![]() The paupers of Armstrong county came from among a population of 46,747, while the population of Blair county is very ranch greater, viz., 70,866. Iu Armstrong county 525,738 is being spent on the poor this year. I did not have to go far, how ever, to discover a startling condition of af iairs. To thoroughly sift these, nnd bring them before an intelligent and advanced public, The Dispatch com missioned me to travel wherever the work took me. It is the dangerous policy pursued by many of the counties in dealing w ith their paupers.įew persons have any idea of the ruinous results grow ing out of the operation of the antiquated poor law of 1836- Ruinous alike to the tax payer and the pauper. ![]() MUCH ILLNESS AND MANY LURIALS Where This Method Is Fureued, Thereby Adding to the Eipensc. In Over 400 Townships the Poor Are Practicallv Sold at Anction.
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