Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-19
POOR HOUSE REPORT.

The following is the report OF the 'commit-
tee appointed to Investigate the condition OF
the county ponr house: !
10 tie Honorable Coantg Court Of Lafsysas
County.
We, your committee appointed tn investigate
the condition OF the county l'oorhouso anu us
inmates, beg leave to make the fuliowinSr report;
I'VE went ID the farm On February 6th, 1888.
We went all through the main bnildtnB.ex-
amined the rooms and thsbrddtng. and question:
ed the tnmateA, Is 10 bow they were treated, cloth
ing are comfortable. The rvOin occupied by
Mrs letitia Carter, said to be insane, u net
warmed N IL should be tor u person 70 stay IN
We think SONS Of the rooms arr too inuch crow.
ded. and not well ventilated. We asked the tn-
mates about their tAre. They said they had cot.
fee, corn breal and hog nlsAs-:olnssianen Ensa,
shortening. They all told the same, and com
plaincd Of bad brad. We found tse house that Is
to live in n during such weather US we have had
during tile past winter. There - u nrgrO boy who
has his feet aud legs badly frozen to the Knees.
or,l Woman Is scarcely able To walk, her feet
and legs are swollen So BADLY. she says she got
them frozen while cTr!inE wood through thr
deep snow, to Keep from ire,ains. There was
also n small boy that had his foot aud leg frozen.
The children have no ,.,o.s, and none OF Inc color.
ell inmates are clad ~. ;aUly iIr winter. They SAID
the wal the simple boy ,tlil, 80, hts ivet aud legs
fruyen, wus by carrying wood from the WOODS To
IN &c u fire To keep IRON FREEZING. These he0s.s
I I'LL to ht Az NJ tstitt AitseS "
think the colorrd people should he kept as com.
~flria;,lr rs tn. whites. Witn rr;a'u %ihe io"l
they get, they all agree in their Statements. thai
coiicc, hog meal and bread AZ" theif p'tncip
living. They Say they ct very lew Vegetables
| We are OF the upiniUi that VIVA tile proper Kind
of food there are several that would Le able TO gu
to work IN a short time. From ali We could
learn from The Inmates, aud from our own ob.rr-
walton, we would an immediate
Change IN the manner OF letting the farm. we
would recommend III the county take cnarse ol
IL AMI put some & ,o,i I'm thrrr Ia tax: charge 81
ihr premises; also, that all the rosins be mad'
comfortable. FruIn VIII It We could see, and IRON
what The inm,tcs told us, we don't think II ta'
been KEEP: rs It e;tsit 4" have been for the com
fort Of thosr who were placed there to b. tskei
oratle cont taas they abandon the pr'sru: sys
tenn q! letting out the caunis farm. All oi wt,ci
is respectfully submitted by your committee
q. CLAYTON.
PAUL REINIIARD,
NJ. W. WI1BERs.
We annot pretend that this report Is en-
tirely satisfactory. 1t does not, ~ II seem
to us, give the facts sufficiently III detail
The complaints of misery are g~eneraii
unreasonable. And We think IL would hav
been more satisfactory to the public had tn
committee given Mr.. HIS side of the cast
Evidently some improvement on the poo
! arm Ii needed. hut VIC are not convinced TIN
| the committee suggest the proper thaiiae'
| We agree with the committee that a 'goo
man. should he selected to take charge {
the institution. but we are not convince
that the present system Of letting 1t out Is
S failure: Oh the contrary. we..think it affort
: the best protection against corrupt eXtrav:
gauce. OF which We suspect there has bee
too mucl. in the past. Again We rge upu
the judges Of the court to carefully consid,
before making any change.