Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-07-24
NUMBER 30.
Tor beginning am army asylum The
suggestion was adopted, and on March
3. 1851. the act bccamc law

3, 1891, the act hocine law.
An Ideal Iisms.
Twenty years service entities the vet.
eran a. q permanent home here. but on
any shorter service h. can remain only
~ long as his disability continues. AMI
% far a. can b. determined by an In.
speciion of the rolls not more than half
OF those now here may Is considered
permanent one scs about the place
quite q number ~ very young looking
fellows. some of them much younger
looking than their Inscribed age. bat
inquiry shows that surprising pro-
portion ~ these aV permanently dis.
ablcd ADi what sort ~ aptWpcCt must
this world present a. man ~ 2j who
has received his sentence frum the sur.
gcons % chronic disability no wonder
thorc are suicides.
And yet the death rate IL not large
In the year last reported th.re were
i.0s0 On the roll. at the close. ~ whom
0s0 wcru thcro at the beginning Th,ro
WIRE jll admitted during the yvar and
nearly as many discharged after rinain.
Ing yaruus periods. and vt tl,"rc were
bot 80 deaths. Thsfo N not In all this
region a morc hoalthful place The high
location. the open graycly sul~ull. tho
rolling land. splendid drainage and pura
water. together with god fond and
ideally perfect buildings, combine %
make 10 first class sanitariunL
The scott UaiIding.
II wa. hers that Lincoln used 90 siy
that h. found the most satisfactory rrt
and comfort during his troubl,i admin.
istra,ion. Tho old homestead building
known since bcing rhtiod a. the Rob
ert Anderson building. was the sum.
mcr home ~ Mr.. Lincoln Mr Buchin.
an also occupied u at various tiincs
during his presidency. a. also did Mr
Hayes and Mr. Arthur. AMI Grirnil
Garfield had arranged 10 occury ~ dur.
ing the latter part Ut the s"asun ~ 1881.
Tho various buildings are named after
our most famous grnsral-, Tut tito
"ScDtt" 40 Far exceeds all the Others
that II 4. ,hc only on. 90 excite the ci.
thusiasm ~ the artist aiId tile architect.
IL 1. indeed a magnificent structure. Ia
the Norman. Gothic style. 2jlit f~t
long AMI los feet wide, and construct.
81 II white marble Beside. 0iliccs,
library and other cOnycnicno- ~ las
ruoms for iiO inmates Tho chapel ~
built - ru,l,tono. and Protestant and
Catholic services are regularly main.
tainol N ouly rnains a. add in the
statistical line that mo>t of the inmates
pcciyo psnsiOns, and thu~e ~ the tran.
,ionts arr r,r.rycd by the managers ami
paid to the family u the inmate ~ ~
him IN lump when be- lcny,-, while
tho-o who have 40 pensions g,t ~ pr
month each fur sIsnding momy Liq'
u0rs arc Il c0urso ugidly excluded.
bot tobacco l. usrd in every way known
% man. aud inimeuse qulntitiv, Uf N. ]
should lay.
An Alsstiss Here.
Walking down the beautifully over.
achcd a,cnuo from which the caldtol u
sen through long green vista like q
picture on q blue background. ! talked
at lcngih with many u the veterans
who sinutcrd that way OF repo,od on
the gr,ss. notcd their varying sr"cch
aud maNcl,d at thc strangr ucissitudos
which have brought 80 many men from
so many lands together in tai, hafhor
OF batttpd humanity They are indeed
20 ,,...,.y I.ltI. auu .p.aL MANY Ian