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... TWO WORKHOUSE STORIES. ?? the Spectator.) The Tites of Wednesdayjmub~isbed -in-tlew same column two st6ies, t i'donnected exiept by the -horror-theirdetails-excited,'but throw- ing' almost' a ghaiitlyilight :tipon each othpr~,, On Sunday~the papers w ...

... ENTERTAINMtENT AT THE MERTHYR WORflHOUS/N. u The annnal enterl;tainment for the pleasure of the ,n inmntes of the Merthyr Union Workhouse was ý8 held on Monday afternoon, the arrangemente for - the fixture, which on all hands was admitted to be ' the most successful ...

... BARTON REGIS WORKHOUSE. NIEW YEAR'S kNFERTAINMENT. The New Year's entertainment to the children and aged inmates of the Barton itegis Workhouse was given Jast night in the boys' schoolroom of the insti- tution at Esetville, and, as in previous years, ...

... accommodation is being provided at Plaistow. A I. wonderful saving has been effected in the workhouse stores without reducing the food of the poor. Inmates of n workhouse, 2,097 (last year, 2,064); men, 735; women, * 1,089; children, 273; and 343 children at ...

... THE IRISH WORKHOUSE ASSOCIATION. LKTTKR MONTEAGLK. !'f> iilfc; toi'ioa iur. I'KCKMAS'a .lOVBNAU. Dear SiR-While thank you for jour sympathetic ami closely reasoned article your of the 25th may I point out one miioonception, it appears ? Yon rail* the ...

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... Parliament in the year iSfii, relating to English workhouses and district schools. It appears from this that 1.l per cent. of the males and 27 of the females educated in district schools returned to the workhouse. A return under the boarding-out system at Glasgow ...

... and laughed about al the yesr long. This i afact, and goes to sbow how keenly these efforts to relieve the monotony of t workhouse life is appreciated. On the wbole the enter- e tainment given on Mondaywasin poinlrofinoerit quite, equal to any that have ...

... TN THE WORKHOUSE OR. GRHRISTMIAS DAY, [ORIGINAL..] It is Christiflis Day in the workhouse, And the cold bare walls are bright With garlands ot groeu and holly, And the place is a ploasant sight, For, with clonu-si-nlted hanud and faces, Iu a long a:- ...

... A WORKHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT. The inmates of St. Giles's Workhouse, Endell-street, n greatly enij yed the excellent entertainment which was organised for them by Mr Charles Collette, and given to them in a large room in the workhouse on Monday evening. Mr ...

... WORKHOUSE TREAT AT ASHBY A most excellent an . enjoyable tea and er.l.rtiinment were given on Thursday, to the i_i_o .tee . f tb- Ashby-de- ?? Union Workhoss?. by the LaHi'.r Vi-itiug Com- mittee, with their friend-. Rabbits for pies iv.ie given by the ...