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Bishop Fenwick, of Boston. It is under the care 

 of the Fathers of the Society of Jesus, and de- 

 signed for the education of young men for an eccle- 

 siastical or professional course of life. It is beauti- 

 fully situated on the slope of a hill, about a half mile 

 from the city. A farm of ninety acres is attached to 

 it. The Roman Catholic population of Massachusetts, 

 according to the census of 1850, is 180,000. The 

 Diocese of Boston comprises Maine, New Hamp- 

 shire, Massachusetts, and Vermont. It "was created 

 in 1808. 



Worcester is one of the most beautiful towns in New 

 England. As many of my distant readers may not 

 know what is meant by New England, I must inform 

 them that New England comprises six States, viz. : 

 Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 

 Connecticut, and Vermont. The State Lunatic 

 Asylum, at Worcester, is one of the best institutions 

 in the United States. It is built of brick, and con- 

 sists of centre buildings, 76 feet long and 40 wide, 

 and four stories high. At each end of the wings are 

 two other buildings, 134 feet long and 34 feet wide, 

 forming, with the main building, three sides of a spa- 

 cious square. It will accommodate 450 patients. 

 The present number of patients is 234 males and 



