be a WILFUL
LIE. But / will show you the
inconsistency Of these would-be
guardians of the peoples money.
In that paper OF May 9th, 1872,
a terrible howl is raised against
the same Commissioners for at
tempting to purchase such a
"l@ye farm" and at such an
"enOrmOas price" Says the au-
thor of an article in the paper re-
ferred to:
''The idea that the paupers
would cultivate any such farm or
even one sixth of the amount is
simply absurd"
But now, since the Commits
sioners have disposed of an in
significant half acre, these
grumbHHg Wodld-be guardians
have discovered that the farm is
too small by just that one-halt
acre. Suppose they are getting
uneasy. lest they are deprived Of
their birthright there. Well, I will
proceed to show that they will
be more likely to require D place
in a different institution, Letus
now consider the price put upon
it by these ponderous financiers
The price paid for the one-hal1
acre ($30) is "only one-fourth'
the Valae of the land. Then, ac-
eerding to that it is worth $l20
per acre, and the entire farm,
800 acres, is worth $38,640, in
stead of $11,924, the amount
paid, and Isaac Ullom, a Demo
crat, Of whom the farm was pHr-
chased, WAS swINDLED OUT OF JUST
$26,760! This looks like @bar-
gain and sale to assist a fellow
Democrat" don't it +? 1t really
looks more like benefting the
county than ''favorite Democratic
friends" If these would-be fl
nanciefs are not candidates for
the Lunatie Asylum, they vii
certainly have to be classed with
the idiots, to which class no one
can fail to see that they belong.
An attack is also made upon
the bridges IN the county by-this
same small oalibered individual.
Now it is only necessary to refer
to the travelling public to. prove
that they are among the best in
the State, as regards construc-
ton, And these grumbling in
dividuals can rest assured that
their ponderous inteileots will
never sway a single timber OF
these bridgesl ..
| ~ft &, .gie .H.H
This small individual seems to
have q particular spite towards
H. H, SWAIN, one Of the Com.
missioners. The reason of this
is, perhaps, because Mr.. Swain
opposes the allowing Of a certain
illegal claim against the county
held by said individual, he de.
string to get possession Of SOUS
of the peoples money, to which
he knows he has no legal right
This unstrung his weak mind, al
is proved above. Mr.. Swain hal
always exerted himself agains
allowing any claims agains
the county which were no