An Almshouse Scandal.
The American correspondent of a Southern paper writes : — I had a'most forgotten the Tewkesbury Almshouse scandal, which has developed further atrocities. Slippers made of a woman's tanned skin vrere exhibited, and tanners swore to having tanned human skins hoth white and black. Under Marsh's administration also there was systenv atio stealing and altering of the hooks, yet the 1 * culture and respectability" of Boston are up m arms against Butler, who is accused of bringing: J»n* merited obloquy upon the community, and professes to think that Tewkestmry Almshouse was" an exceptionally well managed place. Even the clergy the same note, such is their 'Satred of Governor Butler.and the re* methods which he has intro* duced. The moral sentiment of the country, however^ is with him. If these things had been done m any of the old •slave States; what a howl there would be m Boston ; but the rascality being homebred ana nurtured, of course no one Should interfere with it. Legree 'was a New England conception, and Mrs Beecher Stowe would have little difficulty m finding the original of that character m the Hay State today, if the search were profitable. >
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 210, 10 August 1883, Page 3
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195An Almshouse Scandal. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 210, 10 August 1883, Page 3
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