II tiIL. get ..t.f f act . uf atiuoany CITY POOR EARN. . . • Thanks/dyke; Day,at the Farm-A Festive Oce.astosfune Acceent of the Premisel :• —The Beate r — G eneral Notes. • A rdlil i Invit a tion ' *o_____ from - the worthy •,,. it Superintendent,'added to a desire for a per sonathispectiOnef:the premised, caused= 1 , , ,, , to bcffound; in company with a_narriber of others, aboard the train on Thanksgiving = Inengng bound for a visit to the Allis '? gheny City Poor " House and Ferro., A'. pleasant' Adel. over a, smoothly • bunt • and . , 4 ,, wellimineged mad brought us at the end -1 of eboutfifteen" minutes to Bennett's-Sta .< ton,' on 'the 'West ' Penn& " Railroad, 'two il • and , a half miles ' from the • tity, from , whehoe the:foil is di stant a few hundred. i, yards.: ' • ' `•••' ; . i 1 The stalk - tetWeen the station a nd the I bowie was quickly gone over, and we Sir ! rived Just In time to witness the gethering i cd the inmates , around the;dinner' table.- '' 1 On this- 'the farespread before them' 1 waeof 'an un usual character, , and, indeed, 1 i one whi n Weald 'hate satis fi ed an' epicure- I I of the m fastidious tastes . " The-kind: ien ' I hearted nTewrintendcint,i !feeling tharr•the' -- vi - - - Idayehtful - Wade - memorable above or dinary days to -Them, had put himself to 1 considerable trouble tin providing. , the t 1 suniptuquarepaet, and '-the well-ladened I table, greening-beneath die Weight of Sur - , keri; -- Meath • vegetablek 'pastry, - and ; innumerable delicacies to tempt the I palate, .- gate/ gratifying , serearaitees of his 1 suceese;and 'we 'doubt =not but that if the benevolent citizenkfroin•Whofnle had ob i tained: these •bottritifal *Supplies,- had wit, noshed, the; Praceralitar; itio *wily one by --: care:they for Whom the feard had been pre- I ped came ilia , 4netheplifastire Which I li ghted' ripl thei ', fabes of the most gleemy 1 and stblidi they 'would have felt thennielves • - 3 well 'repaid for their' generosity. • The ta blefi;Of which there were three 'two 'large and one. I smell, ' Were - arranged ,'' hi i 1 a large Atoka use d ' - as a' dining-. hall, ; one :of \ the- 7 -laige'; tablds t heme' Occupied • 1 by the women ranged on each sidearid the others Occupied' by the 'men. The first t time they- est slOwntvie•cottnted twenty t four men andi eighteen .women, • and after: I the' 'first ',Company had eaten, the tables 1 were re-arranged k for anotherseti` '-Dminit the-meal Saimaa order and quietneasi, an after satisfying the'appetiteWith the cheer ' 1 :', • ! eachdispartedqtrietly“ from the mein: "At li thcreenclusien 'Of thri•ecthe theparlt tin ; der thetifidanee of the Superintend'ent;'D; T. Jolinsori,- , Esq.; 'made , a tour of .iintpee -, tionlthroughithe .Imillding,' andlgrotinds,', 1 and Obtalnedlnachnsiffid 'and interSisting 3 informatiorild regard: to the' 'premises add f the managementof the-institution. The building itself Min otlenfretrecitne;'• 4 built of brick-, three , :Stories • IfiW rinfl'lWO „ 1 , rooms in depth. Running ficirnesid t,oend 1: through the center of each- story, is a large t hall abont twelrefeet in width; from which loorninurdeittork ,J 0 had into :the:, different 0 ;rooms ~ occupied by, the. Inmates.., These , i 'large ballarusifintersected in:-the: , center of ~,1 the .• ,bniklbig 'IOY-;two :-.Arthers :equal in. • widtkand extending across, the ;building. , - s• Access is gained to eaakstory by a flight of ;i ' ;sham in (me end and, : st the center-- of ; the; 'g• !building. The YrferfeAtoritaina in! all thirty f. lour rooms; in sire ibaut; folfrteen," feet, (square, large, airy and cheerful. The east . l' a rzllN.l44 ,4 ;r9ZIP* I -bYtthe females,: and? ; , Itire 4 ! 110 1 i74 11 % Mis j Olgt....P c.:PAMMUY, .;. nice onhetweenthe ops.escept , from 1 the lower - floor. Qii. ,the timer -floor the -- rooms are taken'tip in the eastern side by, , :4: the llatnitY Of the Superintendent, and these • I 'onkliiisestern by tee office, dining' 12 5 1 4 • ~, kitchen,-ha 2 - One of the rooms is occupied . q as a shoemakers' - -and tailors' ,ehop. end in . k thitrallthe•repairrite their articles are done' f by two of the inmates, who.are acquainted 't with the trades. ' ' •' • ~ • - , i 1 There is also a blacker:6lth shop connected` witlethenietirifies, in *bleb 'all 'the 'eanfth .„ 1 :- work, -except shoeing the horses, is per ?! formed: The knlieS which'so neatly and quickly did the business of cutting up the turloys,swere Madeln , the shop. .- i : • 4 The rooms of theinteates,'lnpat,ed ori the • second floor, contain each two beds. and are i; each calculated for...lour occupants. They .•e: contain •iff fireplace,lwashstand and • other i convealencee for dressing. and are each -,,, lighterh ji*co"ns; TIC thliisx•nis oci- I copied by thew . initiator' 'no I carpet :, covers the, floor; but Mike female depart ment forge ingennittfand;:taate,•„fs" dig- . g Inv , played ris and otherreeiects, and i of the rooms pressman air of comfort and f. cheerfulness quite above what would nat .t. Orally be expected of the ocanpants. , Bev oral of the rooms occupied by the -women 14 contain engravings on-the walls, are coin g • - gfortahly carpotedi.andare models efolean liness, suggesting very forcibly that some,at least, have'a lingering sense'of self-respect, ; and:verifying the sentiment that , "woman can =eke the worst wilderness dear." The E walls of the building throughent are, kept 1, perfectly clean by whitewash,-:.and the '',l floors of the halls, on the score of cleanii ne*,,could not be fbund fault with by the •.1 most particular housewife: The building I is an oidsiMe and forthisrearfon somewhat dilapidated, -but.'; after a , thorough exami nation wesOre.7 constrained to speak of the - manner id Which'it iti kept 1 I n the highest terms of praise, Sepenne , froth • the -main buildings ' is another ~ smaller', .structure', ' built of brick,' two stories higliand lised-aa quarters for-the insane and demented,- of which thereare sometwentv-two. None of. these, however, are allowedlo come out lot the building. but are under the care of a physician. most of them are hopelessly de ' ranged: , ? i 'While golfirtthe:rottirds ire gleaned - 130nm v yery-interesting information in regard to the mangement of the institution. - ii I Every-thing moves lo regular iorder t ' without confusion; ~•which ..', -is the k only method by i which the affair Z can, at all be onducted? At 'four tl, o'clock an inmate, whit has apt alarm clock t in his room to awaken him,rises and builds P, on - the necessary fires in the building, •N ready for the cook Others who prepare Li. the morning meal. rAt five o'clock. the a bell is rung which ' is the signal for all to ' . arise., Before breakfast .theyell dress for the; day, and clean their rooms, after Commenced. about half past seven that' , meal is D , Commenced. It„consista of bread, nrolasses '..,4," II and wife, and each is furnished with as mach as will satisfy theappetite. They are i allowed 'to Walk atent the' grounds nr • building the rest of the morning, and are • again called , together,' AP ; half,': past twelve ' o'clock for "dinner: This e meal coneists of bread, meat, soup, and vegetables in their season, with water i teethe men and tea ftir the - women. Sup :ll per takes place at 6N o'clock. and consists ' 3 , 1 , of the samefoodirs the morning meal. At, ig ht o'clock the bell is rung as a signal ,ti e, ;-1 for retiring, and thus the machinery moves • on from day, to day ; * regular as clock- P !If any get sick they are placed under the t Doctor's care; and 'of course, the treatment of them in diet'and other things is just as .? he orders.. , lifasters and idissenicliti r ednesdlEariti *Wag at A o'clock Y. Pot Gentlemen—TAW , Ed ay Evening's., it' O'clock. +' Etitete I given. arctuars, can ,bei hut at ,the. Mulds;f3tonall, and At the licatiezm r,classe ! s. convenient,' attended .to:"' _1 • • At. 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