The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-06-17

" says there Is no ventilation anC
drainage and that the stencil is in
'to'erable. That is the testi mony o
all who have visited it. Mr.. Wan
er said he thought it would ruin th'
health of the strongest man in th'
county 10 stay there any length o
time. There is no doubt of that, bu
yet the management of the Infrmary
has not only quartered paupers
there that were in comparatively
good health, but have brough,
sick people to this noise
some place where they have died.
Mrs. Red would have died If left in
the main building. no doubt, but
the question is just this: Did not
that woman deserve better treat
ment than she received ? Had she
not in her lifetime contributed
enough to the poor fund Of this
county to have insured her a decent
bed on which to die? We think
so.
The county Infirmary is certainly
costly enough. If We look at 1t
from that standpoint the inmates
ought 10 live laxuriously. But
then again there is evidence against
that. The best Of everything that
is raised on the farm it is .aid to
comes to the merchants in this
place; while the inmates were de-
MED butter, that same article of
commerce was brought to this city
and sold right along.
Why is this so' 1t is not the
design of the law that it should be.
II this way of doing business would
cut down expenses, there might be
some excuse for it. But it don't
seem to do it. And that is one
pbaze OF the subject that will after
while need some attention. Anything
is good enough for the poor! That
sentiment is often voiced by people
that stand we'll in the world. Wheth,
er it has been adopted by the man.
agement of the 1nfirmary we cannot
say, but this much is scertaln'y true,
that if they have not, some force of
has driven them
into practices that give out that
impression.
1t is said by visitors to the Poor
House that they could discover
nothing wrong at that place; very
likely. You may take the dirtiest
ragamuffin that runs the streets
and give him the means and time.
and you will think HIM the flest
gentleman in the land. One that
never knew what DIRT was. MIR.
VIM. Waner was at work at that
place when no committees or visit
ors were expected and he said
he could not look In any ::direc-
tion without seeing something to
sicken him. Mr.. Waner is not the man
that would distort the facts in this
and there is not a man in
the county that will dare contradict
what he has said.
He said he thought there was no
at the Infirmary and
gave this as q single Instance:
A simple boy vomited. "He
was soused all over with a bucket
Of cold water and scrubbed down
with broom"
That boy had q trusty friend in
Jesus. We leave this subject with
our readers. The management says
We have lied in our assertions. We
have brough: tho proof. We be-
ieve humanity to be part of good
and think We have the
better class of people with us on this
point, aid appeal to them if t his es.
,ential is not lacking at the Infrm
ary.
We have charged gross neglect
,i duty in Office, specifying the death
of Mary Burns by starvation; the
treatment of Mrs. Red on her death
bed in the pest house the almost
constant absence from his post of
luty of the Supt.. as shown by his
presence in Logan, MT less than fvo
lays every week!
We charge birbarous, inhuman,
legal treatment of the inmates, as
'hown by his own admission that
lie himself whipped three; by the
estimony of others. not denied and
BILE, that he permitted a
'razy boy to be tormented and beat.
m by his keeper; that he took a
Hub and numerically beat a poor
I'D blind woman.
If we hav. not made out a case of
nismanagement, which is disgrace
iul to the county, ard which de
nands change, We have more
too horrible to tell unless
he protection of the wretched poor
demand it.
Our case IS before the jury of the
,eople.