Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-08-23

the negative, and he then told me {
tel, his lends and Col. John VI
Thompson TO 20 down aud get bin
.tuf
As 10 the building and aceommoda
tions for lie patients therein confined
= doa't thihk tbey could be impI owe,
upon The building itself is one @
the fiLest if not the 'Iest in the State
ald las regulations appear 0 be perfec,
The healih of all the patients is yer,
good with the sad exception Of dise4s'
of the mind. The inmates were al
well clothed and presented a clean aDC
neat appearance. / don't think Iha
in the bJilding iiom tunet TO founda
too stone, you could find as much dust
as would soil your haoGke.cbief DIR
Reed aDd his assistauls are verv kim
and willing 10 snow vislto all Ihe
workiogs of The ins,.,uiion. for wnicu
they have our lbaDks In the al -es.
noon We retui ued 10 the city, stopping
at tue Rivers side Penitentiasv for aboul
Two hours, TO see some Of our convic. {
who are there, If ] RENE uILer right four
10 numher-bere as in the old building
all looked hearty and clean, aud al
claim that they are well Treated ia
every respect, well fed well clothed
and modei ately worked We talked
sometime with John Lefever who, for
a mao OF ais age, (63). appears to lie
hale and beatty. His employ vmeot il
tha. Of jAnitor Of the room wnere they
manufacture brooms, he is emDlovel
one or two hours each day IIe,e they
manufacture shoes, brooms, tiuwase
chains of all kiuds, AMI weaving, etc.
Having seen all we desired W. retnrI-
ed to our lodgings. On "Wednesday
morning we took the Washinat a
accomu odation train on tbe Pan IIaudI-
road and 10 due time reached The l:e-
form School in Washington COUNTY,
twenty-one miles from Pittsburgh.
He,e we met Mr. Quay, the Warden
in cha. ge of the School, who conduct
ed Us though the eutire buildings
and showed US all the departments at
the same time explaining as fully as
he could IL e workings of the insti.u-
l'oD. The donates are divided into
families OF CITY each, there being f.onl
three 10 four hundred children there at
The present time Their ages rang
ing from eight 10 twenty years. At
the present time they have vacation "a
other Public Schools, aod the chiIdreu
are all at their employment some are
making shoes others are making cloth-
ing and sill others are cutting carpet
rags and some weaving carpet The
larger boys are engaged Mt the present
time la vesting. was more amused
to see eight or ten boys, aged ten or
twelve years, running sewing ma
chimes, making their own clothes,
than anything else saw We were
there at dinner time and saw them
served at tab'e. Their ratious were
of the best quality and well cooked
and an abundance Of it issued to each
scholar We were invited to dine
with MIR. and Mrs. Quay and accepted
the invitation spent N very pleasant
hour at The table with the Warden
aud his estimable lady, which we will
long emember. In the a, rnoon we
bade good bv 10 all and boarded the
evening tain for Pittsburgh, where we
landed 10 due time aud found or lodg.
ings and n place 10 rest.
On Tho, ,sday morning we took the
train on the w. =. II. II. for Clare
moot and from there visited The Work
house. TIE. Wa den (Mr. Warner)
beIog absent we were introduced to
his assis,aas, Mr.. Chalfant, very
ailable and fiDe gentleman, who e=-
pressed himself willing to show us The
buildings and the way in which the
business Of the establishment il run.
lie then detailed NJ who has
been on duty there about eleven years.
The inmates irCm our county were oil
brought into one room where we con-
versed with them freely. Here we
met Jas McCleary, John BeIfour and
otners, who, on inquiries maae bv "a,
stated unhesitatingly lbat they were
well used in every respect, being well
supplied with food aud clothing and
but moderately wo, ked all the 10
mates with but three or four excep-
tions being in good health. or the
cxtensiyeness OF oil the buildings OF
the several institutions we visited
Deed not speak they must he seen TO
be appreciated. At $3.50, p. NJ. we
boarded the train for Butler where we
arrived in due time-dH sober.
G. w. III.