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

                         INSPECTION OF COUNTY POOR HOUSES.
                         
              LYON COUNTY POORHOUSE was visited June 25, 1891. There
            were only two paupers, one man and one woman. The largest
            number reported during the year was five. The overseer
            receives $500 per year, with board for himself and family,
            for the services of himself and wife, the overseer to
            furnish team and machinery; the county to pay all extra
            help and furnish everything except as stated. The room of
            the female pauper was in a filthy condition. The floor
            was dirty; the bedding consisted of a straw bed and two
            dirty quilts. The bed was infested with bugs. The rest of
            the house was reasonably clean and neat. The male pauper
            was occupying a room in the detached building. He was
            neat and clean. The bed had clean pillows and pillow cases,
            clean blankets, and was apparently free from vermin. A
            pauper reported the food clean and abundant, and that he
            had good care. The cause for the condition of the room of
            the female pauper was, that the woman was violently  op-
            posed to cleanliness and would not allow her clothing
            to be changed or her room to be cleaned without violent
            resistance. The overseer was notified that it was his
            duty to govern the house and see that the paupers were
            kept in a clean and wholesome condition. The overseer's
            wife was urged to cleanse the room thoroughly, put on
            clean bedding, and compel the woman to keep herself
            clean and neat.
            
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