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

                         INSPECTION OF COUNTY POOR HOUSES.
                         
              LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY POORHOUSE was visited January 7, 1892
            with J. O. Flee, county commissioner. There were three paupers;
            one old man and his wife and one single man. This was the
            largest number ever reported up to that time. The overseer
            receives $3 weekly for each male pauper and $5 for the female
            pauper who is bed-ridden.
              The county furnishes the seed and gets half of the crop;
            the overseer furnishes machinery and twine.
              The overseer had one boarder; a single man about 50 years
            old, who paid $3 per week. The overseer's wife, the two old
            people and the male boarder were all sleeping in one room,
            10 x 20 feet. This was said to be necessary in order to care
            for the bed-ridden woman. The beds were not very clean. There
            were no sheets used. The paupers slept in blankets. On several
            of the beds were sheep skin coverlets. The house was not very
            clean. The administration of this house was not satisfactory.
            There seemed to be no sufficient excuse for the promiscuous
            sleeping arrangements. The bill of fare was reported as
            follows:
            Breakfast: meat, potatoes, bread and butter, coffee with
              sugar and milk.
            Dinner: about the same; sometimes soup and extra vegetables.
            Supper: bread and butter, sauce, sometimes coffee. Lunch at
            4 P.M.
            
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