Practical Notes Made During a Tour in Canada And a Portion of the United States
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It enjoys a valuable water-power, capable of being- turned to account in various ways : the price asked was 3500 dollars, or £875. An American gentleman, who was inquiring after it, expected to buy it for £ 750. About two miles from Brandtford, an Indian village has been established under the charge of Mr L. , a clergyman of the Church of England, sent out by the Society for Propagating the Gospel. Next day being Sun- day, we resolved to make a small detour, and attend worship in their church. ...The institution embraces both spiritual and secular objects. They have a Mechanics' School, where instruction is given in handicraft trades, and many, by steady progress in acquiring knowledge, and in managing their farms, afford sufficient evidence of their capacity to be weaned from the dissolute habits, of the most disso- lute of all human beings, a half-reclaimed savage. Too many, however, of these poor creatures still roam about, ignorant and idle, seldom indeed injur- ing others, save in a moment of phrenzied intoxica- tion, but utterly useless and unprofitable to the com- munity and to themselves.
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