The daily gazette., 1880-03-24
SECOND EDITION
Let the Alsss House Alone.
For the GAZETTE.

cOi bhC 0AHBIAEs
When left your place, the other
day for home, 1 went up Fourth street,
stopped at the Almshouse and had a
talk with the Superintendent, Mr..
Barlow, about many points of interest
concerning this delightful place, which
has been left us for home where the
suffering poor can be cared for, and
beautiful scenery which God has pro-
vided for them to look at. The Su-
perintendent says it adds much to
their comfort and to their lives. I
am not willing to admit that this
beautiful place for the poor to live on
fell to their lot by chance. No! let it
be set to the credit of our fathers, that
they had thought and talked the mat
ter of comfort over before they select
ed 1t for said purpose, some 100 years
ago or more. .t... ...
Let Us be willing to credit them with
it, and that they had in olden times
| a large amount of the pure milk of hu-
man kindness in their hearts. This is
the legacy of our fathers to the poor
for all time to come, and the earnest
wish of my heart is that the trustees
of this gift, (for such it is, will never
allow these land-sharks to deprive
Gods poor of their blessing. There
are about % acres of land belonging
to the county, and if the proper
amount of improvements are kept up,
there is none, nor can there be any
disadvantage to any of the surround
ing property holders. / will take the
liberty to say to these rich land-hold-
ers who want to remove the poor
house, that rich mems children find
shelter there, after they have spent
what their fathers have bequeathed
them.
And men whose checks were honored
for thousands have ended their days
there too. / speak somewhat knowing
ly, for frequent the place on the Sab
bath. And again who is there amongst
us but who have had relations or friends
In this asylum for the unfortunate Let
the poor house alone, for it Is in the
right place now. The people who live
In the city have relatives and friends
there that they like to visit as often as
they can, and carry TO them few mic
macs. The other day, while was there,
two ladies came In with their baskets,
having some one 10 their hearts to look
after. Why, to move the almshouse away
out in the country all, or nearly all, of
these privileges that the poor receive
from th Dir friends would be cut off; and
this would be felt sensibly by both par
ties. To remove would cut of, or near
ly 80, the religious privileges that the
poor receive from the brethren belonging
to the different churches in the city, who
90 there OH the Sabbath day, and this
item alone ought to induce every good
man to say, "let the almshouse alone"
For if there ever was one in the right
place, 1t Is that one. These agitators
say it stops public improvements. Well,
suppose, it does, in that neighborhood /;
so much the better. 1t will save the
trouble and expense Of moving it. There
are a great many others who have lots to
sell. The are hundreds OF acres about
the city, and a great many of them just
as good as the ones around the aims
house. will ask these rich land-hold-
ers who have bought ground around the
almshouse at low figure, and now want
the institution removed so they may
double their money on their lots, If the
poor inmates of the place have no rights
that they are bound to respect ?" Rich
men and and property holders especially,
il they don't guard against it, are apt to
become avaricious, greedy and selfish,
and the more they get, the more they
want. This Is to be lamented, for some
of our best citizens become affected with
these diseases. ..fr. -...
The very best argument for the re
moyal of the Court House to this city
was the inconvenience for our people,
and that three-fourths of all the business
came from this place. Will not this rule
or argument stand good to let the aims
house be where 1t is for convenieDce's
sake, for we supply it with three-fourths
of ali the inmates and everything else ?
1 will say in conclusion not merely
twenty years, but for all time to come.
A. 4.