The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-10-31
Wisconsin Veterans Home al
Waupaca.

People of Kenosha County have a
direcl interest in this benevolent and
patriotic institution. Citizens of this
county contributed funds sufficient
to build one of the cottages for poor
and disabled soldiers at Wau-
paca. When the proposal for build
ing cottage, it was believed SO pa
triotic' an undertaking would meet
with general favor, and that even
the school children would take an in
terest in such an enterprise. 1t
started off we'll, but contributions
soon after began to come in slowly
and it was feared the patriotic en-
deavor would have to be abandoned.
But few citizens proverbial for
their liberality in all worthy under
takings came to the rescue and the
necessary amount required was
forthcoming. This seeming lack of
patriotism of the people is not men
toned to cast reproach on any one,
but simply as reminder that there
are in the community public spirited
citizens who are ready in such emer-
gencies to render aid. A large num-
Der of persons in the county, male
and female, exhibited their good
will by giving small sums, and
doubtless these as we'll as citizens
generally will be pleased to hear
what has been accomplished at Wau-
paca. Especially will the members
of the Grand Army be interested in
what has been done. The editor of
the Appleton Post has recently visit
ed Waupaca and published state
ment of the history and present con-
dition of the Veterans Home. So
much of this account as space will
allow is published this week in this
paper:
5"The Veterans Home is a little
city in itself, with its pleasant homes,
its assembly halls, and its complete
and perfect systems of water works
and sewage. Before a year shall
have rolled by also, the directors
consider that some general system of
illumination, by either gas or cleo
tricity, will be employed. A more
charming environment for an insti-
tuition of this kind could not be
found anywhere than the Waupaca
Chain of Lakes. If memory serves
us right there are nine of these little
bodies of water, all connected by
winding ways, and none of them over
mile in extreme dimensions and
usually smaller. Their water comes
entirely from springs, and they are
clear as diamond and green as the
wide sea itself. The original Veter-
ans Home property, consisting of
seventy-eight acres of land, one no.
tel building, and half dozen small
cottage was purchased by the city of
Waupaca and decided to the incor-
porators of the Home with the pro-
viso that if the property should ever
cease to be used as a Veterans
Home or for some other charitable
purpose the city of Waupaca should
be entitled to receive back $1,000.
Again, the Legislature at its last SEES
sion appropriated $4,000 to the
Veterans Home for uses and pur-
! poses specified in the act.
"The Wisconsin Veterans Home
has been inspected and approved by
the National Board and placed on
the list of soldiers homes, emitting
the State to $1oo year for each
man maintained in the Home. The
present number of inmates is shown
to be 100, but by the first of next
year, when all improvements now
under way are completed, the Home
will be able to accommodate two
hundred inmates.
GAS remarked ebcve the Veterans
Home is emphatically a little village
in itself. There are half dozen
large main buildings and above thir-
ty cottages, occupying the high roll
ing ground looking out upon Hick' S
lake. Perhaps the most noticeable
of the new buildings is the dining
hall, now nearly completed. The
contract for its construction and
equipment was taken for $500 and
it is truly a most essential and per-