Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-03-17
Communication.
MoALIsTERvILE, March u,


MoALIsTERvILE, March II, 1886.
We were all in a hubbub yesterday over
the visit of Governor PAttison, and three
friends. While we were all glad to see him
and honor the Governor as ..the power that
be-" We could have enjoyed the visit
great deal more if We could have felt that
il was IN fact a hearty visit instead ofs pry
ing investig alton into the affairs of the Sol
dIer's Orphans School. What went the
Governor out to see a reed shaken by the
wind, by the wind of John Norris, Of the
Philadelphia Record. Norris is no barba-
man, who has band box palitial office In
the Record building, from which exquisite
ly finished point, he measures all humani-
ty, he is a sort of kid glove measurcr of
the every day affairs oc the human family.
What else but a sneer and unfavor45le crit
icism could DC expected from such sweet
scented idealistic exquisite coming from the
expensive surroundings Of a millionaire en-
ployer 10 the barbaric plain surround
ings, and plain fair, and plain clothing of a
Soldiers Orphans School. With sucu an
idealistic exquisite as Norris for the polar
star, it would take level headed Governor
to keep from psrtaking OF the criticisms of
the guide. A Governor who lives in PAL
ace, furnished by the state, on salary of
$40 600 a year, with costly surroundings,
when taken to the plain surroundings OF
Soldiers Orphans School, where the boys
and girls al of such an age, that they would
rather mske mud pies than look at the pic
lures of the Governors of the state, or run
over the beds IN their sleeping departments
than walk on the so II carpets of the Execu-
tive chambers, must be more of a
common sense man than an exquisite
to catch the true difference be-
tween rich surroundings and the pIainness
that exists everywhere in the every day
walks OF the people. The fathers of the
orphan children lived amidst such surround
ings, they died amidst plain surroundings,
and TO measure the worth By the richness
| or plainness of their houses, furniture,
clothing, food, beds and bath tubs, would
| be farce on common sense aud merit.
The gcntleGen Of the press that accompan-
| led the party of the Governor, waited till
they reached Harrisburg, from which to
send their highly co!Ored reports of the WIS.,
it to the daily press. The stereo;yped re-
marx. about falling plaster was part of their
/ report. 1t is a wonder that they did not OBJ
| iect to plain white wash and SEQ ID because the
ais were not frescoei and hung with pic
! lures, regardless of the fact that the aver
age boy, under sixteen years OF age, would
any time rather make caricature with mud
paint on 4 psrlor wall than sit down aud
| iu admiration look upon the faest picture
or look upon the trescoed painting. The ster-
/ eotype bath tub objection was part OF the
report. 1t is Just probable that John Nor
ris is so far removed from barbarian habits
and is such an utterly exquisite that he has
not yet learuetthe fact thaijrore than eighty
per cent. of the people of the Republic do
not ba;he their whole BODY once in wear.
/ 1t is boped that John and the Governor vii
not faint when they read this frozen fact.
tn, Attorney General Cassidy seems TO be
more \ man of affairs than John. He does
not measure the world by the narrow lin
I its of uerfumed band bGx surroundings. lie
was along bg virtue of his office and repre-
sented the awful majesty of the Law. The
newspaper men we're highly disple ased be-
cause The management OF the school would
not be sworn and show the books Of the con
cern. The common sense of the communi'
ty grssped the situation lns.inctively and de
clare that the mana cement was right in Do'
in the absence of tie proprietor of the
schools. The band serenaded the Governor
on the evening before he left for tho rail-
road. While the people are pleased thai
that the Governor came among them they
are not pleased with the highly colored re-
ports of the affairs of the school that were
sent to The daily press by the journalists that
accompanied the Governor. We who live
here compare the keeping and surroundings
Of the orphans with the keeping aud sur
roundings OF the average people of the val
lev and by the comparison the orphans do
not suffer. With Higbee VIC believe that
ninety-fve per centot the children IN the
schools are better off in the schools than 1t
they were in the homes from which they
came, aud as people We are satisfied that
in no assembly of children or grown peo-
pie of the same number is 1t possible 'c
keep every one, at ail times, exempt IRON
disease, = certain percentage of sickness
must of necessity prevail where ever people
assemble and live in community, aud the
school here has been sIngularly exemp
from much sickness, which speaks well fol
the hygienic management of the school.
FAYETTE.