Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-04
What the Singer Of the Sisrras sa"
in Massachusetts.
MuIEEs IMPRESSION OF TEwXssuRy.
The Incidents Of Famous Investigation
Reviewed l. saltreating the Dead
Rather than the LNing-Ihe
New Leather Trade, Etc.

who would aCCept no AaEe, uLe" N' N
mile up TO the top OF this barren hill OF
sand and stone, and we wers led into the
s,outly picketed POorhouse, by one
armed porter, to the Superintendent. But
90 not get the impression that the place or
IFS surroundings are barren or bare. Many
trses stand in the inclosure OF few acres
With the houses making 3 circle about the
o,tsr edge of n. And there is grass here,
tro and some flowers. And then on the
outside there IS a healthy and well ordered
farm. several hundred acres, indeed, IN
Good state Of tllage. stone fences, pine
Tr,es in cIumps, few oaks and many little
tapgleS Of wild graEeylues IN the less an
LitlOUs rrowIh OF woods, but what | mean
10 say is the laud is very poor, granite
stones and tawny sand make up the soAi
earth here, without and within
The POOrhOuse eOTTeWksbury.
And found nothing here at all strange or
startling or out Of line with the usual Or
Ger Of such dreadful places. In truth, l
found those in charge Of the uutortunates
uuch.n.Urr gentle and patient than the
h.rIy Elgllsbman who showed me oyet
7. diam a Jew years since. The place Is
even better ordered, although, OF course,
not so imposing, and even Of little differ
,r, character too, than the madhOuSe OF
Toronto. which / saw only the other DAY.
I,iss fact that all such places are sad, are are
simply horrible, If you go among the
INMATES. Bat the kitchen here and all
is appointments is work OF Perfcc-
nan. BETTER bread | never ate. In
at believe II | had the regular
r,vk,f.~v FIRE instead Of what | now get
,Fou z Nr.gh more. And it is hard 10
urs..,r .lst with this kitchen-tor the
r,w order Of things could not have intro
tlc.d that, or put up the perfect buildings
a ler-:here could ever have been any
~ su'rriugs for the necesssries, or even
A., G-. ...rries, Of life at Tewksbury. And,
u trutr. the CON pIaint has mainly been
o. IT re Lsd treatment Of
Tie Dead, Not the Living.
l,tu. pass hurriedly through ;he quar-
.,r OIL 90 nile of the cots with the sleeping
.i.Iirc. moaning, dying Of old men
v r. out. sud the inevitable awaiting them.
Ta,y s-e certainly as comfortable as il
il IS possible To make 50 many
I,lr wrptChes in so small 3
-face Physically comfortable. But men.
tal.y, wonder IL they are thinking about
being ,utuO by the students OF Harvard
iu their instructive devotion 10 science?
They kuOw this awaits them. The law OF
the greet state of Massachusetts gives ths
B., dies Ot these old men 10 the students Of
Harvard. The " hole row, an, civilized dis
tiuguisled Protestant world, has not been
about that at all To put It briefly, the
question has not been as to whether they
stould be Cut up, but as 10 how they
should be cut up. | wonder il these dying
Old men tsSr So very much interest in the
9uesli. of bow as the politicians Aud
word Il that honest old Swedish sailor
G.. J.. T. s'aud, who had had the cross and
body ui rhrISJ tatrOOed in India ink on his
breast. ,iI not ,hIUk this all over as he lay
diving there wonder il he did not pray
Hope and Pray Again
q al the Cross ol Christ might keep his
body ~.u.tlaw sacred when dead? Well,
poor old 'uri>tian Eckland whatever you
nay have hoped or prayed as you lay dying
here lu this awful place, that cross and
imase Cf Christ dad not protect you. Oa
the contrary, Il was precious prlZe to the
rising medical students Of Harvard. IEey
skinned oh that cross and image Of Christ
from above your heart in the interests OF
science ana advanced thought. They sent
that cross aud image Oi Christ, cut and
worked IN your skin, 10 the tanner and had
il tanned in the interests Of science and
advanced thought, your name, and all on
IL. poor Christian sailor dying here IN
S'rsuge eui, and they said It looked beau
tiul, sUd they boosted of il, and they
showed 10 about until IL and other like
4 things became the talk OF the country.
Let - pass on quickly from this scene and
this subject. EuI let me tell you this, stu
q, nls Il Harvard | have a profound rev.
'rrrre fnr learning. | have always felt
lie lltln. my hat % a Harvard man when
net t.m Hereafter | shall never meet
+ = lrrNs rd an without an Irresistible de-
re % lu - loot.
New implements Of Surgery.
I Psss.us though the howling house for
Iht ms. We come To where many young
mu'l'r., tShy-,uothc.S, bend down their
s lf' 'c's -. >lsur over their fathsrleSs babes.
4 For SIate Of 8'reat culture aud a city that
/, asiN lu Grr the advanced thought Oj the
g. g, tel you these poor, pititUl mothers,
VITO C. U.G not and would not hold up their
heads rs We hurried on, are numerous,
numerous. tsariully numerous, lt this is
What advanced thought" leads to. | say
& stop But whatever has put this stare OF
things a. your doors look into n Call
home SOWe Of your refOrmers, Your human
IlgEtS teachers and your WOmen's rights
preachers, and let them look into this
3 thing, snd try and help these poor shamei
D.. others 10 higher life. Let them. Tor the
fsake Of pity, please give up other peoples
business for . lttle while I'D Look 70 ,hrir
FOwn. | tell YOU. MaSSachuset = YOU hsye
ECt mote IN your eve bigger tuan Mount
4 Shasta. Call home some Of your rirpat.
b'ggers end try little 10 take il out. and
see !'"rseif as others begin to see you.
Aud Here ~ the Place,
IN this narrow little room. or that bed
there. where the SCrew-driyer and the tile
were used in = case of craniOtomy nv Dr.
LaibrCp, the 'EurgeCn' Of this place some
OF the citizens Of Boston said 10 ne that il
was all rirht, as the girl got well. one
geht.t .tmsn insisted that the doctor de.
served great Credi, Tor mis- skill in destroy
" lEE me child aud saving the wOman's life
with tatSe instruments A Screw.driyer
and tile Aud this operation took Mace
fCnIy The other day and within stones
throw Oi Harvard, where the poor are Cut
Up, sknn6d and tanned IN order that sur
fetrS aCd n.eCi,al science might be al.
NaLCtd Well. II las not advanced very
iar II the Massachusetts, doctors witbin
tw'niN niles OF Harvard have ,1 use such
ln P'ewtntS. And Yet hon can YOU expect
th'se Young men 20 learn much when they
sie 80 o''S making tobacco pouches out OF
thc skins Of their mp,ber's bodies sIiDnsTs
3cut OF The skins OF their mothers brs ,s,s
boots for their delicate feet from The sLins
To- brave old Seamen cast at their ,l,o-s to
- The New Leather Trade.
spoke to several shoemakers yestsrd,v
rs To The quShty Of this new kind OF lssrb.
&c and they did not seem to have a high
oPinlon OF It's durability as an article of
Nssr: They all sgreed that il is very soft
hu me Coe cd shoemaker. however. in.
isIeu mat II would make splendid leather
~ We NTu'G only Eili The men or women
hCse SAIHS Se wish ta tan, as We do cat
we sho other animals The ro,tanpsss of
abe leather made from human ssinS ba
orged, MSS due mainly to the ys-;ej 5,s'
fssts 81 Wh'ch people die lie sgrssl visS
~ thst this new line Of Industry Cold
tsNtT oe very prosperous tiu ono coniS
shI ue 1en and women and little cbiiJ,
zen srd ssln them first as We So ca,,T,
~ rus 'r'' =" on. Rut Of course an tb;s p
''.>cniy question Of time in this g,e,, 80,
~ sci s'Lc,d thought. No, he had nSxs, srsy
Pair OF Dude Shoes
q, I' hCs'e Harvard hov out NJ sb,b,..,
= 'lUai, he ssrd. was a dorD.,!! 49,! !,
p. '"t be kns~ IT a fashiopsSie 5oH;u SlI
en- who baG B., mir of kiS C.SS.Cs OH..os
& 90. r'lrp habl's So. " UY-oSS0,,,', H,ys
n the 4" d shoe maker went On 1Is" - s,v
40 h'tter than mans sin. Il ia 10y " ssS,
q Liner. I'D these rapt.ar,a, 80 Sue'