Daily Republican., 1881-12-12
FOURTH EDITION.
AGkEATISsTIrUrIOS.
some Interesting Facts AVID Fis.
ures II Relation 10 . Military
HOnefOr wounded soldiers.

| NATIONAL MILITARY i1onh IN i'N,
OHIO Dec. II, 1881.
MESsRS EDITORS Having, in my
last letter, given a des }rip,ion OF the
beautiful Memorial Hall, at this place,
| would write again and give your read
ers more interesting facts concerning
the home. 1t is great institution; the
men are well fed and clothed, aud they
set y splendid table. To give you sam
| pie of what we have to cat, | will men,
tion the bill of fare for our dinner to
day, which was as follows "Stewcd
mutton, white and sweet potatoes, tur-
nips, greens, beets, bread and butter,
coffee and pie" We do not have tie
same every day, but the change is not
for the worse. All The beet, mutton
and pork are rais,d ere at the home.
TIE number of cows are 2l0, which SUP
plies the milk for the home. The num-
Der of she, . killed here, in a week, are
70 No man need 90 hungry, Tor their
is always plenty. On last Thanksgir-
ing Day, at dinner, ii took 200 turkey,
80 bushels of sweet potatoes, over 400
pounds of butter, go quarts of crarbc
ries. In the dining room and kitchen,
il requires 6G walters. II dish washer
IL dish wlp RS, 10 bakers and 20 cooks,
total l20. fine dining room seats 800
ani cost $50, 600 to build it. The hos
pital h.le is ieauitui ,diti'e costing
$50 coo, and contains i49 patients, The
hunter Of deaths last month was 90
the last one that died was Thomas Il.
HARRINGTON, Company X, First Eegl-
ment, Delaware Volunteers The mum
Der OF deaths tins month average Is,
among them heiug al Old soldier of the
war lsi2, aged l01; death caused by
cancer in the mouth. The amount Of
washing done here is immense. The
number OF pieces washed weekly being
5000; requiring 10 men in the laundry.
There iSa very iarG" stuns quarry here
which gives employ m"nt 10 100 men:
the stone OF which is used for the ave
nueS OF the h"r1e, and f'r building puT
poses, All the workGcn are inmates
AVID are paid from 80 10 40 Cen = per
day, boarding, washing and clothes.
The toIal number o! buildings here are
l2j; all lit by gas and heated by steam.
The iluminat on At night is magnif-
cent, not less than 1900 burners, being
lit up AT night, the effect Is beautiful
beyond description. The number of
inmates, n, he home, up TO the present
time are G,G00 and the home is very
much crowded.
The Board of Managers intend, BE-
fore long, 10 erect more buildings To
accommodate the ,agge number of men
who wish ad,uiss sion to this home. Men
of all trades and professions can be
found here We have one lawyer, one |
preacher, TWO doctors and one dentist |
men " no have seen tier days but are |
nov broken down in health, caused by |
the horrors Of war The different TRACES |
carried on here are as follows: Plumb |
ing and gas s.titling, shoemakin2, cigar, |
broom and cabinet making, book. |
binding, painting and printing. Thrlr
is fine sctool, with competent and rii |
cieat teachers. Inmates who have iOSt
their right arm are taught to write with |
the lett Land, and uany who have had |
to commence from tna alphabet have !
become teachers and gone out into the
world to earn their own ewing The |
number OF cUlortd inmates here are 20, |
of which 1 have lost le;, ? an arm |
and two are blind. The unmbcr Of
deaths among the inmates during the |
wear 1880 We're 2,OSJ, and tnls present !,
wear 2ly deaths have occurred, mainly |
soldiers of the New York aud renuSy.- |
yania Regiments and some of the UhiU. |
The home police consists Of riguty- five
men, all inmates, and are mostly all |
cripp!es, many having but one arm and
some one leg. They receive u salary of |
Sl+ per monrh, ard hat with their y II
SONS swell up thclr pay considerably, |
costing them nothing for {. c.o;hes.
A very tine building, used for restau-
rant, has recently been erected, at "a
cost OF $4,000, where visitors to the |
Home can have their wants supplied |
with the best, and at reasonable prices.
This home covers $40 acres, and is
valued at over 5000, 600. lhr Memorial
Hall was erected by the inmates Of the
home. The humber OF men on iur.
Tough is I6
There are great many insane among |
the inmate, something near 200, and
the Board of Managers are going 80
petition Congress for an approfria-
ton to erect an Insane Asylum Eere, !
We have several cranhS here one in
particular, who has got i'll his head to
90 to Washington to shoot Guiteau and
Arthur. Judge DAVIS can he prtsi-
dent, 20 lie says lie won't have the
ChaLca II 20, however, for they have
him where he can do no harm. he mas
on several occasions dressed himself
up AMI started to 60 out OF the gate,
bat was stopped 10y the Home Police.
He is fine looking man, but has gone
CRANKY.
l., bon 10 WOW
large the number Of new Spapers
passing the mails for the present year,
up to date, was 2j,1l0; letters, 43.2(G
The majority OF the inmates are Gc.-
man; and, strange 10 say, are most all
good Republicans. out OF the $500 ln-
mates, fully 5000 are Republicans. For
the past two weeks The weather has |
been very fine.
This is truly great institution and is
worth travelling miles 10 see. Their
are two Libraries, one called the Mrs.
Putnam Library" this kini and good
lady having donated 5000 ye.y valna
BILE books The other, Genera! Th> mas |
Library contains over GOO volumes ;
all the principal papers OF the county |
are Oh tile 1T this library. The same |
room contains the saddle used by |
Gem raj Grant from the fIl' at Fort |
DonuelsOn up to the time Of Lees sur
render at AppomdttoX Court House. |
Al the urning of Memorial Hall, two
years ago, General Thomas uniform
was destroyed, besides other valuables.
Having given your readers full and
complete description Of the home, when
On my first visit here, some three years
ago, | don t deem it necessary to h we
it repeated. On Sunday last a baksc
dropped dead Of heart disease, and WAS
buried to-day with military honors.
There are on,y four Delaware soldiers
at tli. huJue