The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-03-21

amounts paid lOr llelT lalAtSnAACes /
Also the names OF all persons removed
70 other institutions for medical treat |
ment and teaching. We, also, submit an |
account Of the repairs made, description |
ofthe buildings, aud condition Of the |
farm, products Of the same, materials |
made and manufactured, improvements
made and added, as well as all other
items which may be Of interest Of the |
Court, Grand Jury. and the public.
All Of which is respectfully submitted |
and certified this 3O.h day Of December, |
1893.
Attest WILLIAM DICkEY,
L.C. Colborn JOSEPH l. MILLER, /
Clerk. JOSIAH D. WEIGLE,
Directors ofthe Poor. |
In presenting 70 your Honorable Court, 1
the Grand 81 ury, and citizens Of Somerset |
County this, the 45d Annual Report Of |
the Home for the Poor, Il is with feelings
Of gratitude TO Him who doeth all things
well,r' for the peace and prosperity Of
the Home, and the fact that neither
calamity in any form or contagious dis
eases we're visited upon the inmates.
We are mindful ofthe important duties
weoxe 10 the public and are charged with
the performance Of 8 high public funet-
ion and trust. We are also mindful that
these duties are 10 be performed to the
interests Of the public, economically, but
not pa-simoniously, faithfully and pru-
deully, but not forgetfnl Of tie purposes
for which the system we represent was
created
Our chiefeare is towards the unfortu-
mates committed to our charge. It should
be done, not grudgingly, but cheerfully
and literally. Certainly all humane and
light-ninded men want the poor OF our
community well taken care Of and above
sill humanity treated. Poverty which
brings 10 the Poor House, is sometimes
the result Of crime and ill-spent life It
is always misfortune, and while the
subjects themselves are sometimes to be
blamed, they are always to be pitied.
The aged, the sick, the imbecile, the
helpless, whatever the cause Of their con
dition, should be humanity cared for,
this can only be done by tie selection Of
proper persons to have charge Of them
not only skillful and thrifty managers
and good farmers, but also men and wo-
men Of gentle manners and kindly hearts.
During the past year, being Columbia
year all the nations ofthe earth were gath
cred on our hospitable shores, and the
glories that blazed around our free insti-
tutions ELECTED the applause, admiration
and wonder ofthe civilized world, and
viii be recorded in history as one Of the
most notable anniversaries and events
the world has ever witnessed. We are
proud Of our institutions and boast ofthe
great and grand provisions Of our laws
for all classes and conditions Of men, we
love our free institutions for their inesti-
mable value, and for the rich fruits Of
liberty, security and prosperity which
they dispense over the whole country
We love them vet more for the glorious
men who moulded them into stre ngth
and beauty and through many years of
hard fought battles in field and Senate,
exerted every nerve of body and all Of
the energies other great minds, at the
expense Of ease and fortune and at the
peril Of their lives to sustain and defend
them. As We venerate those men on &C
count Of their rich inheritance they have
transmitted 10 Us, so We venerate the in
heritance more highly on account Of the
illusirious donors. Their wisdom, elo-
quence and virtue, still survive them and
prove a rich legacy to their posteriiy.
The people Of our county feel proud OF
the provisions that have been made for
the poor and take q great interest in the
welfare Of the Home. But while we be-
lieye thsta large majority ofthe citizens
ofthe county uphold and approve the
lob0rs ofthe directors in the management
Of the Home and care OF the poor, there
is in the minds of some a suspicion felt
towards the management Of this institu-
tion. The extent Of their walls and the
mysteries they held in the common i'm
aginstiOn, the sensational and extraya-
CANT stories, scandals and falsehOods,
which disappointed applicants for posi-
ton ard discharged inmates are 50 apt
10 utter, are often taken up and rep eat.
ed by TOO anxious persons who are ready
and willing TO stir up strife without as
certaining or stopping 10 inquire Of the
truth Of the same.
We are aware that the management is
not altogether perfect, but have striven
IN the exercise Of our best judgment TO
do the best for those in our charge and
the management Of the Home and in the
Performance Of our duties.
We return our thanks 70 the citizens
who have visited the Home and encour-
aged Us by their counsel and advice in
our labors and We take this opportuni-
iy 10 invite all persons interested in the
welfare ofthe Home to visit it and make
such suggestions that would be for the
common benefit Of all, and earnestly hope
that this report may be accepted With
tie same generous feeling that our for
mer reports have received.
BUILDINGS.