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But in this chapter the effect of immigration will be indicated. The influence of the physical environment is worthy of brief notice. Between one and another of the three neighborhoods lie stretches of land, nearly a mile wide, valued less highly than that on which the clusters of houses stand.
Political slander is as infectious and destructive to the harmony of the nation, and the security of our government, as private slander is to neighborhoods and societies. No sooner is a candidate held up for office, than all the party dogs of war on both sides are let loose and set to barking.
I feel that the Society for the Alleviation of the Sufferings of Prisoners has a great work to perform in our town. The tramp is as familiar a figure in the village and the surrounding country as he is in other populous rural neighborhoods.
That question is answered in part by the conduct of most of the inhabitants in the Southern cities and neighborhoods already occupied by the loyal troops. Up to this writing, the developments have not been very encouraging.
Hutchinson's fame as a revivalist began to spread abroad, and many neighborhoods where there were a few Disciples, and who were anxious to build themselves into a congregation, sent for him to come and help them; and thus our churches rapidly grew in number, and our acquaintance with the brethren was greatly extended.
There are in the County of Jefferson two neighborhoods known to-day as the Maryland settlement and the Scotch settlement, and the writer has many memories very pleasant ones, too of happy hours in the long past spent with some of nature's noblemen who were inhabitants of these communities.
In neighborhoods without churches, without school houses, without settled roads, among a population of disorganized and heterogeneous material, he had exhorted from house to house, labored individually with one after another, till he had, in place after place, brought together the elements of a Christian church.
I inclose you the copy of an intercepted letter, which is but the type of others. Many men from every part of the State are now enrolled under Buckner have gone to him while ours have to be raised in neighborhoods, and cannot be called together except at long notice.
"True," said the curate, "and you might go further than that and remember that much of our work here lies in some very poor and some very disreputable neighborhoods." "It does," said the vicar. "Amongst our parishioners we must have many thieves, I am afraid." "There are thieves and thieves," said Mr. Hayes, "and I fancy there are many who would not meddle with the sacred vessels of a church.
Very quickly the second library was established in South Boston, the third at the South End, and before long some neighborhoods were dotted with libraries. The idea at the beginning was that the groups should be made up of fifteen children, but later we adopted ten as a better number.
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