The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-28

up his judgment against that Of bis ppde
cessor, the selectmeD, the committee anf
the town itself, and thinks the new farm
too small, go he takes lease OF additicna
lanl, paying the then lessee-who has NJ
further use for the land and desired to gel
il off from his hands-fitiy dollars more
than the rent he was required to pay.
Was not the leasing of this land illegal
Was not the paying of this fifty dolg'
additional rent gross incompelencyI d
reckless extravaganza, or an utter dsp
gard of law2 Is the town bound to pg
any bills so incurred Can the treasure
legally pay an order drawn on account Q
this rent
But what business had he to make u
ditional improvements Who gave III
authority so to doS lie says that th
Rutland poor house 1siU compare JdDorqpg
soith any public house in Verm2nt. r@
town of Rutland so rich, does / find Is z
difficult to spera W 90 ! seIlusauEie,,
cary W InloC toANct uiD Jul NSitiAAN q
willing taxpayers, that we desire TO IeIll
and feed our paupers in first class hot@
and after the manner of those wealthy ~
sons from the city who seek recreation "a
pleasure 10 our luxurious Vermont sun,
mer hotelsp Can we afford to keep ou
paupers In better houses than we out
oelYes live inf Will the taxpayers q
Rutland cheerfully consent to this imposi
tion Yet such is the manner Of a poo
house that our very C )mpetent and human
overseer is providing for our paupers, am
he expects that the town will foot the bill
without grumbling.
We do not exaggera,e. A gentlemai
from one of the cities visited Clarendo
Springs, recently, intending to renal
there with his family for the season and
returning to Rutland, said that he had in
tended to stop with Murray, but had con
cluded to take quarters at the "newer an,
more elegant stablishment"-me
the Rutland poor house-just opened
short distance from the springs His sur
prise, when told that this new and elegan
establishment was Rutland's poor house
can be imagined not described.
But we must hasten 10 a conclusion. H'
States that he has paid bills incurred b.
former overseers. This is doubtless COZ.
rect, but we venture to state, on the besl
of authority, that such bills have not beeB
in excess of similar bills paid by former
overseers. Such bills always exist, and
this year has been no exception to former
years. Neither have the "tramp" bills
been so very large. The overseer simply
says that they are "large," but we lean
from other sources that they have been
less than one hundred and fifty dollars
not much, il any, in excess of those of last
year. But this tramp" matter has lkeen
managed very loosely this year, and "
hills arq not larger than laet year, II y
due enh hrely to good luck, not TO wi
economical management.
1dkDB Ine oVerseer S'OWn sta&d
we REGRET to say that we can
therein to change the popular a
that the management of the Office Iean
characterized by reckless extravagaV @ "
gross incompetencY, if not in entire disr,.
gard of law. This is shown in what va
have stated; by the fact that, in February
there were only eighteen inmates of the
poor house, while in these warm summer
months there are forty and, as the overseel
says, "new ones coming IN every week :
by the fact that the overseer gives orders
for clothes and supplics unlimited il
amount; that he is said to draw orders ir
favor of himself, giving the town credi
therefor when the town has voted him nC
salary or pay and, above all, because hi
refuses to give the treasurer the aggregate
amount Of the orders drawn by him be
cause it "would place him in bad light.