The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1892-12-01
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GF THE
Visiting Committee.

\ loAssU 0ulAlll1IsISs-
! To the Honorahl. Ju,-., III the Court ofCon-
mon Piras of Hooking C"unty, uti":
| Your committee appoi Id to inspect the
county, visited the Jliiiuien's Home, The
| County lntirmary, THE Jail and the Village
| Lookup, on Tues;.ay. Sepiem her 6 ard beg
| lehve L. submit the following uS their report
%; the coniitIol in which they found sail il
| stituii' ms. together with >uch Improvements
as i'll The Judgement ot your comm lite. are
| necessary Ia the welfare Il d comfort of the
| inmates OF th-Sp = IT reat places.
Tue Chil''se..s tome WIS iiist iusperte'. :.
| Here we lnund everything i. very GOOD Z" :
| ditl,i,, reatpe-s AMI cle.,niines. prevli:ei
/ In all OF its del artmentS and we h we no
| criiIcisihs to t1 Ike ou the mana e,nent 80
far as 1Iie ma on a?t; her h,ip re concerned.
| We uOtice tn,t M IN. ri t!,.. suggestions
| m ,,,e by this me cOmnIiitre i'll u former
| report, have Hetl, 'Grried out Hn" fiie bul d.
Jug uut in a L. uch better condition than it
was our pr .viOus visit.
| There ale SOME tiingSye that need to he
| done, nd to these ALI especial attention.
A paved walk sh 'ul, by ali menns, he lai'i
| frI m the dweliin to the nub hons-., so that
| during wet, muddy weather the INN lies ai:d
| al co.tnet ieJ with the home cOuli so to the
| ont building without getting inlO The mn
| In the ''iuiuc room cha;r> >hoult he subiti-
| tuted Tor The ruut. beaches there i'll u>e. and
| wire screens should he placed in all III win
4 dOws and doors, so that in warm weather, the
| fii-s which seetne;t to have swarned there,
| could .e ktp' ont. cellar should he placed
\ under the wash house, i'll winch Ia store all
| vegetables ami fruit. thus avoi'iing the TiorS
| that arise irOiu these Things whea stored III
| the cellar directly ut'ier tiI- home.
Winter Is now coming ~. ana we feel that
| W. inus' 'g'tin call attention to the heat
4 ing Oi this uuiid.us. 1Ee most of these in
| mutrs are small chIlireu, and i'll extremely
| cold we'th sr they unst suff r to !, greater or
less degree in the cold sleeping rooms they
| have To occupy. True, they .,re well provi'ied
| w.th lair Deus anu Abundance of comforts
am; other spreads, which no doubt keep them
comfortable while Ia he'd, nni to compel
these little pc 'ple tn stand oc these ice cO.t
| iO,rS brreiOoted, while prep .ring for bel
| ana while dressing i'll the III ,riis, iS Il mis-
take that should he corrected rs soon as pos
81 ole. a modern system Di heating should
b. adOptesi by means Oi which every part uf
| the DuIliiuS could ne heated and JnuS the
COMFORT OF ali su,serret; what that should
| be whether 81 cam, not W iter or turHaca, We
| leave the authorities 10 decide, but we do
| ur-e, that one OF these be put III, Not 10 DO
81 is false economy AMI Il sacrifice OF the
| comfort Gf those uniO tunates WIN have Do-
| come subjects Of official care In the home.
| v q should again al att .'ntion to tne edit
cation OI these chill treu This We fei Is be
| ins in 4 great inr:tsur. ;..E ecLe /. irue, we
| did not SubjrC. them TO an tex ,ninttion bat
| from the uI>ence of many of thc necessary
i,cilitIeS for successful scnO~l WORK, We jul 1e
{, 1T tuis hi Il ter is not rec.-Iy nB propei at
| ientiui.. Tle school rjOIn SiiOuiu he supplied
| with mouern desk, abti GOO. ID ,ac. nu,r',s
| should Ire place; on The wallis, thus enabling
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,it. so TO the reatest advantage These ciiiI-
| iren are ent tieu to all the privileges Oi an
education, that ti':n more Or, uIi.'t tr brother
may have, hen.'e Those who ior the tim nave
charge Of them, ate iailin. in t,itir .tuIX il
/ they no not provide thein with every facility
| ior their adrauceme I. We un'i' rSttitd that
i,v some kid Ot leg ,Slatfve manipulate IA the
| la fiji mary trustees San draw ouiJ from the
| state school iunu Tor the education of lheSe
ciiiidfeh an. are moi entitled 10 any share 81
| tn, township scsiuUi fu;,d la wnlch tn' home
| til,, -tI.t "
-uu,ce froT which the authorizes en- get
| iii.imey l., pay Ia teacher, aiid tilS 'ioeS iot
| :, lord e.'iUu,,h To .i,aD4e thein tu employ a
reguiat t-,ic.i, r. Hence ,heS are conpe. ied
| To inise te Che o: lii. inijron a,i.i ptS a'-r
| u higher >aiiry per we K. mt frqui"c '.sr IL
| telcu until the aidit.o.sti st.tr3 ,.t-r w es
| exhaust the ,,nIoant ir .su ron ihr -tile
| >cilp :un', a> abpV+ st,e ! THIS 81 I IL II
| should ne 1t ill Ii IL -aii 'i,..l .,inp'il,. III
a.oliey nUs bt Se:nr-d .'ny ieSiti .:s.i te
| way from iui':s belonging to t:ir nuhi,, De
tition should ID presented 10 iii'. 4e-iSi itute
| 1t lis coming SeaSiu,. ior AN appropriation
| sufficient to meet all w.intS In ths irectiou.
| Good papers IRE gre L e'itic.,i rs tn.; We
suggest that such pa aptIs is t'te uuth s Com
| parion ami HaTper's Young People ~ PLACED
| IN the hands Oi the Oler children, ami fne
Nursery, or some other paper of equal merit,
| for the smaller o;,eS. TIE also II BOOK c-'Se
| or library should be placed III the schoul
room. in which the books and papers eoui,i
be kept when not III use. This We think al
| most ih,ii >pensible.
| Leaving Inc home we next visited the in
[ drmary DGiluln.S anu Inspected Item.
| Superintendent Keller was away ut the
| time Ot our visit, but we We're nIet Oy his tx
| celient wife. who occupies the responsible
position OF NJ ,tron "i the Institution, ana by
her piiOted through al. Its various depart
| mentS. evidences of tbou=htiul aru thor
| Oush care on the part "f Eo,n Superintend-
, ent and Matron were to ae Seen on all sites.
| In'ired we can hardly Set how any lmprov, :.
| ment can MATE by tneiu with the appl =
| ..ices on hund ana under The circumstances
| by which they are surrOuutei
| lr,,x.,,,,..I ti,n r,,,,nS ba,.S he,I,,jnD
and clothing provided DN the authorities fOf
the inmates and fOunti every thing i'll good
| sla pe, except - to the apartments. which
| the InmIl occupy as sleeping rooms. In
| number OI these the pitsiefi,-s has h'cO.ue
| cracked ana broken, the wood work hts
shrunk aw'.y from the pas,-,ing, leaving
.ie:,I cracks which let in great deal nj cold
| air, nd which have als., become the nesting
Place OF veriilin, that c:'iiuot he easily dis
| lod sed. We suggest thai these broken places
| III the plaster, and cracks aud cr-viceS In Tie
| walls ne thoroughly SOue over with some
! kind OF insect destroyer and hen re-p.ast r.
| ed. The comfort OF the iuni.t,es will Thus lie
greatly enhanced and the laDors of those
| IL charge greatly |; sSOne,i. After Il tbOrOu-h
| inspect Oh of The inside we mex. passed 10
| the outside OF the building. Here just at
| D. eSent every thing Was In c'InfiS'''n, owing
| L. the improv enrnt the aui uihOrit:es are m k
| lug to the building, and by the WHY much
| n.vde one. Iii order tOgive more light and
mir to the basement UarI Of the building.
| which has always been dark aud damp, the
| authorities !ound it iiecceN>;,ry I" mhne an
area " y about four feet in width ant; eIt,nd-
| lag III ueplh lille beiOw tile Ounsl;.tiOn
| OF the huil.iiig. For this i'm irOveniept tn,
tuii critics deserve greet cieuit ;,s II wiltadd
| Greatly To The coI:l io.t anu conveniehce -.
| managers ami ium :feS TnH p.1 cft':'i :n>
| W. have 20 make ale. that the a'ene
| wi. dOwS are ',H cut down., III ~ ''Iea
| W ~. spoken of faDove, WIS III ide two or
| thie.' feet wider. aud also eXieiIei niong
| the ives; sd. of the minute Kitchen. But
two uf these mist 'Kes ca easily be rene iic;'
yeI, that is the le.itii-n:ns ri the wi"'t"wS
| X Il the exlentiOn ct the .x:tvatinn p It tie
| inmates kitchen, and we urs- tn,tt both be
| done.
! We roiiced that m facilities have rs yet
! been provided tor bathing purposes, but
since M k.ug visit We h ,vt. been III
/ formed that steps have been ken 10 do 81
| in the neal iutuie. For IhiS WE are he"rtliy
gl:,.i AMI the o'ly susge'tl"" we ht.e To
| mak- l.. don't mi up anS tfnipoF ;ry Struct-
| ure. Let whatever Is uone i'll this direction
be in"iern in style and Of the best that can
| be Obtain.a'.
| In lee .r,l to heating both the iufirmary and
| home. we must say tn 1t We think the auth.
| oiilieS are not AZ enterpris1ng III as tain Ill
4 Ia duty as they should be. Heating such IN
| stitutiOns with stoves WIS all right 20 Or 10
! years ago but in tGis adyanced age is GER
tainly behind the times We here again
urge that some better method of ii'aiinG be
| placed In both these institutions soon as
possible. To hesitate to tio il on account oil
the expense is mistaken economy.
After completing our inspection of the In :
firmary, We returned to The village and Wis
tied The county jail. Here we innnd the
sheriff having the first story whitewashef
and thoroughly clt aned uo- From what we
could see We have y doubt that I'll y iiiStitu-
tiun, in the main Ii. rs " ell kept as II can be
in its present condition. We notice th.t no
cha, ge has been m'de in the ~ OF ventil-
alton, and as this matter has been call 'd to
the attention of the authorities SO frequent
", we have about concluiied that IL Is use
less to refer to it again. W. do think. how
ever, tn something snoulA he done. Sutely
thos.. who of necessity have ID be iucnrcer-
| ated herr. have some rights that should he
| respected. We deprive men of their free!
because Of tteir NiOlition Oi law, but this
docs rot give those in au' hority the right t,
treat them cruelty. and surely 10 conpcli
criminals to breathe the inul odorS ar-iu-
| from the cess pool, for weeks and sonetIihes
months in succession. is grave mi>;a>r.
From the jail we went Ia the vlll.'ge lock
up and wora house. Here. we ar. ntppy L,
say, WE fount no Occup ,ilts. AMI so far as We
could Sc, nothing to cIiticisr.
This compleie'i Onr Inspection OF ih'
county and village benevolent aud penal in
stitutioms, and W. have to sly in eonciu.io.
that we IRE fairly well satisfied with th.i
con'iitiOD.
| In rvgn ri to the superintendent and matrnI
OF tile iDfirmary and the ma;ron OF the h"ni'
| we feel that they are well fitted Tor the posi-
tions they occupy, ANA surely the tuthnrile
do themselves ere lit Iiy rettiniH" them.
| Or the officers vino h we the genera mnu
agement and control OI these iusttt tutiotiS. W.
have TO say, that wn1ie they do not atw v
! move as quickly in the lin. OF making 1i:i
pruyemrnts as we may think they should
yet they are going forward, and we belie>
Tint in a they do, they have the GeS