The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-01-26
For TINE RECORD.
THAT Sale.


Mr.. EDfToR :--Ohe of the " HIT" ambles
along, in your last issue. through a whole
column OF gush, occasionally emitting such
choice bits Of polite literature as g Ananias,"
Donkey" Idiotic,n @IIl Bird "viis
lains, 4" Foul SANDER" 'fFalse,' :. Original
Anauias," &C., in answer to an article Of mine
10 previous edition upon the present system
Of letting or selling the poor Of the city.
He commences his sumfuoNs article BY first
notwithstanding the wriser--that Is, BY the
usual way Of - calling hard names. Now.
! fnd no fault, or not much, with bis cogEso.
men, = Vindicator.'' Still. after wadinR
through his gush two or three times / feel
like giving him the same advice that the elder
Weller gave to his son Samuel. viz Spell
it with We, spell it with a We"
Windicator . next states that he isis not
going to defend the Council" Ishould think
not, for within the next half dozen lines he
proves to his own entire satisfaction that they
are all g idiots, conclusion which shall
not deny, but which, I think, is fairly de-
batable.
Now, MIR. Editor, my article was written
not so much for the purpose of finding fault
with the present system of letting the poor,
as to show the abuses and hardships that may
grow out of it,. The first contract was award
ed four years ago at the round sum of So 800.
No fault was found by any of our citizens.
Every one seemed satisfied to pay literally
and have the unfortunates we'll cared for
But within the said four years the price has
been reduced over forty per cent, while the
number of poor to be kept has constantly in
creased. At the late sale reduction of over
twelve per cent. was made from the previous
years bid and right here would suggest to
Windicator" that there is a possibility of
so reducing the price that the bidder, for self
protection, will be obliged to reduce the keep,
both in quality and quantity.
stated, or meant to, that for the paitry
sum of $152 the poor were to be removed from
their present home, situated as it is on beau
tifnl eminence overlooking a large part Of the
city, where the constant sight of activity gives
pleasure and prevents 1oneliness-near to
churches, where many of them now attend
regularly--near to schools, where the little
ones may attend, and, above all, at home,
where they are coptented and satisfied
further stated, or meant to, that for the
paltry sum of 1852 the poor were to be re-
moved to lonesome place in the country, off
from the public road, two miles from town,
too far for the inmates to attend church, and
too far for the little ones to attend school !;
there to be crowded and mixed in with a
large number of other poor from another
township.
Such were the plain statements made. Are
they liesP If not, has "Windicator an
swered them? Read again his gush Of the
country boys education and the country's
aged finding God in the closet, and so on to
the end of the chapter He forgets the "great
gulf y that divides the country boy with his
parents, friends and time from the poor little
friendless walt whose only time to acquire
schooling is while unable to work, by reason
of tender years, who, as soon as an opportuni-
ty occurs, will be bound.out to strangers,
with all that is implied in the life of a bound
child. The aged and decrepit 10 the country
also have relatives and friends, to whom it is
pleasure to render their waning lives happy.
Very few of these hunger for the church with
out being satisfied, when able to attend. How
about the decrepit and aged poor in our poor
housed Who believes that if majority of
these were regular communicates of either of
the other churches they would have been shut
up in the country to find their /" God in the
cIoset?" What time either of those churches
would have made, and how praiseworthy and
Christlke their action would have been |
" And the poor have the Gospel preached unto
them, - said the Master to John, in vindica.
ton of His own Divinity How different
from hunting in the closet |" But woe unto
you, scribes and Pharisees. bypocrites, for We
shut up the kingdom of heaven against men,"
Again, Wndicator says that "the con-
tract was not awarded only with reference to
the cheapest" Four or five of the Council
men stated at the meeting, when the contract
was awarded, that it was done solely ON the
ground of the lowest bid. Which is right?
That little word only" may be the key TO
the position, IL cheapness was not the only
reason for making this contract. There must
have been other ones aud they must be known
to Windcator." Will he give them?
wait with bated breath. ANTI HOBBY.
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