The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-03-14

10 EIIE NOlIA aaAAA @t@--
wear ending Dec. 50, 1875.
IT, ae Honoralle, tEe Judges ofa.e C0iiT5 q
Quarter Sezsioas Of dAe Peaos and t's
Grand Jury Of said County:
In compliance with the Sixth Section
Of the act of Assembly approved the
18th day Of April, Isf5, providing for the
erection ofa House Of Employment and
support of the Poor Of said County, the
undersigned Directors herewith respect
fully submit and lay before you their re-
port for the year ending December Slst,
1888, showing the number and sex Of all
persons maintained and employed IN said
House Of Employment and supported
and assisted elsewhere, as well as the
names Of those who have died at said
House Of Employment during the year,
and Of the children by them indentured,
with the names OF their masters, their
occupations and csllings- We, also, here
with submit an account Of all sales, do
nations, deTises, and bequests, and mon
les received By and from them. In ad-
dition to the information required by the
Act Of Assembly the Board Of Directors
herewith furnish under suitable head
ings the names Of those who have been
assisted elsewhere, and also, the chill
dren who we're maintained in private
families under the Act Of Assembly, ap-
proved 18th Of June, 1888, and the
amounts paid for their maintenance,
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, and 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 S0th day Of December, |
1893.
Attest - WILLIAM DICKFY. !
i. c. COlbOrn JOSEPH I. MILLER. /
Clerk. JOSIAH D. WEIGLE.
Directors ofthe Poor. !
In presenting 10 your Honorable Court. /
the Grand Jury, and citizens Of Somerset
County this, the 43d Annual Report Of /
the Home for the Poor, il is with feelings
Of gratitude to Him who doeth all things
vel" for the peace and prosperity Of
the Home, and the fact that neither
calamity IN any form or contagious dis
eases were visited upon the inmates.
We are mindful ofthe important duties
weOwe 20 the public and are charged with
the performance Of high public funct-
ion and trust. Weare also mindful that
these duties are to be performed to the
interests Of the public, economically. but
not ps-simoniously, faithfully and pru-
dently, bat not forgetful Of the purposes
for which the system We represent was
created.
Our chief care is towards the unfortu-
mates committed 10 our charge. It should
be done not grudgingly, but cheerfully
and literally. Certainly all humane and
righi-minded men want the poor of our
community well taken care of and above
all humanity treated Poverty which
brings to the Poor House, is sometimes
the result Of crime and ill-spent life. II
Is always misfortune, and while the
subjects themselves are sometimes 10 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 the selection of
proper persons to have charge Of them
not only skillful and thrifty managers
and good farmers, but also men and wo-
men ofgentle 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
giores that blazed around our free insti-
tntlons ELECTED the applause, admiration
and wonder ofthe civilized world. and
Will be recorded in history as one Of the
most notable anniversaries and events
the world has ever witnessed. We are
proud -four institutions and boast of the
great and grand provisions of our laws
Tor all classes and conditions Of men. we
love our free institutions for their inesti- !
mabie 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 sire Myth
and beauty and through many years of
hard fought battles in field and Senate.
exerted every nerve OF body and all of
the energies oftheir great minds, at the
expense Of ease and fortune and at the
peru Of their lives to sustain and defend
them As We venerate those men on &C
count of their rich inheritance thev have |
transmitted to us, so We venerate the in /
heritanee more highly on account Of the |
lilustrioGs donors. Their wisdom. elo- /
quence and virtue, still survive them and
prove rich legacy to their posterity.
The people Of our county feel proud Of /
the provisions that have been made for |
the poor and take great interest in the !
------~ "a t-N ADLAE. DlL Mullt We De- j
iieve thata large majority of the citizens |
ofthe county uphold and approve the /
BobOrs 0fthe directors in the management i
Of the Home and care Of the poor. there /
IS IN the minds OF some a suspicion felt |
towards the management of this institu- /
ton. The extent Of their walls and the 4
mysteries they hold in the common i'm !
aginatiOn, the sensational and extrava-
CANT stories. scandals and Elsehoods,
which disappointed applicants for posi-
ton and discharged inmates are 50 apt
to utter, are often taken up ami repeat
ed by too anxious persons who are ready
and willing to stir up strife without as
oert2ining or stopping to inquire Of the
truth Of the same.
Wes aware that the management il
not altogether perfect, but have striven 1
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 rs by their counsel and advice in |