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n this plan there is no pretension to ornament in any 

 respect that may incur unnecessary expense, except perhaps in 

 the small Cupola for the Bell; and this appendage, trifling as it 

 is, gives to the whole that characteristic feature which dis- 

 tinguishes it as a public building. 



To you, my dear Edward, it is unnecessary to remark one 



circumstance which you may perhaps find an opportunity of 

 inculcating to your Parishioners ; that in providing for the 

 future comforts of the Poor, they may possibly be anticipating 

 the future happiness of themselves or their desceodant's ; since 

 we too often see the hard-hearted opulent oppressor, in the 

 vicissitudes of life, reduced to look for support to those public 

 institutions to which he has reluctantly contributed.* 



It may perhaps be objected to the design, that something 

 more ornamental might have been proposed, perhaps adopting 

 the Gothic style, but the answer is obvious ; the first considera- 

 tion in a Poor-house is economy. 



The prevailing Taste for fragments of Gothic Architecture 

 is apt to display itself in the doors and windows of a Dairy, for 

 which there 



ere can be no plausible reason assigned ; but if the 

 Gothic character be introduced in any small building, there is 



* This Plan was at first highly approved by the leading persons in the Parish, 

 till it was discovered that the Situation proposed was so desirable, that the Site 

 occupied in private houses would produce more profit, and therefore the Poor for the 



present continue m their former unwholesome abode ; but 



of Negro Slaves, compared with Eels flayed alive—" they are used to it 



Orator observed 



