, 1875-03-14

sisted greatly bv ono OF the inmates vhnp
took inso nv confidence bat whom T shall =,
name or dsscslbe, as such publicity wou!
. doubtless entail upon him the whole ca,aiocn
OF petty tgrannies xud crueldes practiced in tSs
b. charitable institution.
From information contributed by him snd :,
every otaer pauper with whom had GUY conya,
sat1on, l daduce the following
I- GENERAL FACT.
Tho whole theory OF the institution. 4, M,
managed, Is to kill of tho people as fa.s IA ~,
possibly be done W.T. hout direct bntchery: ~AA
"a as evident, there ara ma1y ways Of air;o,
without being held responsible By tho cr,n - T
coos: a man NAV 10 killed BY starvation b,
neglect. or exposure, BY series OF ue.tv H.:
turea. l think CAP SHOW that each of .hsa.
methods Is pursued in our County Poor-Homsss
With great SUCCESS, ~3ues
There is rule daily enforced By the anibo,,
ties which declares every mau abe-bodied W.
such arbitrary distinction as that Is ey1das.i!.
unjust, to use no harsber term. There ara NAV!
| Inmates who ara far gone io consumptio., ~
I yet they are able to sit up and walk aroor1 ~
though pot equal to hard manual labor. Ths,,
are ,,. others whose feet Or limbs u
| manage to move around { l:tle. n,
| who would consider them able-bodled3 rh.s
there are people afflicted with tumo1a. intenn,t
| tent fever, and hundreds Of other com pIa,nt.
1asses accor1lng to the Poor~Eousa coda xrs
able bodied people. ~
We'll, 1t may be asked, whit of ts7
WHAT ARE THEY REQUIRED 70 Do7
They are required to rni!k the cow, fe.d u,
hoGs, wash ulshes, run errands, sweeo carr
heavy burdens, harness teams. and all sorts ~
such chores IN winter, exposing them to the cold
weather in thin habinenss, No wnuaa- IN IN
dle on at the rate Of fifteen or twenty week.
NoH, let us come TO
THE srcF proprv
In the first place there are two physic,.ns
Dts. Cunningham and LAWYER. who ara hirad h.
the county, and who are supposed to give thai,
time and attention to the care Of ths
s siex in tne poo1.Honse and Il.
Lawler, resides in the Asylum, and has lheras
largo diepensary, supposed to contain au .hs
necessary drugs fur compoun6ing medicines
The Asylum II not so PAGES from The poo,.
House; yet, will venture to say, that LOT oas
in ten OF the inmates of the latter institution
know that the physic,an lives within speaking
distance. and has drugstore at his immedia:ss
command Tne uniform Impression ia that ths
Doetdr" lives in the city, and that all the Ioed
icines are sant from there.
Three times week the "Doctor "-that il
nev arrivals, as almost everybody vino enters ths
Poor-House has sotne ailaept- Seating bim,a|f
at table, tho sick ones file up, OF each Of phor,
he simply asks tbs Questions: ''What is vop:
name? :" ''Whar is the matter with you Z" rsuitiy
notes down the rephes. and calls for the uert
man, without even looking up to see whether
the applicant for medicine is well or Ill, black a.
white, male OF female. After this it ia usyar
less than two days. often three days, and Sons,
times four days, before the 1ued:clues artite
from the dispensary-distant about % ys1a.
As uew fnmatcs are coming to tao poor-i1onx,
1ave to watt two days before seeing the D,ctor.
making five or el1 days in 4n that they 70 wiih.
,ut medicine Sometimes the medicine comes
90 late. as In the casa OF an inmate wecs b.
ore Last. The poor devil was quite sick whsn
le entered the institution. Two davs af.er h;s
Errival he VAS prescribed for; one day lator hs
re" impatient and died the next daY he VA
'urled, and on the day following his meaieins
r1ived-
Drugs are very dellcate substances to hapdla
specially when they ara to be made up into pso.
captions whereou deoeud the life or death 81
fe1lo s-crea:ure. Perhaps the Poor-Housa
racttt,oner ID nnacquainted silh this fact L
aaY be mildly attributed to his ignorance 10 this
agaEd Il a patient happens to
DIE FROM AN oyERDosE.
u courae tbs nero fact. of his having tsken IN
lmate's word for his complaint should not b
rougas into consideration. II an inmate dpnx
row enough to tell just what kind Of sickness
. Is afflicted wiEh, why, the inmate is to hlams
or his Own death. It canuot be EXPECT
that q semi-oficial physician should
A42V
l pauper who bothers him for medicine.
3ut when yon come to talk about mixing pro-
erptions, that Is where the phvsictan Il re-
ponslblo, although We can allow q large margin
charity for hls ignorance Of the fact th.t ves5
reat care is required. Hence, ths sve@ass cit
zen will doubtless blame Dr. LaaIer for
4 LITTLE AHTAIR
hich happened in Ward D few weehs sso.
ma Of the inmates, = negro, By the var, E,s
ken siok. and, after the usual formula aud de-.
y, secured his medicine and took it. That x3s
the evening. On the following morning r;u
ofse. IN fact, he became nearly sa1seleas.
nen followed very Interesting and noEel e1-
'rinent. The - Doctor" the "boss pauper,"
I'd smother official cane up into the ward, and
eY dragged that eccentric African ont Of his
d; they duaS sno" on his back aud face thay
He'd him on barrel; they walked him up aud
wn the ward, wnen-wou!d you believe it p
9 fellow actually had the ingratirude TO iis
,ht there whise they were walking hin up aud
"n, up and do~n.
The theory held BY the Poor-Houso anthona.&
e. Still more rollckin2, however, is tneir
aoryin regard to sick men. 4 man is shls-
died until Ae is confined to bis he'd; Jet msn
uaned to his bad IL not necessarily sick
eh is the logical deduction ct The
''ss ss # sysfy s;e man ,a lying o. nsd Tsfs ts
It there would be- an end OF all we'll men 70:
at man would work or 80 down to hts meals il
could escape the former and have the lasta.
,ugat up to him? Cunning officials. Wus
1acllora! Hence the rule that
NO MEALS WERE TO HE BROUGHT TO 51cR xk1.
at Was i stuuuer, no douct. Very few meu
I'D 90 long without eating Bat stay! Yns
'ulatton may possibly be agaded~ Sono lay
11ls may iie abed and indhce their neighbou
bring them fIol-s teG crusts Of bread PEI.
-. That will ne7er do. The strong arm at /
hority muat bc sga.n interposed. Hone. tbs
wing mastar-piace, the acme of reguls-
MS! It Was established only short tlms
+ aud IT'S operation has becn beautiful
lime. The rule Is, that 10 innata shall
lar any consideration supply aick man With /
d. Do you see all the niceties an inmate +
= share his crust With biz naieh5or on tn
ch, but not with bis neighoor on tho bed. O. |;
lie rule. Q, perfection ot rules L
'ae, it you are . naturally inqusttive resdef, i:
NAV inquire, What becomes Of the men ah0 i;
really sick in bed How eimp1et Wh1 i
THRr DIE, or COURSE. !;
} authorities can calculate very closely bow +
u man will die after being depr1ved Of food i
y send around, lei us say, on the seooud asy, /
hage him carried over to the hospital tn f
MS sake. The next dav the fellow has u
:arcied out agaia-to Pottars Field. 4
his may be called the starvation process, and
cry nlce and refined process 1t Ia. sss
areu that three cases Of this Kind hayo o. 4