The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-12-10

hAfp. seeming to know instinctively that
he as the only human power to which
it could look for aid ana protection in
its dependent helplessness. Poor old
Mann " How l would like to know the
history of her life, of over three score
and ten years. I thought perhaps on
the Up of some lonely hill, in the brush,
might be found the remains of a pen of
fence rails, which once protected little
grave, made more than half a century
ago, in which rested the remains of the
child of her early womanhood. This lit
tie waif at the Infirmary might have re-
minded her of her own long lost child.
But this, of course, was all Imagination.
In one of the rooms we fonnd a woman
with child couple of years of age, and
babe four weeks old One of the chill
dren was sick, and the mother told Mr.
Hildenbrand that DR.. Holcomb had di-
rected to have. something brought out
from town for it. She appeared to be
very anxious about the child.
In another room l found old Mr. Har-
ris, one of the oldest inmates, being IS.
He was few years ago hostler for Mr..
Watson, of Orange Furnace. His hair
and beard are very white, and he is lame.
He was reading, and informed me that
at times he could read without glasses.
John Bradley is very frail, and very
deaf He was walking the floor.
Thomas Oliver is an old neighbor and
acquaintance. He is much afflicted with
rheumatism, and his feet are swollen.
His wife is pauper in jefferson town
ship, afflicted with an incurable heredi.
tary disease, and one of his boys is at the
Reform Farm near Lancaster. Mr. Oil
yer was an industrious man, but misfor-
tune seemed to have singled him out.
In another room were Haver, who had
his leg broken at the Isham House stable
by the kick of horse some months ago.
He goes around on crutches, but he can
not put his foot to the floor. Banister
Brown, who was Deputy-Sheriff under
Daniel Perry and Sabin Griffis, and was
himself elected Sheriff in 1856, and
served one term. He carried on wagon
shop in jackson many years, and kept a
grocery and provision store on Pearl
street twenty years ago
In this same room was an old man very
much stopped forward, with slippers on
his feet, who was walking backwards and
forwards. He had cane in his left
/ Al. e 4, iuhf
were constantly clutching as if grabbing,
or taking hold of something; but when
he talked this nervous twitching of his
fingers stopped. Mr. Hildenbrand intro
duced him to me as Mr.. Wort. When
he got an opportunity to talk he stopped
walking, and commenced a conversation,
and l found him to be man of much
more than ordinary intelligence and in
formation.
Down at the boilers which furnished
steam to heat the rooms l found Mr..
Shepherd, who attends to the boilers.
He is getting much better health than
when he was admitted. l should Judge
that he is an honest industrious, harmless
man. He was smoking pipe, and the
question of smoking coming up, he said
| that it appeared to be great comfort to
him in his troubles l have in a few in
stances seen cases where it looked ap
propriate to see old men smoke pipe
and this was one of. them l told this
old man that as he was in place where
his smoking did not annoy any one, OIL
interfere with the rights of others,
would be the last one to condemn him
in this enjoyment
Old Mr.. Beatty and Colonel Brans
comb were out some place, and did moi
see them.
All the inmates with whom l convers
ed, were highly pleased with the treat
ment, so far.
would suggest that the Infrmary
needs a cooking range. There is only ;
large cooking stove, which is entirely in
adequate. There should be means pro
vided for heating water for bathing pur
poses. There should be some kind o
hooks in the rooms. especially in thos
occupied by the women, to hang article
of clothing upon. TIL ere is not clothe
press, wardrobe or hook, that 1 coult
see, in the entire building