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saries, and must deny himself all manner of pleasures 

 which could be secured him in one way or another by 

 what goes to waste.* Thus for a long time, in Pen- 

 sylvania and in other provinces, the establishment of 

 such inland borough -towns has been an object of dil- 

 igent care, and it is with pleasure one observes from 

 their rapid increase that they are contributing greatly 

 to the well-being of the inhabitants. For this reason 

 I have observed all through which I have passed, and 

 so much the more, because there is nowhere to be had 

 a complete list of such places. These country-towns 

 of the farther regions have for the most part quite 

 the look of our German market-towns ; the houses, ac- 

 cording to the taste of the inmates, are painted divers 

 colors, and the interior arrangement is very little dif- 

 ferent from the German, for most of the inhabitants 

 are German. Here and there are Irish families, upon 

 whom the Germans, as better and more orderly econ- 

 omists, look down with a peculiar pride and arro- 

 gance. German tavern-keepers along the road have 



* However, something is to be said for these isolated and 

 scattered settlements, and all the advantages that mode of life 

 has always had are to be found here. Such an existence, con- 

 formable to nature and the ancient customs, has been finely 

 described by Moser. ' The man living apart has privileges 

 " which people elsewhere and now are again coming to see 

 " the value of. About his house he has his lands and woods, 

 " carries on his tillage as it pleases him, and in time of need 

 " has always something at hand to tide him over. He is not 

 " so much exposed to fire and pestilence, in time of war lies 

 " remote, and in peace does not strive unduly after luxury, 

 " that so the thief may not come his way. Distance from 

 " neighbors and the village tap-house is besides assurance in 

 " some measure against temptation, wrong desires, and oppor- 

 " tunity for evil." + 



