The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-11-25

OlbIk pays lot uTuRS pG0 ~, ana Is
charged with being extraVagsnt. Is
this true when you compare 1t with
9th " counties. The medical member ia
certainly mistaken. congratulate my.
self and the taxpayers of Stark county
that 1t did not cost more, as | think lt is
an indication that we live In a good
healthy county, or that good sanitary
condition is maintained, or that great
care was taken In the dealing out of
drugs to the inmates of the institution.
will leave this to the Judgment of the
good people Of Stark county, whom the
medical member long since should have
learned are not easily fooled.
The medical member takes this OpD0T-
tunlty also to give some instructions TO
the In6rmsry Directors as to their duties.
He suggests that proper medical treat
ment should be provided In order to re-
store health Or remove disability. By
this he evidently wants the taxpayers 10
understand that the. money paid DR..
James Fraunfelter is lost and that his
services are Of no account, and that the
InfirmaTy Directors erred in employing
DR.. Fraunfelter, physician who stands
at the head Of the medical profession In
Serk county.
"a close examination should be made
on entering, Of the physical and mental
condition Of every pauper as we'll as Of
his or her personal history and this re
corded in book kept for that purpose.
The legal settlement Of pRupers should
be sCrutinized In order that dependents
belonging to other localities may be
transferred to the care of friends or the
proper authorities"
Why, bless your medical soul, this is
exactly what the statutes require of the
Inhrmary Directors and Superintendent
and Is what they are doing every day
but IN all your wisdom you meant 10
convey to the taxpayers the idea that
these officials either did not know what
the statutes required of them or that
they were not doing their duty. Why
not call the attention of the Trustees
and Superintendent to their dutiesP or
the Sheriff to his duty or the different
prison keepers In the county to their
duties2 Why single out the Inflrmary
officials, have you found anything
crooked about their businessp If so
please name 1t. No, my dear medical
member and ex-Superintendent Of New
bury asylum, you are at one Of your
characteristic schemes.
The medical member has modified his
demand In reference to the annual feast
considerably since his communication
to the Repository last year. He at that
time was not willing that the inmates
should have any turkey, but since a
number Of local papers in northeastern
Ohio manifested surprise that there was
man so mean In Canton as to want to
deprive the poor and unfortunate in
mates of the InhrmaTy Of little seven
cent turkey, when beef costs about the
same, he has changed his mind and is
willing that the inmates, Superintend-
ents and Directors may have turkey If
they want 1t. Thank you doctor; don't
like turkey and would be very glad to
be rid Of the annoyance and trouble at
tendant with feast, but 1t has been
custom for these many years and
as q time much enjoyed by
the poor unfortunate trustees,
and l am told that even the medical
member has frequently erjoysd these
occasions very highly and who ever
before has heard his voice raised against
these feasts in all these twenty-five
years that they have been giyenp Why
not ask them to be abandoned at the
Children's HOmep Simply because the
medical member does not feel very
friendly to the In6Fmary officials is the
reason be undertakes to convey the idea
to the Taxpayers of Stark
county that extravaganza is
lndulged In, 1t may perhaps be
In order before long to give the reason
for the learned medical members un-
friendliness towards the Infrmary
officials. Perhaps 1t might improve
things considerably IL the Infrmary
directors would employ certain medi
cal member as physician to the Infirm-
ary but this will not do as the Board cf
Health Of the city of Canton might
want to employ him next year and to
thrust too many honors upon him might
work an injury to his ponderous medi-
cal mind. Yours most respectfully,
j. W. PoNTIUs,