The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-03-28

HUNTINGTON, March 22-[special.l THE
Huntington county infrmary is under re-
publican management. d. D. Kingsley, an
inmate tells what he saw in room ~ as fol-
lows:
Lord such a sight never witnessed in my
lie. The bed bugs liked 20 carry me off before
"orning. Next night took my bed tick and
on the floor. Bugs were so plenty around
l could shovel them up from of the floor.
are are cracks in the walls up stairs in these
rooms where / could run good sized kit
r. into, and out Of these the red bed bug is
: oking as soon as Jack Frost leaves. but he is
Tossession of the bed that has no wings, which
J commonly called grey backs, or lice.
and this Is the way that visitors are
Odwinked:
hey are shown up stairs through the dormo-
les look into the rooms which are swept and
rnished by Tom Carey, q man who should not
in there al all. This man puts q white spread
-tr the beds for blind. OF course they are
nice to be seen, but behold what is under
attn. Old dirty bed quilts, with cotton bat
ng, some cows hair or other stuff mixed up
and formed in round balls in the corners of
them. OF course, there may be 8 few exceptions.
Visitors are not allowed 70 see Henry Burdine's
bed, up stairs, filed with lice under the white
with lice, nor old man Tricks bed, filed with
lice, a man whose guardian pays, / am told,
$3.50 per year for his board.
the name OF, believe, Mr.. Lubecke, and an
other gentleman. Garretson showed them all
around every place-it was on Sunday, tOO-but
he never showed them all the shirts that lay on
the hen coop in the yard. filed with lice which
had come off the paupers backs that very same
day.
Then follows a description OF the con-
nition and treatment of some of the in
oates:
Let visitors look at old man Postin back OF
Re stove, in his ninety-sixth year. This man, 1
n take my oath, had his pants soiled every
81 during my time here, and longer, as he is
most unable to walk, and never got change
pants but once, and then / had to speak
oOut him myself. Look at crazy John Cum
siiugham, who, all the cold winter, never had a
bit OF unde clothes on him OF any kind, but
With his skin exposed through old torn Jeans
pants and coat with no vest st all and often
times out in the cold bringing in wood; Look
not stitch OF any kind of clothing on but one
old garment OF blue drilling. They say she will
tear them of. Well, if she does what is the use
in getting bed-tick filed with straw and put
ting it in her cell the day before the grand Jury
comes, and then the balance OF the time let her
lay on the boards and wallow in the mire after
that mad house ont every Saturday, aud when
poor Caroline would be shifted into another
cell where there was an old bed.tiek and some
old quilts the poor creature would lay down and
cover up. That looks as IL she would tear them,
doesn't 1t? Look at our cook, Sally King, who
cooks here for thirty-three all told, or more, &C.
from the state insane asylum as incurable. she
carries in her own wood and her own water to
cook with. / have seen that woman walk in
and out this winter to the wood pile carrying
in wood and around the pump carrying water
IN her bare eet on ice.
Mr.. Kingsley wants to know what be-
comes of all the butter. He says: 81 had
the job of milking the cows myself this
winter, and could safely say from eight
to ten gallons OF milk daily was MIXED.
Now, during four months and one week to
date, March 10, / only saw butter set on
the table three times and then no one
could scarcely eat it, for it was aim 1st as
strong as imberger cheese
The republican manager Of the inhrmary
sees that the paupers vote the republican
ticket, and with this point Mr.. Kingsley
concludes as follows:
want to let the people know how Mr. Garrett
SOL voted the pauDers at our last state and
county election. One Peter May, an INN ate
here, told me personally that he voted the re
publican ticket and Mr.. GarreSton got him a
ten dollar suit Of clothes aud, said he you will
get the same next fall il you vote the same
And I an told he wanted John Kerns, from
near Markle, to vote the republican ticket aud
he would get him q new suit OF clothes ais D.
These things every person here knows to be
true He got Pete May the suit at Leopold
Levy's. / have seen the clothes myself. Fur
thermore men come in here viii say three
aud four days and a week preceding election
no matter where they come from, II il was the
HArkansaw traveller" Garreston would run
them down TO the polls and vote them. Is thai
legal voting / say not, and would venture tC
say the suit OF clothing that was given old Peter
to vote the republican ticket will be put in or
GarrestOns Quastely report to the commission
ers, and the county pay for it.