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a pride in showing it. That pew, the clergy- 

 man's, is lined with cloth of Eobert Walker's 

 own spinning. When he came here, he found it 

 without pews ; so it remained for many years ; 

 then he used it as a school-room and his place 

 was by the communion table. He is described 

 as sitting there, wearing a cloak of his own 

 making. His great grandson relates that 

 " many a time when his family wanted cloth, 

 he used to take the wheel into the school and 

 spin there," and that " he had also a cradle 

 there of his own making." "Frequently (he 

 says) have the cradle and the wheel and the 

 teaching required the ingenuity of the clergy- 

 man at the same moment." After the chapel 

 was " pewed," the school teaching was given up 

 there, the free space was so curtailed ; and 

 about the same time the present little school- 

 room which we passed was built. We are assured 

 that he received no money for teaching, the 

 parents being too poor, and that he was re- 

 quited only by offices of love. They assisted 

 him to dig his potatoes and fuel, to cut his hay 

 and reap his corn. Now, let us go out into the 

 churchyard. Here is his grave. Kead the 

 inscription on the head-stone, 



