Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22

despite several warnings hung til Jonathan Scott who year later carried away by Indians, agreed to drive out Stan nard's wife condition that he receive years taxes for performing the feat. He earned the mon- ey but how he managed to do the job without get ting into a row with her husband is question that has puzzled everyone who has written the sub- ject from that day to the present time Anyway, 1t appears that the left and probably when the residents got her back turned they made things hot for Stannard that he disappeared of his own accord. At that time it may have been hardship upon the rate payers of Waterbury to get along for a without one mans taxes but it was a paying investment for, from the time Mrs Stan nard was put outside the town boundary it cost lit nothing to feed the poor for the next century.
 Evidently Mrs Stannard talkatve woman and spread the of her harsh treatment here all over the country. F. J. Kingsburys tributon to the History of Waterbury regarding the management of the poor and insane in ancient Wa
 erbury interesting, the latter being allowed their liberty until they killed somebody given an oppor- tunity to drown themselves. Up to 1859 no regular almshouse established such poor as the town were obliged to care for being boarded in private house and made to do sort of manual labor. From 1922 till 1929 Daniel Scott the for maintaining the poor and kept his place on Main street, watervie. In this year the present town
 
 for 5000 It was originally known the Blight place and later as General Smiths The old build ings with some alterations and additions served the purpose until the brick structure ready for occupancy in 1893. It designed by Architect Smith. The contractors Patrick Thompson mason; Charles OConnor, carpenter; M. J. Daily plumber Tn 1902 the board of charities at the sug ceson of Mayor I1ilduff, changed the name of the institution from the amshouse the Brookside 'T1,o is annually. divided nearly evenly between hospitals, outside poor and the institution. All tho land is used by the city except that portion known the trottinG park which is leased to the Waterbury Driving association. The number of inmates in the institution the present writing is 91. As many of them able to do anything work the farm and about the building. addition to the Brook side home the city has large building the farm known tho conta gious disease hospital. always in readiness for patients stricken with sickness that threatens the health of the community
 The following is list of SupertntendentS of the home: Isaac B. Castle, Enos Chaticd, Henry Brad- lcy William M. Livingston, G. T. WinSow Willis w. Lovclanu. stephen IobartS Seymour Adams. C. r. WnSloW Edward Tough Thomas A. Wooster, Joseph w. Stafford. John A. Atwood, Robert Fruin, George E. EH'lgwi"A F.. w. Penney. John (. Thomp- son, Thomas Moran. the last named since April, 1S13' to the present time.
 Waterbury has had it's periods of business depreS- sion, but they were of short duratiOn that very little suffering occurred in the town want of the necossareS of life. In the fall of and the spring of the following year work was and the situation became serious that many families who had hitherto mainta ned them selves forced to ask town aid The sum of S2OOtN appropriated for work the town and private individuals lent a hand by opening a bureau of relief on covill where people couI secure certain amount of provisions from time (" time. The bureau opened toward the beginnino of the winter of 1892 and did business until March 1Sa4. During that time it helped many worthy peo- pie. Horace G. Hoadley superintendent of the