Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-03-24

" T. Cnyuef naS an excellent as
sortment of Furniture of all kinds
He has the best stock ever Kept in this
county There Is no use for any one
to send or 60 10 the city for Furniture,
because Snyder keeps complete stock
and sells cheap. Call and see before
buying eIseshere.
LAST week the Lewistoun Democrat
published an exceedingly rough article
relative to the Soldiers Orphans School
located at McAlistervilIe, this county.
As far as our knowledge goes the
charges of the Democrat may be true.
or they may not be true. II true, the
sooner change is made in the manage
of the School the better If not true,
the Democrat should be made to -ecant.
The columns of the Sentinel and RepuJ
ficaa are open to the members of the
management of the School for any terl-
perate statements that they may desire
to make over their own names.
The following is the article as pub
lished IN the Democrat, excepting four
teep or fifteen lines at tie head of the
column, which were so blurred that a
reprint OF them could not be obtained /:
A week ago We accidentally referred
to the fact that the fearful prevalence
of typhoid fever in the McAIisterville
school was directly traceabie to filth.
THIS exposure has resulted in bringing
to our ears a perfec: avalanche of other
facts in respect TO the mismanagement
of that school.
The time has come, therefore, when
the dictates of common humanity, the
good OF the unfortunate children, and
the fair fame of our State, all alike de-
mand that We should call public atten-
tion to this matter. We propose to do
so at this time briefly, in the hope that
the proper authorities at Harrisburg,
in pursuance of their duty, will prompt
ly take action to correct the evils ez-
Isting.
The children at the McAlisterville
school, sick OF well, are treated but
little better than dogs. They are
cheated in their food, cheated in their
clothing, and cheated out of their or
dinary means of preserving health
Their food IN some cases Is but little
better than slop; but, per contra, the
superintendent and teachers have an
excellent table. There is but one
washerwoman for the go children
per sequence, the chilaren's clothing
are not half washed. A single tub Of
water in the bathroom is made a suf.
fcient bath for all the boys-how can
they be clean The children are lousy.
One mother, who visited the school a
week ago, says lice fairly rained of
her ebild's head when she combed it.
and many others are iu the same condi-
tion. The army itch also prevails to a
fearful extent amongst the children,
some of them being literally raw with
sores. And here is how they got 1t I: =
1t is alleged that the philantLropic Me-
Farland, either to save money for the
State or else to Gil his own purse,
bought a lot of old blankets, winch
ceme from a government hospita..!
Two boys, raw with this contagious
disease, we're recently taken care of by
their own mother. She took them from
the bed they occupied, and made an
other for them. Without any change
of the bed clothing, the infected bed
vas given to two healthy children to
sleep in. and the matron, upon being
demonstrated with, hear,lessly answer
ed, ave can't take time to change beds;
we have enough to do, :"
Mrs. Hutter (who, we believe, has q
sort of inspecting supervision of the
school, recently made an oficiai visit.
Her coming having been announced
beforehand, everything that could be
was put in ample order, as is usual in
such cases, and the visitor was not per-
mitted TO see what was dIsagreeable
She promised the sick children, that
she would "send them something NICE
when she got back to the city. True
to her promise. she sent barrel or box
of oranges. They we're at once taken
to superintendent Beck's room. The
sick children nerer got one. Prof Beck
and the teachers had plenty, and the
pious () professor was afterward seen
carrying out two buckets full Of rotten
ones, which had spoiled on his hands
These incidents have come to our
knowledge from reliable sources-per-
sons who have lately visited the school