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Executive Documents of the
State of Minnesota
For the Fiscal Year
Ending July 31, 1892

                         INSPECTION OF COUNTY POOR HOUSES.
                         
              CHIPPEWA COUNTY POORHOUSE was visited June 2, 1892.
            There were four paupers; three men and one woman. The
            largest number at one time during the past year has
            been seven. The overseer pays $250 per year rent for
            the farm of 160 acres and receives $2.50 weekly for
            boarding each pauper. The overseer provides bedding,
            furniture and fuel. The county furnishes clothing
            and tobacco. The house was in bad repair and poorly
            ventilated but the paupers appeared to be reasonably
            well cared for. The house was reasonably clean; the
            bedding was clean but the house was infested with
            vermin. A pauper reported the following bill of fare:
            Breakfast: pancakes, fresh meat (two or three times
             weekly), potatoes, bread and butter, coffee with
             sugar and milk, milk on draft.
            Dinner: meat, potatoes, bread and butter, cake or pie,
             tea, milk.
            Supper: bread and butter, meat, coffee, cake, sauce, etc.
            The pauper reported plenty of good food.
            
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