BARTON GRAINGER

LATEST LOCAL TREAT TO WORKHOUSE CHILDREN. THIS AFTERNOON MR COUNCILLOR GRAINGER,A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF GUARDIANS,GAVE A TREAT TO THE CHILDREN OF THE WORKHOUSE, TO THE NUMBER OF ABOUT EIGHTY. THINKING THAT ALL THE SUNDAY SCHOLARS OF THE TOWN HAD HAD A TREAT, MR. GRAINGER DECIDED THAT THOSE IN THE WORKHOUSE SHOULD ALSO HAVE AN OUTING. THIS HE HAS ENTIRELY UNDERTAKEN AT HIS OWN EXPENSE, WITH THE EXECPTION THAT MR. LIDDLE VERY KINDLY DROVE THE CHILDREN TO AND FROM THE WORKHOUSE TO THE PARK IN BRAKES,WHERE MR. GRAINGER,HIS WIFE AND FAMILY WERE ALL PRESENT TO RECIEVE THEIR LITTLE GUESTS AND DID ALL IN THEIR POWER TO MAKE THE OCCASION ENJOYABLE BY OFFERING THEM TOYS AS PRIZES FOR RACES AND GAMES. THEY ALSO PROVIDED THEM WITH AN EXCELLELENT TEA. THE MATRON OF THE WORKHOUSE WITH SOME HALF DOZEN ADULT INMATES WERE ALSO PRESENT. THE BOY'S BAND PLAYED SEVERAL SELECTIONS OF MUSIC DURING THE AFTERNOON, AND ALL SEEMED TO THOROUGHLY ENJOY THEMSELVES. I THINK THE ABOVE ARTICLE IS LOVELY. WE SEE SHOWS NOW GOING ON ABOUT WORKHOUSES AND HOW THEY WERE MADE TO MAKE PEOPLE SUFFER WHILST THERE, SO THAT IT WASN'T AN "EASY OPTION". I WONDER HOW THE TOWN'S WEALTHIER SIDE VIEWED BARTON'S ACT. HE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A GOOD  AND FAIR MAN.