The daily gazette., 1876-10-26
THE CONDITION OF THE AIMS
HOUSE AND THE INMAT ES.

AoA q ihhAkibCA VI Improvements w bhlO
The necessary improvements
are now all completed, and for the ensu.
ing quarters the expenditures will only
comprise the ordinary current expenses.
The Superintendent, Malachi Barlow,
presented his quarterly report, which
shwed the number of inmates. as fol-
lows:
No. admitted during the quarters, 1O1
" discharged @ G so
" of births, /" " 4
I" deaths SO -" /" II
OF the latter one was colored woman
100 years old, who died about two weeks
ago.
The number eliminates at present is as
follows:
Almshouse-white men, 60; colore
men, 10; white women, A; colored wo-
men, 10; white children, S; colored chill
dren, o; total, IA.
Insane Deparrment-white men, 10.
white women, 81; colored men, 4; colored
women, 5; total, 100.
THE QUARTERLY DINNER.
After the meeting the, Trustees assem-
bled in the dining room and for half an
hour discussed the merits of an excel
lent dinner which had been prepared by
the Matron, Mrs. Barlow and her house
hold. The table fairly groaned beneath
the piles of tempting edibles placed upon
it, and steady attack 'all along the
line" failed to diminish their proportions
to any perceptible extent.
THE CONDITION OF THE ALMsHoUsE...
After dinner, the usual inspection of
the Almshoute property was made, the
insane department being first visited. In
the basement, and in an addition-to the
building recently erected, are cells for
the confinement of those whose maladies
take violent turns. These poor unfortune
are attended to with special care,
pains being taken to prevent them from
inficting personal injury upon themselves
while in violent modes. One of the in
mates is colored woman who
EATS HAY LIKE A HORSE,
and makes it her chief diet. She also
sleeps on bed of straw, as any other
kind of bed placed in her cell she tears to
pieces, She is clad in tight fitting suit
of canvass, as she refused to wear any
other kind of clothing, and tore dress after
dress into shreds.
Most of the other inmates of tbs de-
partment are gentle and harmless, particu
iarly the women, who, assembled in their
sitting room, chartered like pleased chill
dren when the visitors entered. The
| men were also congregated in their sit
tineroom, and when the visitors entered
they eagerly discussed their insane vaga-
ries with whoever would listen to them.
In the upper part of the building
are neat, clean and comfortable sleeping
apartments for the inmates. The matron
Of the insane department is Mrs. Emerson
and her assistant is Phillip Ryan, who
| is attending to the violent cases with
lare tact and skill.
| The other portion of the Almshouse, ex
| elusive of the apartments used by the
Superintendent and his family, lis .oc-
cupied by the paupers. 1t is divided into
sick rooms, bed rooms and sittingrooms fol
each sex, and similar accommodations
for the colored people. There is also
nursery and drug department, over,
which Mrs. Lape presides. The physi
clans are Drs. Shortledge and Ogle. Al
the rooms, halls, stairways, and store
rooms, are scrupulously clean and neat
and the comfortable condition of the in
Is dtbtobCu ny bllC CNihCiio PANesoaA>
they expressed in greeting the Superln
tendent and Trustees. The recent i'm
provements to the buildinghave rendered
it very comfortable, and the Trustees
have used every endeavor consistent Will
! economy to place the institution on
proper footing, and conduct it in an ap-
proprlate manner.
THE FARE OF THE INMATES.
The food given the inmates compris-
4 | ses, for dinner, soup on Wednesday, ant
: Saturdays, and boiled meat and salt porl
on other days, with bread and water
lThey are allowed coffee at breakfast ant
= tea at supper, and on Sundays they arr
allowed coffee with their dinner. Thos
who work are allowed extra articles o
food, and the sick are provided with sucl
nourishment as their condition requires.
Some of the inmates amuse themselve
by doing fancy work of various kinds
The most notable production is faithful
picture of Paris, made in needle WORK pS
John Fayant. 1t is really remarkapl'
specimen.
THE SMALL PoX HOSPITAL.
The recent improvements to the small
pox hospital has put that buildng I'M
excellent condition. Water has been II
troduced into all the rooms, the entlr
building has been reftted, painted an
improved, and the grounds, put into con o.,
plete order. Philmon d. Croney is Tn
Superintendent. There have been n
patients in the hospitall for years, and
would be entirely agreeable to the p1oil
to have it kept in its present state oil Il
: ctivity for years TO come.
III On the whole, the condition OF the aim
! house property is all that could be desl
ed, and the Trustees deserve great cree
for the efficient manner in which tn
have performed their duties and broug
the institution to its present admiral
condition.
If this should meet the eye of any o
IS suffering with letter, or any scaly crus