Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-12-07

Why j. = not Just = veil 10 call the
poor house. q nHome. : and make ID
attractive. 50 people viii nok feel that
they are going 20 exile and death.
Nhan they are compelled to 10 there \
There j. no tar that Is more cheer
fully paid ~ men Who have hearts
= them. than tax thai eoea "a enp-
port TIE poor, and there "a 10 sense
u treating than like cattle, a. Is done
n naany places and the placing 81
nsfn with bruta Instincts In charge
g Eonx houses IA \ Nkeat wrong Er-
eET e'tV Hnd soaui fhati i populated
- gss01l8 y lkh MeaFts should have q
comfortable Home" for those who
become destitute. where they can 20
and live as happy as possible, and die
in peace. when they have to die. If
such Home" could take the place
of every poor house, and charitable
people would occasionally visit the
house and see that it 10 made pleas
ant. and talk to their unfortunate in
mates, and cheer them, and take
drives, with their families to the
home. and make the poor creatures
feel that they were not forgotten by
the world, much more Happiness
would be known, both by the unfOr-
tunate people and the people who do
the visiting. AS it is now irf most
places the poor house is spoken Of as
we would speak Of q Jail or pest
house. and many persons who ought
to have many years of happy life in
store for them, though destitute in.
means, will commit suicide before they
VIII apply for admission. They are
despised as ''paupers which is an
other cruel woodland they feel as
though they had not friend on God .
great big earth, especially if the man
who runs the poor house il q brute,
who depends upon his salary and what
he can steal to keep ham out Of the
poor house. We presume if half the
business men of the country would
give the matter thought. and know
how the poor in many poor houses
were treated, and how heavy their
hearts are, and how hopeless they
look at the future, they would feel
like taking a shot gun and blowing
the alleged heart out of the keepers,
and taking the management of the
poor house into their own hands. 1t
is not crime to be without dollar,
and those who are so circumstanced,
from no fault of theirs, should be
looked upon rather as the guests of
those who are well to do, than as
criminals. We would not advocate
the making of poOr-houses summer
resorts, for people to 60 to who were
too lazy to work, or q camp meeting
for "cranks," but the honest man or
honest woman who is destitute, should
have home where they can live and
die in decent style, honored and res
pected, and those who are above want
should pay the expense, and they
should do so cheerfully. Make q
"Home" for them, appoint superin-
tendent who would call an old person
"Uncls" or "Auntie," and who would
speak pleasantly to them and whip
any under-strapper who should speak
or act otherwise, and make it reli-
gious duty for citizens to visit the
Home" and strew smiles and how-
ers in the pathway toward the tomb
of the destitute people and give ey-
erything to them freely, instead OF
throwing things to them as you would
to q dog, hoping it will kill him, and
everybody will be happier. and it
will not cost much more money. And
then we shall not any ofus be ashamed
when we get to heaven and see some
of those poor-hoase inmates occupy
ing good seats at the right hand Of
the Great Ruler.-Erchdnge.