Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-10-10
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| "A twenty minutes drive on TIN
road west Of Richland and the prem
ises Of the County poor farm ar,
before you. Saturday we made I
call. and were 90 enamored Of th.
place that there is no cause for sur
prise If the number Of inmates in
crease TO 8,
For why should he spirit Of mortal be SD
when such . palace for the pool
stands with open doors.
When we called, Mr.Anderson, tb,
manager, was away on business but
Mrs. A., the Matron (and she wear,
that crown well) showed us through
the various departments Of tht
home. Before the visitor enters hi
is impressed with the neatness and
general appearance Of the outer
premises; the hastily arranged treel
but shortly set out; the substantial
looking barn and other conveniences
of a well ordered farm.
Going in at the main entrances
the visitor is in the lower hallway,
The first door to the right as you
enter is to the private reception
room Of the management. This is
really a &c: Of apartments commu.
nicating by double doors. (without
the doors it We noted rightly.) This
suite is furnished a. becomes its re.
quirements and is flooded with sun.
light from the east and south.
Across the passage from this room
a. you pass out is the parlor Of the
inmates, we'll lighted and ventilated
and furnished not unlike the apart
ment Of a country gentleman .oi
modest tastes.
Passing out and on the next i'm
portant room is the dining hall with
its kitchen, sink and buttery attach.
ments. Two tables stand in the
dining room tastily spread and COW
cred. This room with its high wes-
tern windows mnst be a beautiful
room to take tea in, affording as it
does a charming picture Of the sun
set west. Everything was neat and
well ordered in the kitchen, and as
we have had q maiden experience
in keeping bachelors hall you will
observe that we speak whereof we
know. There is an immense closet
under the stairway, very convenient
in its way. These are the principal
divisions of the first floor.
Mounting and ascending the
gently rising, broad stairway and
you are in the upper hall. Here
are ten rooms in all, principally
single and double bedrooms. In
the latter are found iron bed-steads
surmounted with strong Springs"
and durable mattresses, clearly COW
cred. These beds are from the soft
side of q "white-oak" plank, and
the experienced commissioners
knew that never a bug could lodge
in these iron frames. On this floor
is the bathroom, reception room
secundus for applicants) supplied
with bath-boat large enough to
wash all the old life away. Here
you can look into the "cell" with its
heavy door, and its lining Of strong
wood work instead of "hard-inish."
Some improvements to increase its
security are to be made here. Take
it all in all Union county may well
feel proud of this institution, and
our henpicked county fathers have
inaugurated an improvement here
that will ever ring to their praise.
The management, as near as we can
learn, is mild though vigorous.
Here where the music of birds new
er dies is a quiet retreat for all aged
and unfortunate souls and here may
they without remorse partake of
the generous bounty Of Union coun-
ty.
Mr.. Nels Tollefson and Miss Jes-
sic Coykendall were married in Elk
Point the first of last week. The
happy couple evidently wished the
and seclusion of love to
spend their honeymoon, but about
q steamboat screw of the verdant
youth did not think so Wednesday
night. When the curtains of night
had fallen, as poets say, the blissful
pair drifting in the elan land Of
dreams were suddenly aroused by
IN unseemly tumult from without.
The groom donned his attire and
went out to see what part Of the
universe had went to pieces. He
took in the situation at once, and
the boys who filed about in the
room with their pieces and looked
hungrily at the groom and smiled
at the bride. As our boys never in
dulge in narcotics and spirits they
would accept nothing from the
groom but a barrel of apples, with
which they satisfied their systems
and carried away full pockets. One
of the party, it is said, will have
dried apples enough for winter use.
May sunshine attend the happy
pair. ADONIs.