The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-03-17
MT. Joy INVESTIGATION,
GOV. PLFTlSOE AND HIS COMMITTEE CON-
fIEUB THE INQUIRY.
Wha was DMFT1d BY The GFEilSnsl TO
tJ-LlulhT CasDtT N SEDSOri Of The
ChsTgS Of MlgllagEEll.

WEsi Was DlSNFdid By The GfEllinA To-
ay-LIulhT CalDtT N SEDSOrt Of The
GAIgS Of MlGlnagsRal.
HARRIsBURG. March 6.--Gov.
Pat.ison this morning continued
his examination Of the charge OF
misanagement at the Mt. Joy Sol
diers' Orphans School. The Cover
nor left Harrisburg at $40 this
morning accompanied by George
Z. Reed. George q. Boyer and
Harry Watson, members OF Port
IS. G. A. r., Of this city. 90 ar
irving at the school those who bad
not vet visited it took look at the
underground play-room, where they
found several liutle fellows cleaning
I'D. The dormitories were found to
be freshly scrubbed. and il was EVIL
dent that the thirteen persons en-
ploved at the school were trying to
earn their s2700 aggregate salaries
Ter year. The Governor also took
occasion to again 90 over the places
that presented the worst aspect last
week. He found that new Gus
tom bad been inaugurated In the
boys wash room-the towels for lo4
hoys are now changed twice a day
Another change remarked was IN
the room wherein hung the cast Oh
garments the foulest and dlrtlest
OF which have been removed.
Where havo they been taken
to?" was asked of one Of the boy
attendants.
10 get washed, " was the reply,
inGmating that they would again be
used.
The visitors were introduced to
Sam Hinkle, who deals out the
medicine. Sam is lad with a par
eunill smile and east 10 his eye.
He said he had three kinds Of salve
tor the bows. One kind he gave the
sore-head boys, the second kind he
used on body sores, and the third 4
mixture be gave the boys who had
the leach h7-he probably meant the
itch
The Governor went into the room
where the clothes were being washed.
Three girls-soldiers dlughtess Of
tender ace-were working away Wig F.
orously IL scrubbiDg boards. They
said thew worked two hours and .
we're then relieved. Four boys in .
this room took turns at working a
msngle, keeping up the fire and fill
ing the boiler with water 10 one
corner was huge pile of dirty
towels, sheets, bolster cases aud
other bed linen" Under the assaults
OF different relays of boys and girls
il was expected that this pile would
be reduced to nH during the day. 1t
was noticeable that soldiers or
phans did all the work. The party
then visited the ironing room, and
when the Governor questioned the
woman in charge as to who did the
ironing, that worthy replied in a
lofty way:
Ny detail of four girls do the
ironing
Are they scholars? asked the
Governor
They are, answered the portly
dame " they are my detail. "
In the play room several little
girls, soldiers orphans, were foun2
on their knees scrubbing the floor.
They looked up in timid sort of
way, but did not cease their work.
A little child of about seven years,
with very sore eyes, sat in midst of
the dampness. She was playing
with a few remnants of toys, and
when one of the party asked what
was the matter with her eyes, she
looked mp shyly and said:
q" They're sore, sir "
The girls bath room is about ten
feet square, containing two small
bath tubs. Some of the window {
panes were broken. The room was :
about twice the size of an Atlantic ]
City bath house room. This apart
ment was also used as a place for
morning ablutions-In fact there I
was 40 other place to wash except
IN the wash room, where the scrub
board and mengle where being
manipulated There are about one
hundred girls in the school. (
How many towels do the girls
get during the day p was asked an
intelligent looking girl.
Two here and two in the wash
house she answered quickly.
In the boys wash room several
boys we're found who had the itch.
One boys hands were all cracked
open and covered with sores caused
by poisonous soap.
While the visitors were going
over the place, they noticed that
new shoes were being hurriedlv is
sued 10 some of the boys. Lieut..
Geo. Z. Reed, who knows a bad
paIr of shoes when he sees them.
having worn pair Of uppers in
Andersonville prison for months,
caught one of the boys taking off
the old shoes and putting on the
new ones. He had no trouble In
securing the old ones. and from the
boy learned that the shoes were
secondhand when issued 10 him.
They were not mates and were full
of holes, so that the snow soaked
through them and kept his feet ,
continually wet Lieut.. Reed !
brought the shoes to Harrisburg
with him.
With the party who went from ,
Harrisburg We're three lsdies tom
the Loyal Ladies League. They
were Mrs. Fisher, Mrs. Bernheisel
aud Mrs Smith, and when they ar
rived At the school they began an ,
examination of the girls apartments ,
and clothing. at the request OF the
sSovernor.
HARRIsBURG. March Ex-Governor /,
Paittson, Acknowledgement Cassidy,
aud John Norris. continued their in. T.
ves,igSiion at the Nj Joy Soldiers
Orphan e Schools yesterday. Dan ,
iel heiniy. a sharp boy, who kept .
an account Of the bill of fare Esom |,
October 1, 1885, up to the present.