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only children were the orphans and the poor men's sons 

 and daughters of the city. The Miller of Houghton, 

 as some of my readers well know, is just such another 

 man, with one slight difference, which is to his advan- 

 tage, as a gift of grace. He has all of Deacon Grant's 

 self-diffusing life of love for his kind, generous and 

 tender dispositions towards the poor and needy, and 

 more than the Deacon's means of doing good, and, with 

 all this, the indomitable energy and will and even the 

 look of Cromwell. During my stay in the neighbor- 

 hood, I was present at two large gatherings at his 

 House of Canvass, with which he supplements his 

 family mansion when the latter lacks the capacity of 

 his heart in the way of accommodation. This tent, 

 which he erects on his lawn, will hold a large congre- 

 gation ; and, on both the occasions to which I refer, 

 was well filled with men, women, and children from far 

 and near. The first was a reunion of the Sunday- 

 school teachers and pupils of the county, to whom he 

 gave a sumptuous dinner ; after which followed addresses 

 and some business transactions of the association. The 

 second was the examination of the British School of the 

 village, founded and supported, I believe, by himself. 

 At the conclusion of the exercises, which were exceed- 

 ingly interesting, the whole company, young and old, 

 adjourned to the lawn, where the visitors and elder 



