The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-28
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was led through the keepers kitchen and dining
room into the pauper wing of the building back OF
the main structure. This part OF the house was OF
Frame and the walls showed the wear Of years.
was at once impressed with what proved to be dis
tinRuishng features OF the institutionnamely. the
large proportion Of women and the unusual number
of children. On the back porch fronting the en-
closed yard. were a lot Of idiotic women making
their morning toilet. They sitting in row on
. bench. while tall. muscular pauper woman
dragged o largo comb through their matted hair to
her infinite amusement and their evident discom-
nture. The contortions OF some of the victims OF
this "barberous VERY old. but unavoidable) treat.
ment were studied by group of boys and girls
from distance. and commented upon q circus
would have been.
pKrYrNo LAWS OF 1875
"There appear to be great many children hero
over two years Of age" said.
True enough; there are twenty-three. the largo
proportion OF whom should be sent to the Bingh
ton Orphans Home"
care the Supervisors of the Poor Of this county.
tho keeper. that the law is very explicit
this pointY'
81 suppose so but there is so much formality and
influence necessary to have them removed that Mr..
Howard has not yet been able to accomplish it,"
Their retention here is not only Illegal. but for
them II is q school OF future pauperisn."
Indeed they ought to be taken away but tried
1t once and they ali came back to us"
.,How was thats Where were they takesY'
ITO the Home. at Plattsburg. 1t is very charac-
terstic story of that class of charitable people who
travel their piety. will tell you all about
It"
mo, no. Not now; not until we return to the
offce," interrupted. How many women have
you in the institution
''sxty-seven." replied my guide considerably
abashed.
We had been traversing the kitchen. had looked
into the boilers, in which the breakfast had just
been cooked-just as IL Is said our good friends of
the cloth peep into the pots and kettles during Con-
ference or Synod visitations-but had found moth
ing clean or commendable II too early in tho
day to- expect order but not prepared for
chaos.
UNDER A CURSE.
We now entered from the porch a room at the
end OK the wing marked No. IN the diagram) in
which the insane kept. terrible sight greeted
me. young man about my age was chained
by the ankle to the hoor. He seated .on a
wooden bench moodily watching me. l examined
the fastenngs carefully, and. could not detect
the boards beneath our feet forced to conclude
that he slept at night either upon the bench
or the cold damp door. 1t is true that the attendant
denied that such was the case, but very
the gentle keeper of the Essex County Almshousc
does not call in blacksmith twice day TO cut and
rejoin that chanl The sufferer moody aud
resolutey refused to answer any questions. He
visitors had created In hts mind. What good had IL
ever done him. to DO sures did not blame him.
nor did allow tho dnfeoling remarks of the at
tendant to make me dislike him.
DREADFUL. fNsEPARABLE UNITY.
He was clearly an spiloptio patient aud needed the