Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-02-03
Against the Poor House.

A Brady township woman writes as
follows:
The Butler woman who writes about
the three kinds of poor in our land
Gods poor. poor devils and Devil poor,
must know that they are all one IN the
sight of God: and they haye heart ana
their feelings are as easily hurt as the
rich and what Is more sad and heart
rending than to see the poor old gray
heads treading their way over the
hills TO the Poor House. a man or
woman born and raised in township
certainly would feel better and more al
home to be kept among their OLD nelSh-
bors and friends and TO know that when
their tourney here on earth IL ehded
there will be kind friends and neigh
bors to Law their weary bodies TO rest.lh
the Church yard, not in the pauper
field.
Our Butler writer must have poor
oninion of farmers as she talks OF US
keepine our poor in novels, among a
dozen children, and SO on. Our farms
are generally large, with large comfort
able houses, with pleasant surround
ings. the most cheerful and homellke
Mace for poor. Another thing our poor
do not become charge to the Town
shin while they are able to work Our
moor are the old and feeble who nave
done their work in this world, ana we
90 not begrudge them maintenance the
rest of theif days. We are not Ike our
Mercer correspondent says %o 10 hnt
have ifteen-year- boys to come on
the township; boys of that age are aDie
to work and earn their living ontslde of
the Poor House.
our township is able to keep its own
poor. and keep them clean and decent
too, with plenty to eat and wear
| say let every voter take into consld,
Grafton what our poor taxes are now ana
then think what they will have to be to
buy a large farm and erect saltabic
buildings thereon. and employ men TO
run il. Which do you think will be
the best TO let each township and boro.
keep its own poor, or have Poor
House?
Our Butler writer says to vote for
| the Poor House and we will let farm
er 1un it" wonder who she IS that
she NAV have the letting OF 1t. ! cay
let every tax payer vote for his own IN
terest not for the interest of Butler
town.
| 1t certainly will not be to the interest
of the tax payer to vote for the Pooi
| House.
! The statistics from the other Poo
Houses vary 80 much that we canno'
depend on what they say, or what the
expenses are But our own csmmoi
sense teaches US that we have taXe'
enough to pay now. The Butler wrltel
saws 'tAe only time the farmer Payi
ANYTHING is when he has to- There i
one thing sure he don't have to vote fo
a Poor House If the vote of the people
saws there will be Poor House, tina
ends tit is all they will have to sa.
| aoout it. They will not have the say
what shall he pail for the farm. o
what the buildings shall cost. ~, al
| that will be asked of them then will b.
70 nay taxes, and it is all they will b
ali they want of the farmer and taxpay
er They will do the rest.
Then voter and taxpayer conslde
well what you are doing before yol
cast your vote for a Poor house. Coun
the dollars and centg that it will cost Il
erect it and maintain it after the fam
is paid for. and weigh il in the baianc
with what taxes you are paying now
FROM BRADY TOWNSHIP,