The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-03-10

right. Expressions of disgust were
heard from the party as they emer-
ged into the bright sunlight The
next place visited was the lavatory
where it was seen how 1S4 boy
wash at trough and 1S4 faces are
wiped on four towels. The towels
could have stood alone in corner.
The Attorney general, on comment
Ing on this, said absolutely man
can't appreciate what this is until
he sees it.
DIRTY DoRMIToRIEs.
Then the party made their way to
the dolmitories. This was task IN
itself, as the narrow stairway was
hemmed in by the sloping roof, and
the officials were doubled up before
they got to the top. AS the reached
the top stair they instinctiveiy rush
ed for the windows and threw them
up. The air was foul and fetid
Governor Pattison walked over TO
one of the beds and turied up the
clothing. The cover on the scsnt
straw bolster and the sheets were
dirty, foul-smelling and stained.
Pooh Bah Sherb:n said the sheets
were changed every two weeks. Tie
Governor took possession OF a sheet
and bolster as witness for future ex-
animation. There were 50 beds for
1856 boys two weeks ago. Now there
are 92 beds for 1S4 boys. Things
have been changed. las the attendants
acknowledged uuder oath.
In room by the lavatory was
kept the cast off clothing Of the
boys, hung up to air two weeks ago,
when the boys were given thei
Sunday clothes to wear for every
day. Their new Sunday clothes ar
rived yesterday they should have
been issued in December. The cast
off clothing of those boys is simply
indescribable, tramp would turn up
his nose at it; torn, ragged, dirty,
patched out OF all resemblance to
the original garment. They were
being kept to be issued, the atlen-
dant said, when the boys had work
to DO. The Governor secured suit
for exhibition purposes. 1t would
look well in a dime museum. Oul
in the yard the boys were at play.
The Governor and Attorney general
went among them and learned from
the lads that none Of them wore un-
derclothing. Some of them-those
who entered the school since Sep
tember-wore the cast-off clothing
af the older boys. A little fellow
with shrunken leg walked lame
toward the party. The Governor
reached down and pulled up the
leg of the little boys trousers. The
cripple's little red-legs were without
any covering but the fappy, wide
trousers. The water closet were
nauseating.
BOY DRUGGISTS AND DOCTORS.
In the sickroom a boy was found
in charge of the infirmary. He dealt
out medicine in the absence or the
physician. The Attorney General
noticed that some of the boys had
sore eyes. He asked one of the
boys the cause. 81 don't know, sir,
answered the lad. THE doctor
hasn't seen them" Further exam
ination revealed the fact that large
number of blue-eyed boys with sore
eyes were treated by one of their
number who carried bottle of eye
wash given him by Sherbin. This
boy dropped the wash into the eyes
of the Others. and they performed
the same service for him. Then b.
put the bottle in his pocket. In the
primary schoolroom fifty children
were found crowded together, and
the only ventilation was from flve
broken window panes. The boys
bathroom is curiosity. 1t is about
ten feet square and contains boiler
for hot water and a miniature bath
tub about eighteen inches wide by
five feet long. Every Saturday the
boys get tubbed. Eight of them
are allowed in the room at time
and ten towels are furnished to the
1S4 boys. That is what MIR. Sher
bin said. The hot-water boiler
would be worked hard to supply
water enough for fifty boys in a day
1t was found that bread anu treaclt
formed chief part of the diet. The
Governor and party returned here
this evening.