The Farmington times., 1899-11-30
rrom the Iron.on Register. .

thefe u 10 II.
PROM the irun.oB Register.
To tho Honorable Commissioners C W ho
last Saturday located Insane Asylum
No. 4 at or near Pennington, on a tract
Of ordinary land, at a cost TO tho State
Of 90, 400 more than was asked for tho
site Arcadia Valley offered you; Please
give the public your reasons for your
action.
To Gov. Lon V. Stephens: Tho Reg.
lister 10 prepared to convince any body
Of unprejudioed men that Arcadia VAL
ley was entitled by every rule Of fair.
ness and justice 10 the insane asylum.
Had the commission followed the spirit
and letter of the law they would have
had to locate il here. Under tho cir
cumstances Is the Governor going TO
approve the Commissioner indIng9
The insane asylum commissioners
met in st. Louis last Saturday and To-
Gated the asylum at Pennington. Sew
cral hours before the decision was an
nounced we we're assured by other con-
teslants that the site question had been
"Gxed," and that Pennington would
win, no matter how advantageous pro.
positions were submitted by other towns.
The State pays for the site at Farming.
ton %, 400 more than for tho site OF.
fered by Arcadia Valley, and the site
here Is worth just ne much II not more
to the State, In dollars and cents, than
the Pennington site. while our place
possesses many, many advantages that
the Pennington location has not nor
ever will hsvs. II we had been beaten
Oh our merits we you'd have said ''good
aud wcll," but we we're not 20 beaten.
We had won out on the conditions but
were dehIed the fruits oi a well. earned
victory.
Afier uneorking It's vial OF wrath,
the Register felt better, and indulged
In the following exquisite bit Of bumor !
We copy with deepest emotion the
following touching item from our neigh
boring contemporary, the Fredcricktown
Democrat News:
The commissioners 10 locate the new In.
sane asylum arrived In this city Thursday
and were agnin shown over the site. Tbe
contest has evidently narrowed down 60
FarminKson and Fredericktown. ON Thurs.
day evening an elegant dinner was served
Sc site commissioners at the Madison House,
weaeeepted as invitation from Mrs .Gruham
wyatt, the proprictors Of the Madison, 20
be present on that occasion. To say that the
dinner was all that could be required, one
needs only to glance at the menu. which Was
served In courses. the tables being hand.
someiy decorated with cut towers:
MIMI.
Tarkey. stuffed with oysters. Cranberry
Mashed Potatoes. Green Peas.
Pickles. cFacksrs. Chicken salad.
coffee.
lee Cream. AmtBusia.
Apples. Cake. fiananas. Oranges.
Our FredeEicktown neigbbora cvl-
IDENTIFY thought they were a-cutiin' Il
with two hand cleaver; md so they
werc--to greater or lesser extent.
In return for this hospilabls, high toned
lHy-ous, the Commissioners mel In Ss.
Louis las, Saturday and prepared ban
quei to which both iron,on aud Fred.
etickiown wcse invited. We ali----num-
bering about dozen damphoois, more
OF iess---werc al the feast, and partcok
Of the following
eogp' s0api Soup
Hos stuffed with Bastsd uhsstnufs. Guili.
bile saaea.
Mashed Hopes. CouniFy Grcens.
succotasis--f,assor neanr and old Beats
isaiIroaa turnover.
sOid.xou Crscksrs. crow salad
fyin' Coase.
Marble. Heart Cake. Tary ia cunsnsis.
ssoaalrs.
sour Grapes, Green I'eFsimmons.
Dead sen Apples.
kneck- -out Punch. uraxinis fccthEacks.
n gives MS pleasure 10 ssa,e that not
uithsaandlng the contest had ''nar-
rowed dvwn 10 frsdcfirktown and
farmingten," isonton was Just ~ much
sn !, at ti,e roundup a. her neighbw n
tho 'tosiier end Of She gravel rad
That u. not al ALL Hut bosh ksd heen
lnxusiaisns In 4 Feol's Paradise ios .
r0upis ot niunths. Ferhars Expefi.l
epcc's dear bonght lesson may rspay
ihs outlay. for We sse III Wiser u sad-
der now than 81 yefr-
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