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TWO WORKHOUSE STORIES

... 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 ...

A WORKHOUSE STORY

... fences broken down by the browbeating workhouse o tomaster, though it may be worse for her when she gets back to1 school. These workhouse children, too, have consciences, Ifealty to somnethitrg better than workhouse sway, an atom of .|the divine truth. ...

LITERATURE

... schools of the present day. But, although we find a great deal about workhouses in the statutes of those old days, it does not appear that these institutions had any actual existence. Workhouses could not be built and maintained without cost or assessment, and ...

CATTLE SHOWS

... again removed to the workhouse upon the tagistrate's order. At a meeting of the Macclesfield Board of Guardians yesterday the condunt of the police and relianeg ! officers in removing a woman charged with murder, to the workhouse without a Magistrate'e ...

PRISON POETRY

... Where they may lay their bead; But I've a warm and well-air'd cellP A bath, good books, good bed. bWhile they are fed on workhouse fare, And grudged their scanty food; Three times a day my meals I get, Suficient, wholesome, good. - Then to the British ...

LITERATURE

... a spirit of independent indnstry, and to affored the menus of exerting it among the class from which tbe jails and the work-houses are peopled. It ie most difficult to re-, conicile the benevolence that would prompt society and indivi- duals to increase ...

THE MURDERS BY BABY-FARMERS

... the yard on subsequent visit, but the dirt in the rooms could not have bees caused by them. The children were taken to the workhouse, the prisoners arrested. Detectiv* Nelsou described the filthy condition of the prisoners' house, and said the stench was ...

THE OLD WOMAN'S CAROL

... seen,- And the first lies far away;- The snow was deep and the holly green By our country cot that day. They have built a workhouse on its site, Yet the hearth in my memory still burns bright Where my brothers sat with me;- One that has since grownl rich ...

LITERATURE

... as- snult, at(enmled with fatal results, was smade oii a poor old mail, named Peter JnArstI, npauper in the i'n-elsester workhouse, by a fellow inmate, names1 Timotihy lletheringtora. Jackson was standing in the men's day room,; Dnd Hetherington, thr moment ...

THE LAX YOUNG FREE KIRK MINISTER

... Poor-Law Board last year by Mr. F. W. Rowsell, Im Superintendent of Admiralty Contracts, on the supply of provisions for the workhouses of the nt metropolis. Fifty-seven samples of milk so sup he plied were examined by Mr Alfred Wanklyn by 0 the most trustworthy ...

CUTTINGS FROM THE MAGAZINES

... faijy are not . 'alwys -without.Seir goodtqualities, althou~glf'they maybe somewhat difficult to discove'r. It'iatue the workhouse aold aowen' are Kr4ently uarrelsote an&d fractious, but this'is litteI to'be'wozndered at. With 'the infirmities of t od ...

EDINBURGH NEWS CONTINUED

... sioner's tables, after deducting expence of collec- tion, amounted to L.17 16s. 8d. of which L.10 have beenjpaid to the Charity Workhouse of this: city, and the balance, L.7 l6s. $d!3 to the, Royal Infirmary. A' petition against the foreign inlistment bill passing ...