The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-01-10

mon school education, and fortunate in
being under the care Of the present man.
agement, which in all its details from its
directory down isadmirable. The Home
now contains about six hundred child
rem, and as body they are healthy, in
telligent and happy. l commend 1t to
your care.
INSANE AsYLUMNs.
During the past summer l visited ev-
cry Insane Hospital in the State as Pres.
ident of the Board of State Charities,
and | feel just pride, which ought to be
shared by every citizen of Ohio, of the
liberal manner of our treatment of the
poor unfortunates of this class-the dis
eased in mind. We have spent very
large sums in erecting and maintaining
these hospitals; but as our population in
CT eases, so does the ratio number of the
insane increase, and therefore, as mat
ter of humanity, we must make ample
provision for their care and comfort. 1t
is ray belief that the present manage
ment of the hospitals is good and eco.
nomical. Appropriations for painting
the walls and dormitories of the New
burgh and Athens Hospitals, ought to be
made for sanitary and economical reas-
ons which will, no doubt, be reCommen'
ded by your Committee on Benevolent
Institutions, after examination of the
necessity for it, l would also respect
fully recommend liberal appropriation
for the grading and drainage of the
grounds of the Columbus hospital, which
in my opinion, is the best conducted and
and finest institution of its kind on this
continent During the past year it has
been finished and opened for patients;
and l refer to the admirable report of
DR.. Gundry, the superintendent, on the
present condition of the hospital and its
inmates, and also to the report of the
architect, Mr.. I. R. Tinsley, which gives
complete history and classification of
all the contracts and other expenditures,
from its commencement until the date Of
its occupation.
BOARD OF STATE CHARITIES.
The annual report of the Board of
State Charities will be laid before you,
and l earnestly commend il to your spec.
ial attention. 1t contains the results of
a careful examination of the county jails
and infrmaries throughout the State,
with suggestions aa to the bettering of
their condition in matters relating to
their management, and in their construc-
ton, with view of obtaining the best
hygienic and sanitary effects.
The details of this report have been
collected with great care by the very ef-
ficient secretary, Rev. A. G. Byers. Some
of the horrors of inhuman, Ill treatment
of the poor idiots, and incurable insane,
now kept in jails or infrmaries, because
there is no other provision made for the
unfortunates by law, are set forth in these
details, and to the ordinary mind, would
seem incredible; but l am satisfied the
disgusting facts would warranta much
stronger presentation Of the case than has
been made by the secretary.
The very able report of the Board, by
the Hon. ]. w. Andrews, of Columbus,
whose gratuitous services in the cause Of
the unfortunate extends over many
years, is entitled to your most consider
ate attention, especially his views on the
buDJ6CG VI pIlbUuo VI IOlOI OIudJOAlOb'
In this connection, and in the same
direction, you will find very valuable
suggestions in the reports of the Direc-
tors and Warden of the Ohio Peniten-
tiary, and also in the report of DR.. Gun
dry, Superintendent of the Columbus
Hospital for the Insane.
OHIO AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COL
LEGE.
commend to your interest and atten-
ton the Ohio Agricultural and Mechan-
ical College. Though established but
few years, it has already shown itself ca
pable of yielding great and much need
ed service to the State It supplements
our public school system, by offering to
all who desire it, thorough and prac-
tical scientific training. That such train
ing is imperatively needed in every in
dustry of the State to-day, is too obvious
to require argument.
The last Legislature, in accordance
with repeated recommendations, made
an appropriation for the equipment of
Professorship of Mining and Metallurgy
in the College. This department is now,
l am happy to say, in successful opera
tion. The appropriation, though small,
has sufficed to furnish a metallurgiCal
laboratory, with everything necessary
for analyzing and experimenting upon
the mineral staples of Ohio.
From the same fund has been proVi'
ded testing machine, for learning the
strength of all the various materials that
enter into the manufactures of the State,
and results of great interest are already
announced in the annual report of the
College.
am persuaded, from actual observa-
ton, that the State has seldom made an
appropriation from which larger returns
will be derived, than from this to which
/ have referred.
The College report shows large and
very gratifying increase in the number
of pupils for the year just entered upon,
and everything betokens that the Insti-
tuition has fairly entered upon career
of great service to the State. 1t still re-
quires your fostering care, which hope
will be generously accorded.
FISH CULTURE.
Mr.. John H. Klippart, Secretary of the
State Commission of Fisheries, informs
me officially that complaints have been
made by many citizens of Ohio to the
State Commissioners of Fisheries, to the
effect that parties resident of West Vir-
ginia and Of Kentucky habitually place
ssines across the mouths or outlets of Ohio
streams near the Ohio side, in the season
of the year when migratory fishes are
seeking the mouths ofstreams flowing in
to the Ohio river, thus preventing migra-
tory fishes from ascending and depositing
their spawn to restock said streams with
desirable food fishes. Many thousands
OF fry or young fishes Of the salmon and
shad families have been deposited in the
Muskingum, SCioto, and the Miami rivers,
by order Of the Commissioners, during
the past three years. These are we'll
known migratory species,and it is claim
ed that by the interposition Of West Vir-
ginians and Kentuckians the mature or