Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-26

Brunswick, Nova Scotia. Russia. Scot
land. Spain, Sweden. Switzerland and
Wales. one was born at sea.
Among trades ana occupations. La
orers comprise more than one-half:
carp antcrs. clerks. farmers. painters.
sho"makers and teamsters are in con
siderable evidence.
Two thousand one hundred and thir-
ty-thrrc were married or mad living
wives or minor children. AR both, AMI
ei2 were single. Three thousand ana
oue could read ana write, ana II could
NM: w tn, latter 10 per cent. were ma
tive born and ~ per cant were foreign
born.
Officers. non-commissipIcd officers,
members ana civilian employees have
been paid during the year. $56,S5i.9f
Under the head ~ amusement are
noted = free plays ana PA band con-
cyrts. Two hundred ana nine ncWspa-
peers ana 30 magazines have come M
the library regularly. while the num-
bcr Of books taken from the library
ana read ~ estimate! at 50,10S. The
number of visitors IS placed at 81. i0'-
Under th- head II health and madi-
cal. department reports a. treated in
hospital. $50. In conyAIcsccnt company,
~. at sick call teach cas- counted but
once during year,, lS05. The aNeraS +
age uf death has been s.. - years. ana
tha ratio of death per 1000 Of the Who'll"
number cared for has been i6.2l
Eleven members Of the Home are blind
and 80 partially 50.
RliciouS services have been held in
the chapel every sunday morning and
on Holy days by the Catholic chaplain.
and on Sunday afternoon by the Pro
testdnt chaplains. each officiating two
months III turn. Both catholic ana
Protestant chaplains have made num-
erous calls upon the members. and IS
pecialIy upon the sick in hospital
There are three organizations COM
posed Of members of the Home: The
Veterans Social Clue with a member
ship Of III: Cutler Post. No. AZ. Grand
Army If the Republic. 149 members:
ana General BeaI command. NJ. ~
Union Veterans Union. $ members.
The last named was instituted during
the year.
The laundry wash list shows that
sS4.Sl5 pieces Of all kinds have been
handled. the smallest number IF any
dltltit ltlU- VESTS anu bt'uSt0 AZ
each. ana the largest 1852 hand
towels.
over $. 900 letters and pustals cards
have been mailed at the post office,
ana over 1I0.o00 received. while the
number of newspapers. etc. received
and mailed is upwards IF 5000.
In the way Of permanent improve
ments. $12.1c0 have been expended for
new cunvaIcScent ward and mess hall.
Small articles Of nearly every sort
ana description have been manutact-
ured III the Home fpr use in and about
the buildings and grounds IT a cost IF
nearly Sl6Qo, ana the farm products
raised during The year were valued at
$1l.o6o
The foregoing is a heterogeneous
collection of statistics to he sure. and
they have been picked up promscuouS-
~ as we have come across them here
there and everywhere among the pages
of the report. but they afford consider
able food for reflection, and they show
III some measure the careful manner
i'll which everything il accounted for at
the Home and more or less valuable
information of all sorts and kinds re-
corded. In short. the above brief
items form an outline for u whole
volume. ana comment is unnecessary.