54 AN AMERICAN FARMER IN ENGLAND. 



warmed on the hot-water plan ; furnished with a wash-bowl, 

 and pure water brought by pipes ; lighted by a beam of fil 

 trated sunshine by day, and a jet of gas-flame by night ; pro 

 vided also with a bell or signal, by which the interesting in 

 mate may at any time, in case of bodily ailment, summon a 

 regular bred physician to his relief, or a veritable and legiti 

 mate &quot; descendant of the apostles,&quot; in case he should be taken 

 suddenly aback with repentance during the night : at every 

 bed-head too regularly as the crucifix in the dormitories of 

 monks, or the squat, yellow Josh in the habitation of the 

 Chinese a bible. &quot; The Bible ! ah ! how must his heart melt, 

 and his dark mind be enlightened, as in his retirement from 

 the wild temptations of the wicked world the prisoner is left 

 to be absorbed in its glorious tidings. What a feast, what a 



treasure, what a &quot; nay, the shining leather and sticking 



leaves tell us that even the Bible Societies may throw pearls 

 before swine. 



&quot; Aye,&quot; say the turnkey : &quot;He can t read a young chap 

 in for two months ; petty larceny.&quot; 



We open and read. &quot; He that knew not, and did commit 

 things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For 

 unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be re 

 quired ; and to whom men have committed much, of him they 

 will ask the more.&quot; 



It was given him to have a mind uneducated except in igno 

 rance and criminal contrivance, and it was required of him, he 

 might tell us, to either starve or steal ; and then there is given 

 him good, comfortable, clean, wholesome air, water, food, lodg 

 ing, and exercise, (not work.) Moreover, there is added this 

 sealed book. Must he not think it mockery 1 



But we are not allowed to philosophize, or moralize, or 

 criticise. We are expected only to admire, and are passed 

 along to the culinary department. 



