A BEAUTIFUL NEW CoACH. 



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when the windows only were wanting, or a few 

 more boards would have shut out the destructive ele 

 ment the carpenters and sash-makers concluded they 

 would enjoy a little &quot;strike&quot; preferring leisure to 

 work, and needing a short rest from their labors. 

 Many a time would I be roused from my comforta 

 ble bed, and be forced, with quite a scanty amount 

 of clothing, to climb up the rickety, half-finished 

 stairs at midnight, and get drenched through putting 

 up boards or nailing down the canvas; for water, 



