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roads or lanes now, when the people are 

 coming home from work, not one in twenty 

 will you see with a faggot of either lop, top, 

 or rough wood. They will tell you that they 

 have now to buy all that they require, which 

 at any rate puts them on a more independent 

 footing ; and as ordinary grates have in most 

 out-of-the-way places taken the place of brand - 

 irons and fires on the hearths, large wood 

 could not be burnt there. 



Just at present there appears to be a slight 

 hitch in the movement for the general welfare, 

 aided as it is by all the modern improvements, 

 ready to hand, for working it along. Time 

 will prove all things ; if the changes had been 

 gradual they would not have been noticed so 

 much, but they have been extremely rapid, 

 and the rustic mind is slow in accepting 

 them. 



