The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-12-16


winter some other room in the
house had to be used. We think 1t
would be wise to provide desks for
the school room, or at least for such
children as are old enough to take
up the study of writing. There
should also be moro books provided
THIS institution is presided over
by irs. Nelson. and her assistant,
Mis- Wolfe. The Malron reparts
twenty eight inmates Nine gir.s
and nj' eteen boys, all of whom are
enjoying goo.i health. The childien
lonkcd well and clean. Their cloth
Ing. we think. should he heavier
The reception of strangers by the
children, world impress one that
they are we'll treated and under
proper restraint. They greeted US
respectfully, bat without any show
of fear. There was n noticeable ab-
sence of that hunted look that
shadows the faces of i'll treated chill
dren. There is no teacher at the
home at this time. Alice Taylor, a
cripple girl and au inmate of the
Home, devotes three or four hours
of each day 10 the instruction of the
children. She is bright child, and
wields good influence over tho
children, but her age, and the ad-
vantages she has herself enjoy ed,
will not permit her to give them the
training and knowledge they would
receive from n more matured mind.
a competent teacher should be pro
vided and at once. With a family
of twenty eight children, the duties
of the Matron and her assistant,
must necessarily be arduous. The
Matron informed us that with the
limited help it was very hard work
10 keep things in order. A fourth
assistant could be used to a gond
advantage and should be furnished
the institution. Five of the twelve |
cows on the Infirmary farm are
milked at the home. Like the In
firmary, provisions have been made
for the winter in the way of veget |
ab'es. &c.
Regarding the safeguards against
fire, we can but recite all that has
beer said OF the InfirmarY. There are
absolutely none. If there should be
a fire in the corridors of the build
ing, the only way of escape for the
Matrons and children, would be to
jump from the windows. This
would be dangerous, and might re-
suit in great loss of life. Some
adequate means of escape should be
provided. We would recommend
a fire extjnguisher for this building
and thorough instruction of per-
sons in charge how to use them
In leaving these institutions, We
would add. they have the appear
ance of places where economy is
the ruling idea. ard The comforts OF
the inmates an afterthought. There
should be, we think, a proper show
of economy, but it should not over
shadow the comfort of the uniortu
nate inmates.
On our visit to the Jail we were shown
through the building Dy Court Conssa--
BILE Gage. There are l6 cells. 8 in the
first and S in the second story. The
Jail is kept clean and the beds and the
bed clothing clean and comfortable
Three men awaiting trial were in the
all during our visit. They were in
good health. The building is SO arran-
,ed tina. the corridors can be well ven.
ilated. There is one evil that should
Je corrected. The poisonous case; that
,risc from the priyy vaults under the
all, have no way of escape except
through the openings in the corridors
The stencil from this cause is intoier-
.ble. This place has been a subject
f comment for nearly every Grand
ury thai has been.in session in the coun
Y for four or five years, and we insist
hat the time has long since passed when
he proper authorities should have done
omething to remedy the evil. There is
plan under discussion now that We
hink is a good one. 1t is proposed to
ig a vault outside of the north wall OF
he building and to enclose it with walls
qually as heavy as those OF the jail
Door ways will then be cut through
ne north wall of the Jail. By following
MS plan we believe.it viii be possible
, destroy all traces of the baleful exu-
ations that now make the building so
nwholesoue.
Ample veutilators could be run from
ie top of the building down into the
auits ut comparatively little cost, AID
seems strange that even these simple
evices have not been adopted long be-
,rc this time. We insist that some
ling be done in this building at once.
J in its present condition, it endangers
le lives of the persons incarcerated
lere, and may cause serious sickness
nong the other occupants Of the build
e.
The prison of the village Of Logan is
the east end OF the building now used X
: the fire department of the town. 1t :
insists OF a single room in which are
ur iron cages. The room is kept
can, and as there are no vaults under
anu the VcntlIatiOn cXcellent, II l5 r
,ssible to keep the atmosphere puro l
I'd sweet. Connected with the prison
large yard where impecunious
isoners work out the fines imposed
the Mayors Court, on stone pile =
one corner of the yard is work
use where the prisoners are taken in
Id or wet weather. The building is
divided with good board floor and
comfortable. This prison we consid-
in good condition. Believing tha:
e institutions of the county have not
d do not receive the attention that is
e them, as we have set forth in this I
port, we are IS
Respectfully Yours, &
MRS. l.. j. LITTLE.
MRS. ANNIE GREEN.
S. II. BRIGHT.
W. II. MCCLINTOCK.