PLATE XIII.. 



(Page 275.) 



This picture in its two parts is allegorical, thougli drawn from an 



original. It is intended to teach. It should be studied with that 

 object. Then it will convey its own lesson. If the residence of 

 farmer Snug is most attractive, let every farmer sti-ive to make his 

 so, and keep it in that order. If the residence of farmer Slack is 

 repulsive, let it be a lesson to every farmer's son. 



After looking at this picture, placed as a frontispiece to Chapter 

 III. — The Farmery — let him carefully read that chapter. It is full 

 of instruction. This picture is not designed as an index to the con- 

 tents of that chapter, but to tell its own story — a story of good and 

 bad management. As you read, you will see how such a residence 

 as this dilapidated one produces a debasing influence upon the mind* 

 of children, and what inducements you have to beautify home. 



