The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-17

for yards. In the stock line there are ten
head of horses and fortytwo head of cat
tie. The land is high, we'll drained and
severed. The family residence makes
pleasant place of abode, and is surround
ed by commodious yard.
THE PRESENT MANAGEMENT.
Mr.. James Robertson, the present eff
Gent steward of the poor farm, was APPS
pointed February LIST, 1884, and reap
pointed the first of the present yerr. At
the time of his appointment he was a
member of the board of supervisors, rep
resenting Andalusia township, having
been elected at the spring election OF
1888 Mr. Samuel Robertson, his father,
is the first assistant His other assistants
are j. W. Atwood and Chas. Burgoyne.
Mrs. Robertson. the matron, is a very
pleasant and kindhearted lady. Mrs. Bur-
goyne is her assistant. Considerable i'm
provements have been made during Mr..
Robertson's regime Among them can
be mentioned an addition TO the pauper
house, new wagon and hay shed, a
creamery, grape arbor and new well 33
feet deep. Some filling in has been done
in the yard, which makes it much more
even. While speaking of the manage.
ment at the poor farm, we feel like COM
plimenting Mr. Robertson for his eff
cheney and his splendid control of the in
mates, who respect him for his kindness
and inclination to treat them rs well as
possible.
S0CIABILTTY.
But we have almost forgotten the SUI
pervisors heroes of our tale. Twelve
o'clock sharp found them seated around
tables groanlng with savory dishes pre-.
pared by the good matron and her assist.
ants. But we have neither time nor spat
to tell of this bouutiful spread nor the
length of time the supervisors remained
at the festive board Dinner over, the
remaining hours of our stay was spent il
various ways. The croquet ground,
lured few of the experts with the bal
and mallet. Others sat around in the
shade of some tall tree and took it easy
The scribe was not in any such luck AT
ter making a complete tour of the build
ings and getting a square meal, he wa:
hustled off over several fields and fence,
by Supervisors Martin and Barton ht
thermometer registered 9S in the shad,
at the time-to look at the enc
Of the poor house sewer. The tile haC
been extended about $50 feet this sorin!
through large hill 1t is placed twclv
feet from the surface, and empties into
large ditch. Ii is now much more ser
viceable than heretofore After viewin.
several fields of corn and oats AID gettin!
his opinion upon their condition, thu
scribe was allowed to return IN time /,
sit for picture. which Thos. \. Downs
the landscape photographer Of Rock Isl
and. was about to take In order to loo
more fa.herly, Supervisors Martin an,
Burial each secured baby, but the lat
ter gentleman could not hold his charg,
with the grace of a daddy" and we ar
afraid his position will mar the beauty o
the picture. Before leaving, tende
epistle from one of the female inmate
directed to supervisor from the uppc
end of the county, was handed to anothe
member, who delivered it to the prope
person on the way home. 1t has nc
been furnished US for publication yet.
The entire party was conveyed back t,
the depot at Coal Valley few moment
before Jack Auld's train came tbunderin
in. The return trip was made withol
incident.