1879 Biennial Report Volume 5

Scott: Two miles west of Winchester; eighty acres, bought in 1847, for eight thousand dollars, is of brick, two stories and basement, and contains sixteen rooms, of which the keeper has four, the male paupers are up stairs and the female paupers below; no special provision for the insane; there is an insane man in the northwest corner room of the basement. Twenty-three inmates of whom two were insane and six feeble-minded. The furniture, beds and bedding were in poor condition both as to quantity and cleanliness, the inmates poorly clad and dirty, the house needed scrubbing and white washing, and the diet furnished the inmates is scanty. The keeper is required to furnish everything and to pay 400 dollars rent for the farm, while he allowed for keeping paupers only 20 cents a day for adults and 14 cents for children under ten years old; this compensation is shamefully inadequate. The county grants considerable out-door relief.

Superintendent: George W. Murray

Bond: $500 per year paid to county, paid $1.40/pauper/week, county provides clothing.

County Doctor: Dr. Daniel D. Brengle

Present on day of visit:

23 paupers

2 insane

2 children

4 horses, 1 colt, 3 cows, 4 calves, 30 hogs

1/2 acre garden

3 acre orchard

1/2 acre graveyard