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induce them to become, either supine and indolent, or mischie- vous and disorderly. The pleasure of doing good, is not the only satisfaction that

the gentleman of landed property receives, in attending to, and

urgiteie g, the labouring poor. He will see his estate pros- Herous. The peasantry on it industrious, happy and dutiful: b 2

and the old, and decrepid, not dragging on a miserable, con-

dll fined existence in a workhouse; but supported comfortably, by

the provident savings, they were, in their earlier years, in-

structed to lay up for the winter of life.

* piece of turf, the dimensions of which, are 9o feet by, 45; and the inter-

« vals, between the columns, are ornamented with festoons of lamps: Oon „ entering the room, you peceive, in front, the word d Merit, formed by lamps, e in large characters; and, on each side, a transparent picture, representing the cottages of Industry and Idleness. In the ball-room the spinning *⁴ prizes are distributed: after which, thev illagers dance till midnight: and ¹ thus terminate a day, which, to them, is certainly the happiest, and perhaps, e'the most useful in the year.

* P. S. They who have obtained the prize of merit, are further distin-

e guished by the letter M painted on the lintel of their doors.“*

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