Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 7, Number 19, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 4 November 1876 — Page 4

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OPERA HOUSE

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FreRh arriral of Fall and finter Dr**8 Goods. New and leairable styles at low prices.

We have ?er shown a more •electHI Ax8ortmc«t sui'able for street, traveling or house wear.

WATERPROOFS

'CLOTHS,

CASSlMERtS AND

CLOAKINUS.

WthatTED

at Panic Prices. Waterproofs, theauth. rites.

65. 75, 85 and 1.00, in all colors. Th* bfst ahsortm^nv ever shown in this city. tei

White

An Eie^nnt ausirtmpiit just op« ned. $2.50, $3 00, *3.00 50 $4.00 md $5.00 per

H0BER6, ROOT & CO.,

OPERAl HO'ISE.

FINE PERFUMERY. Labia's Hi rnmHl1*, AtMnhog, Crown, Landborg I'otaln's an't Bazln 8 Fine KiirM«» for IheHsndkewblet Genuine Imported Farina and Gorman Co loan*, Fine Toilet ami Fancy Articles, rim Toilet Boans, Cosmetics, Tooth. Hair, Cloth »»d Natl Hrnshes, Oomb* Di«w*Jnn Cases, Cologne Sets, Finest of toilet owders, Diamond, Silv. and Golden Powders for the Hair, and all articles wanted for the toilet,

Bl'NTIN & ARMSTRONG, l)rn *»«!*, or «lh nad Wwln wtreets.

Wanted.

WANTED.-TO

sotfloe of

TRADE A NKW IM-

proved Griver & liater Sewing MA-

ir a M. M. AG.C Joah. (w28-2t)

WANTED—HORSKS-A

KENVTO WIN-

Tt il—can give hum stabling and 'good rare. barge* molernte. Kefor by p^nnlwioti, Mwssrs. BvaucUamp, Miller and £•1. Bryant. Enquire of or address J. v.

PR KM!ON, Postofflce Box 687.

AN EVEKY BODY that the Swjns Ague Cure Is a raedl

TJH3R

JO KNOW— .ire

ci. never fall*. It gives the best satisfaction of any evrr introduced In this land. Try "It! It costs only 50 wnU per bott'». .Manufactured only by JULES HoClUKT, IVrro Haute, Ind., and entered »eei.-.lliiK to net of I'omiress, March 1876.

For Sale.'

8ALE—HORSE—A LARGE BLACK Home—utont, henltby, and of good apDearance—suitable for carriage or draught •onte. Knqulre of P.

WESJTKALL, at

Mall office. .*» *dwtf

i~X)K

SALE-RANOE-OXE OF VANN'H

celebrated six grldille Ranges, with poller attachment, wlli be sold at a great ^kanpun. W. H.HCUDDKU

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LK—A VERY LARGE ANlJ SIj j»-iltr FIRE l'KiK)F S FE with btu iiir^box HiViile—snlt«ti• ft for bank, or »f a-wtf

•oumy of!ii»a \VHl l»' sold atu bnrgaln. McKKKN A MIN'HH \T.f

For Rent.

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RENT.-HOU.srt by tiAK

STRUCT

eastoffth Htreet—alno Hons*? o- Chestnut., east of Street, irv KOOd

repa'r

and low r-nls. Enquire nt law offlce or M. .JU. A Jo*b. wSH'itJ

S4 ritAYKl—A1 OLFF THE FfliST OP OCUiln r, from my pr«-mle*, t»n outh 4tb street, a dnrk biown mare, and fcockjnucou •f brtiwu color ahio, with a ligdt spot low down on tote nou. A liberal reward trill be given for the return of the anlmatoor intor« «*, uia. lou of I heir whereabout?. •*. H. FRKKMAK.

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White Flannel, He., 18c. and

Red Vlaiuiel, all W"0l-^(18c., ti l.'ic., 25C.

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IS, 40c., M)., 60c, and

.• BLACK CASHMERE!

LltfWf lUFfRTATIOX.

38 inchefi wide, 75c. wortl| 85c. 40 85c. 1.1*0 411 m* UK) lift 441 1.25 1.60

BLACK ALAPACA!

Oar Me. Alpaca caaooi be equaled In thia •lly. IM taMHf dofabtUtf to Atpaea. «*.#.•

WESTERN BAZAAR,

Owrtttf Slfc aN Mala

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THE MAIL

A PAPER

FOR HIE

PEOPLE.

TERRE HAUTJB, NoV. 4,1876.

P. S. WESTFALL,

KDITOR AND PRMPRiKTOR.

TWO EDITIONS

if tbla Paper are publiabed. The FIRST EDITION, on Friday Evening HM a large elrealation In the aorroandlng towns, where It la sold by newaboy* and agenta. rhe SECOND EDITION, on Saturday Even tug, goes into the hands of nearly every reading pereon In the city, and the farm era of this immediate violnlty.

Every Week's Issue is, in fact, TWO NEWSPAPERS, which all Advertisements appear, for IWKOHAHOV

TUESDAY

will tell the tain.

GRANT

ia jrnine to Galena to voto.

THK

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a large slock ommty

contested election cases in this

to be

fo»8ht throu8h'80

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armistice has been agreed upon and signed by Turkey, Servia, Monte negro and the rest of 'em, and th^ cruel war is over. This is a serious disappoint ment to pious Americans who have grain

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W« publish to day a description of a recent visit to the Vigo County P«»or Asylum. It is somewhat lengthy, but we believo that it will be found of interest and that it will repay a careful *f W perusal.

THE

British arctic exploring expedi

tion which returned recently, reached the highest atitudes ever attained— 83° 20\ about four hundred miles from the pole, and experienced the coldest weath er—72° below zero.

A MAN twenty Beven years old has just been sent to the Massachusetts States prison who has 8(ent all but two years and t'arqe days of his past life in reformatory and charitable institutions. Here is food for reflection.

TILDEN'S

letter in reference to the

Southern claims question will allay a good deal of uneasiness that has been felt by uon-paitisans of both parties though really it' is not a very positive declaration that he is not in favor of payingthem. He seems exceedingly careful to make a distinction between the claims of loyal and disloyal persons. Of course everybody who has a claim against the Government, is "loyal" now. ...

A MOST extraordinary rain storm has occurred in Orange county, this State. It commenced Saturday morning last and continued till nearly daylight Monday motning not pouring down as usual in drops but in perfect sheets. The town of Orleans was completely flooded, the water rising in a number of placos as high as tbe tops of the windows. Large numbers of cattle and other stock were drowned and many houses and much property destroyed. The whole damage by the flood will not, it is estimated, amount to leas than one hundred thousand dollars.

SnotvHKN are as superstitious as gamblers/wOne of them advertises for a partner in the variety buasiness, and says "no Jonahs need apply." The phrase illustrates the peculiarity mentioned, tbe idea being that amau*wbo baa been unlucky for a loog time is regarded with distrust and no one will aasociate with him In a business enterprise for fear be will bring disaster and sueb man is called a Jonah because it is believed that be will sink any ship that takes biin aboard. But there are few people in^he world who are not superstitious^ some way or another.

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WHAT

A blessed relief it N

111

be to

have the election over atid ont of the way and to hoar once more some other aufcsJpct besides politics discussed. .Three montblinore of the rttrfleastexaiipd-ating excitement and uncertainty that has characterized the three wioftthn Just passed and the demoralized country oufdtt't iwwr from thrf Vnfechief in three yfcars. As it is, the unsettling and damaging flfect on business Of all kinds can scarcely be estimated, and

.ftheefftwt OB tbe iolfids of tbe people in

1nJl! other -vais isjuat as bad, or worse. The fOr and 50r. iro«, ui rw Hwutx) auu

He. auaWr. ^"V"tiiarelections occur too I)rt8»Flannels, latest sbgdes anil Everybody recognizes tbe

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freq^Hnitly. Everybody recognizes tbe foot, and "-averyboay bei«^ils it, It i* a pl^y tbatOtir wise statesman who have the power do not set about correcting tbe evil. JSow, tbe matter of electing a PreaJdont being settled, would be a good time lor them to goto work.

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TUB WHA RR 1)1 VOUCK CASK. On Thursday morning of la«A week the following Urn* appeared In the Dally Express:

Kmaire Robert Wharry wasyesterday moniing granted a divorce from bw» wife, Msurr I*, against wbom he proved charges of iDfldetity. Tbey were married «iwr«n months ago.

It was copied ia thia paper laet Saturday evening—tbe supposition being that it wasdonrcot. Tbe item waa not oornet* and the Express on Wednesday morning of thia weofc, aa soon aa it learned of the arror, made proper eorteeOon and exjMMsed regret at pubttabiagaajiteaa that Might have isflsnled oi Mra. Wherry's chanMttar. •ftapyw (MM the eovit raeerd thai B^atreWharry hvoogMaail tirdl mores —Mrs. What ry AM owe oomplaint and the doeree of tho emit was that the aoarilaga eoniract be dissolved, and that bar naase ha isstorsd to Mary tmm. There was no daurge or evidence lntrodneed In wgardto infidelity" and wa very arach egret that aoeh a stateaMot appeared In this paper.

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VIGO COUNTY POOR ASYLUM. IS A WELL-MANAGED INSTITUTION.

LIBERAL AND HUMANE PROVISIONS FOR THE HELPLESS AND DESTITU I^.

The Poor-house!" What melancholy pictures of poorly relieved wretohednetss and woe the name invokes! What som bre visious of joylfess lives in whose horizon it waB always the boundry lino beyond which they could see nothing, and to whom it loomed up ever darker, nearer and more threatening, until the last feeble spark of hope that could sustain or cheer was quenched forever in tho black shadow of its actual presence! Who does not think of it as tbe last unwelcome refuge of the most miserable of all the earth, the helpless, friendless poor—a refuge which for himself or any he loved would be far less welcome than the grave? Who is not touched when it is the sorrowful culmination of long continued want, misfortune and distress? Who does not feel pity for the life thus ending in despair and helpless imbecility? Who goes not think mournfully of the long and fruitless struggle with poverty and affliction which preceded it of the blasted hopes and desolated homo from which the unhappy victim wearily turned at last to sink bis pride, his manhood, his identity if he can, in the one place of all others in tbe whole world which be has all his life shrunk most from contemplating as his possible destiny, the Poorbouse?

CHILDISH RECOIITIXHDFSS

is the memory of a family whom, thtiugb living in comparative affluence when we knew them, it was once told us in whispers PS a thing too dreadful to be spoken openly about, that they had been "on tbe county and though we know now that it was through no fault of any member of that family, but resulting from a series of misfortunes far beyond their control or escape, we remember that to our childish eyes there was over present with them the black shadow o! a disgrace which would not have been plainer if written in their faces with letters of fire. We remember also the oryofa drunken, worthless wretch with so little pride that he allowed hi* poor consumptive wife to support him by daily labor which all could sec was killing ber, while at the same time stealing from her when ever he couki the little sums of money she was able to earn and spending it for drink. After she became too ill to leavo her bed he is even content to subsist on tbe charity of his poor neighbors and what tbey might bring in for bis wife and little ones to eat. In tho midst of her illness he took delirum tremens and was removed to tbe poor-bouse. One would think that he had reached the lowest depth of degredatfon and shame before this. But in his wastly, besot ted mind it was nothing. The disgrace of baViig b«on sent to ihd poor-house, however, so preyed upon biui that trwi Weeks alter bis admission be escaped, toft tbi country and was never beard 01 again In tbe town. lie bad not tbe courage to look any man in the faw

ajr*ln™wfid*knew

TERRE A UTE BAX Rl)AY EVENING MAIL,

JDENT THAT UNHIS BUSINESS

AND ATTENDS TO IT

SCENES. INCIDENTS, SCRAPS OF PERSONAL HISTORY, STATISTICS, ETC., GATHERED AT

A RECENT VISIT.

Poor naked wretohea, wbereeoe'er yon are, That bhle the ptltlng of thia plt.lleas storm! How shall your houseless heads, and unfed »l en. Your loop and wlndow'd raggedness defend you. From seasons quell astht'se? —[hing Lear.

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The Poor-house.'' What baleful significance there is in tbe name wbat associations! Who ever speaks it "trippingly on the tongue" as be does other names? Who hears it without an invo'untary protest—a feeling that it is a thing not pleasant to talk about—something which should be left as much as possible in the obscure background, out of sight, if not oul of mind. Among the most vivid of our

that* W hid ever been

in the poor-house. THK VISIT. I »f A few days ago we mot Mr. John K. Jordan, one of the newly elected County Commissioner*, Just after ho bad retained from bis first official visit to the Vigo County Poor-h use. Hf was quite full of tbe rUit and gave so glowing an account of the admirable man agement of tbe pltn that we felt a strong desire to see it. Upon making this It nowi to Hr. Jordan, he at otiaoltored blsiervidwi as "guide, philosopher and friend" for a visit at any tlnu we might name. Of comae we closet with the polite and very pleaittog off^r, but left tbe date to be fixed at a futurr time. And there la where wa made a mistake, for it ao Ml (rat that the day on which wa ooiild heat ga (tbe following Monday) was the very day on which Mr. Jordan oouid not go at all, other engage meuta making it Impoaalbla. It wm too lovely a day to stay at home. There waa danger that the beautiful Indian SnuMner waiher wowld not laat till Wadneaday. Wa deliberated, herttated, atodled tbe dooda, the wind and the weather, and—-went alone.

From the time one opene the big fhrm gate and enters the areooe leading to the hooee be feels t* at be Is la a place that la carefally and systematically kept, Tbore is ao air of thrift about It

that completely upaeta all preoonoeived notions regarding shiftlessnes-* aa connected with pauper labor and pnblic Inatitutions of this character. He passes up an avrnoe bordered with two rows of vigorous yon ng maple trees, tbe neat tree-boxes, aa well aa tbe gate at whi

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We walk up abroad paved walk, between beds of flowers, and stop on the stone steps of the house to look back at the yard. It is laid out with graveled walks and drives and is moderately well set i.h shrubbery. The design is good and the arrangement of things shows not only careful attention but the band of some person possessed of taste Around the door are twenty or thirty boxes and pots of flowers and plants, which are of course, in winter time, to be kept blooming inside while over some of tho windows an effort has been mado to train ivy and other clinging vines. From the steps tbe eye takes in miles of rich and highly cultivated land and the scene is as peaceful and. pretty as one could wish to see. '"iV^"TNSIDB. *•_ "'V'

Ringing the bell, the door is opened by a tall, pleasant-featured, middle-aged lady, wbom we afterwards find to bt Mrs. Barker, the person in charge of the female department and tho sewing. Everj-thing in the hall from the carefully waxed floors to the dazzlingly white ceiling is scrupulously olean, as is the comfortably furnished reception -room into which we are ushered.' Having explained the nature of onr business, Mrs. Barker excused herself a*.d presently

MR. DAILY, THE SUPERINTENDENT, enters and bids us a hearty welcome. Hois a bright, energetic looking little Irishman, considerably below tbe medi UIII height, and slightly inclined to embonpoint. His face is as fair as a woman's, bis teeth souud and perfect, and his eyes bright, clear and intelligent. We notice that he has marvellously small bands and feet and that he dresses in good taste. Apparently he is between thirty aud thirty-five years of age, IIIOUKII we should think rather nearer the first figure than the last. Altogether there Is such a jaunty, jolly, good-natur-ni «ir about him that we are instantly prepossessed and in the course of a long afternoon we find this good impiesaion greatly strengthened. We nee that besides an engaging manner, which is ovidently not asumed, he haa pa tieuce, firmness and good judgment to a remarkable degree, aud that the people under bis charge are devotedly attached to him.

MAKING THH ROUNDS.

The Superintendent suggests that we take tbe outeide first. We pass out the front d. or and around the west side of the building. Our attention is called to

THH VEGETABLE GARDKN.

There are several acres in tueendo sure, and hi it have been raised during the pasteeasoh enough cabbage, sweet potatoes, onions, beans, peas, tomatoes, etc., to supply tbe institution ail tbe .year. Tbo only thing which fell short was tho Irisb potatoes, and not many of theae will have to be bought. The work tn the garden was done wholly the inmates of the eatablishmeet. f'1 We go into tbe wash house and ad (wo inen putting the place in Order after the day's washing. It is conveniently arranged and ba* been built since Mr. Daily took charge. We learn that the washing is done by men and women, two of each, detailed for that purpose, and we pasa along by tbe clothes lines and satisfy ourselves that it is well done. Near this wash houae la

THK AKTBSIAN W*I,L

from which the Commissioners oboe expected to draw oil in unlimited qnantlilea and make the County rich. The water doea not rise quito to tbe surftea hot can be seen a few feet down. No praotioal naala made of tbe wall, though some of the inmatea bathe In and drink the water, hoping it may hare medical propertiea becauae it ameila and taatea ao badly. A foroe pnmp and pipes to earry it through the building might make It Mainl for bathing, aorabblng, and in oaaaof fire. imxoniaini worn nunm.

Wa paaa by where the n*l for the winter la being stored away In tbe baaemeak Wa are told that It will probably require Ave tbooaend bwsbsla, and that that amount haa baas porch ass of Mr. 1, a Ketley and la now being dettrared. The bnliding Is warmed by ftva tanaaeea

be entered, glistening with new whitewash. On the right, "with shields join ed and pikes crossing," tbe rustling corn stands in brown and solid phalanx on the lett a trim meadow spreads it carpet of green invitingly ahead looms up a red brick build ng sixty feet In width, two hundred and fifty feet long, (tbe figures are estimated), with two stories, and high basement. Tbe end faoea tbe road. A spacious yard sur rounds it. *}R WHITEWASH. I

Wo drive np to a freshly white-wash ed picket fence, tie our horse to a spot' less hitching rack, ope-, a snow white gate which must have had afresh ooat since the )ast person passed through it, and discover an old man patiently white-washing the bricks that border a bed of flowers, while another man as old as he reclines oft the grass and watches him with childish interest. Neither of them can be much less than eighty years of age. We stop andsptmk to the one who is wielding the brush, and he replies in G«rman. To our surprise we.learn that his companion is in sane, one of the "incurables," and some times violent and dangerous. We do not linger long after this information for it is not exactly pleasant to loaf around wijth a strange madman, even though be look harmless

and a number of stoves, moet of tbe latter burning wood. We pass around where the wood la being prepared for1 winter. Here a large number of the paupers are at work, the men sawing aud splitting wood and tbe boys wheeling it away In barrows and atacldng it np in orderly piles. Everybody is busy and the scene Is quite an animated one.

POULTRY AMD STOCK.

In this side of tbe yard we notioe a beautiful flook of turkeys—two dozen of tbem perhaps—and chickens innumerable. We pa-s through the barn-yard and admire five fine milch cows which supply tbo institution with milk and butter. Two good horses, slick and plump, are peacefully engaged in ftn ning their glo»y hind legs gracefully with their tails. Seventy head of hogs, from tbe little squeaking pig with tbe oomical tail to tbe hoarse grunting old porker of three hundred pounds fattening for tbe Christmas slaughtering, are comfortably and variously disposed of about tbe premises. When Mr. Daily took charge, three years ago, there was not a hog on the place. He bought three and by careful management tbey have grown into tbe present valuable herd. Tho cribs are well filled with corn, gathered iu the orchard and raised by the paupers tho capacious lofts are stored with bay cut from tbe little meadow in front of the house by the same people, and there is enough of both to do till hay and corn are ready to gather again next year, and none to buy. The excellent condition of everything is, to one who can appreciate order and neatness, most gratifying.

A HOT WEATHER LUXURY.'

In the barn-yard tbe men are building sn ice bouse. There will be no expense attached to it except for the lumber and nails. At the proper season enough ice will be stored to last a year and the comfort this will be to tbe sick, and tbe well loo, for that matter, is hardly to Mver-estimated. On the way around, Mr. Daily calls a tention to this man or that, in whose case there happens to be anything of interest, speaking to ail of them pleasantly, encouraging the lowspirited, soothing tho peevish and fretful ones and leaving, we fancy, on all a little bit of tbe sunshine which seems to surroand tbe man.

THB INTERIOR.

Tbe first place we enter is the insane department for the men. It is in the north end and is partially detached from tbe main building. Tbe rooms are all empty, though there are at present nine insane men on tbe place. All are employed at some light work which serves to occupy what little mind tbey have left and prevents their brooding. When they show symptoms of uncontrollable madness, they are locked up till the dangerous paroxysm passes off and then immediately released The female insane department is in the story above this.

THE ROOMS

In the main building are generally fur nished with two iron bedsteads and a liberal amount of coarse'tbougb clean clothes and a mattress. There is also a couple of cbair^ and in some a stove. Tne rooms are all aliko—except those for the sick, which are etter furnished— and extend almost the entire length of ihe building on each side of a rather narrow hall. The lower story is oocupiod entirely by men. The second story is similarly furnished, most of its occupants being women. Everything about rooms is as neat &nd olean as it is possible for it to be made. The eatno may truthfully be said about tbe eutire budding.91

THR KITCHEN

is large, airy and well adapted to tbe purpose for which it is used. We take a loak at the things cooking for supper. They look wholesome, palatable, and are certainly clean. A woman and a man are doiug tbe oooking. The former we are teld is incurably insane, though entirely harmless, and a perfect phenomenon as a cook. She has been a county oharge for sixteen years. We are going out when the man calls us back. He is sitting beside tbe stove ami wants to show us the worn bread be' is baking and of which he 14 evidently quite proud. We ask him some questions and learn that heisaixty-tlveyearH old and that he and bis wife have been in the poorhous6 eighteen years. He drops into® kind of peevish complaint, op being iueatloned, when the Superintendent says cheerily, "We couldn't get along without Uncle Johnny he's tbe finest hahd at the corn broad that ever waa sevn he has palpitation of the heart, but ho never fell# on the corn bread." The old man brightena up and almost blnabea at the compliment.

That 'palpitation of the heart' hi a pure fiction," aays the Superintendent, after we have quitted the room. "He has spells or tho -dumps' in which be gets contrarier than a mule, and we bring him out o' them by calling it, 'palpitation of the heart,' whleh be takea great delight in imagining be has."

TILE DUOSO AOOtU

eome next. There are separate room! for the men and women. Three moats a day are (tarnished and both tea and ooflee at each meal. Tbe inmates are fnrntehed with meat once a day, oftener if they an aiok. They have both wheat and corn bread at each meal and ao far aa wan able to judge fan a good deal batter than many people who woold acorn the idea of eating a meal in the poor house, and better^ we have no doubt, than tbe avenge laboring man Jn any of the larger clUsa.

In I loom adjoining the dining roam are the barrels of eorn beef, the hanging aidca of baoon, tbo tuba of pick lee, tbe erooka of rich aallk, the cana and jam of piuaanad trait and a number other vary teaoptingarUolea In tbe way of pro*

visions, all the product of tbe farm and procured without any outlay in money, by the utilisation of pattper labor. There are other store rooms in which are contained tbe grooeriee of various kinds, rooms devoted wholly to potatoes, or onions, or turnips,or something else in that line. Everything appears to be in excellent shape and gives an idea of abundance that ts the hungry, halfstarved waifs who see such plenty for the first time, must bo highly reassur-

W THK CHAPEL.

We are taken into a large room between tbe dining room and tho rooms occupied by the Superintendent's family, and are told that religions services are held here at 3 o'clock every Sabbath afternoon. Tbe room is furnishod with oomfortablechairs, is llghtandairy, and on Sundays is decorated with flower^r and growing ants. Tlicro is a stand for tho use of the preacher, and a very nioe looking cabinet organ for the choir. Ministers from the city go out on alternate Sundays and preach and Mr. W. H. Paige assorted by a competent corps of singers, furnishes the music. Mr. Daily mentions the names of Messrs. Henderson, Pottor, Paige and others who have taken great pains to make these meetings pleasant and profitable, in terms of highest praise. Ho says that when betook charge of the instituti^p., the inmates were living like heathens.

CHANGES.

The room now us ad lor a chapel was then a b^rn in one end a pile of corn, in tbe other a heap' of potatoes. Tbe paupers swarmed about over the place at will and took possession of tho best' rooms in tbe house. Instead of tbe Superintendent running tho establishment, tbey ran it and the Superintendent also. There was no system anywhere, aud no respect for anybody's authority. All ate at a common table and each one shifted for himself as he best could. Everything was at loose' ends and altogether in a wretched condition. It was no small undertaking to inaugurate a reform. It waa no light job to bring order out of this cliaos, but it haa been done. One visit will oonvinoe anyone that it has been thoroughly and effectually accomplished.

SCENES AND INCIDENTS.

It will be necessary to hasten past many things which it would bo a pleasure to note. In going through the establishment, one sees many things which it would be interesting to study, but which we havo only time to glance at in the briefest manner. The large number of paralytic, epileptic, idiotic and .n«ano people—men, women aud childrenwandering aimlessly about, or engaged in light work befitting their condition. He will see ol'1 men dragging uhcir lifeless limbs about as they slowly work their way on their hands through tho halls ho will see young men working industriously one hour, aud the next writhing in convulsions bo will see gloomy faced lunatics furiously sawing wood and muttering ominously to theujiselvesas they work he will see orptiap children whose possible though untold history will touch his heart with pity he willsoo a littio idiotic bo3', nine ears old, with as sweet a lace as the dearest little friend he has, who only utters one sound and that like tbe cry of somo wild animal iu deadly pain, and wiiu only lakes food as be is forced to do so, and only then when it is placed within hi' mouth. Vigorous youth, decrepit agr aud helpless imbeoilitity, all will p&-s 1 melancholy procession before him, chiyj lenging in the most peremptory ihani/er both his wonder and his pity. 8AM.

One room that we go into is occupied by quite a party of women. In a cradle, apparently tbe center of attraotion, is a little negro baby, apparently eight or nine months old: "Here," says the Superintendent, "is the King of tho Poor-*' house this Is Sam. Hey, Saul llow

are you, air? Shake hand with me, you raacal!" and tho pickaninny pats out its little black patv, kicks its feet, stretches its mouth and grins and *rowa and laughes with the true Afrtoan hilarity as if it was tbe fluent joko in the world. The women look on dt-lighted and then the Superintendent tellt how it was abandoned by its pan uts, who live, or did live, in Palestine, Illinois, whore it was born, but brought it to Torre Hauto and left it at Josh Davis' barber shop, whence it ww sent to the Poor'botite. We must confess' that it as jolly, brlghtfyed a littlo ra*r«l as t/o ever saw outsldo *ur own family and there in no doubt of its receiving plenty ofattention.^ m*THRan..

In another room we find a child with croup, it la seemingly a very bad case. The mother Is holding the little sufferer upright on her lap, and tbo paiuiul gaapa it makes f»r breath as she sways her body backward and forward with it, and the stony despairing look on her (ace, are pitiful to witueaa. She is not a young woman, or at leant does not look ao, but she has another baby, which a woman sitting by her is holding. It ia an infant not more than a few weeks old. Too woman who holds tbo baby is the somewhat notorious Mrs. Deaken^ wboaa liaiaon with the negro, RpfMt, asd tbe aubeequent murder or h»# husband by Roper, is perhaps still trf»h in the memory of most readers. She la metmU again, and la staying at the Poor^bonae to await ber cot linement. Sba is not a bad looking young woman bit haa a moat infamous history. Then is another young woman speetably oouneoted In the city, ataying then for the aatne pnrpoae, it ha friends have not removed ber since Monday, mnut ananrcu

From this room we go to another in whleh an half a doaen women in chatgf of another orphan baby. At tbe bead of 'mm

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