THE STATE OF THE OLD MEN'S HOME.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1458, 17 January 1887, Page 3

THE STATE OF THE OLD MEN'S HOME.

TO THE EDITOR.

■ Nt, — Ir appear (o >:«.« huk ther* i* n^ ii'eaua so p;>we ftil kb 'he pf.B3 o Bailing ••he w! eel m motion, *-nd 1 observe that ooi sido a'i c public excit.m^nt has bdun d vo'opod 'by th- j s f ,ie ff (ho ! 'l'i MenV ioma, a"> exp-S'd m 1)10 niwp*pi r 3. Many person?, ! o veve •, app^er to b« dubious regarding -be rejo. tj, h ying '>:.}y )e-»tnt of ilmui by h^areriy ; bur, if they &'.& atixioua to Je^n the tiuh of hi tna kr or I would a'lviae them to act upo i iln same plan as was ndep'ed by a iveil-iiuowr nobleman to tl c OldConutry. Di-guißing bias ili aß a psupor, he Bought re f uge m a receiving watd, and wrot^ a mess amuaicg account, of hia tdjht'a ad veotire He did not ft el his appetite gord enough, to ca r . his allowance of hreai and gave it to one of the inmates " L'.>r\" orioil the delighted renpienr, *' herod a chap ac can't e»t his take." The mnat d say;reeablo experieoce the • amaifur ciaual' had to eucountor waa ho b»th, the w.-ter of which he compared t) multon brcf'', it having don-} good sjrvioo to many. before coming to his turn. To the ast tnßliaidtiG of m.ny, a spioy carri'ga drove t) th-j Union door and to-)k aw\y the sjp?o«ed p uper, who kindly left a c^tqu.; f >r 60a fcr tbe bena--6t of his ni;ht'a ompatiiocs. If some one, similarly disposed, paid a like visit to tin O d iMen'o Home it would, doubtlens, r?Bulr t> the pdvautw^n of tho intiiatea of thifc Institution —1 »ra, otc, Veriias