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CAKE FOR HIS WORKPEOPLE. 



CHAP. XIV. 



have " sprung from the ranks," he was one of the kindest 

 and most indulgent of masters. He would have a fair 

 day's work for a fair day's wages ; but he never forgot 

 that the employer had his duties as well as his rights. 

 First of all, he attended to the proper home accommoda- 

 tion of his workpeople. He erected a village of com- 

 fortable cottages, each provided with a snug little garden. 

 He was also instrumental in erecting a church adjacent 

 to the works, as well as Church schools for the education 

 of the colliers' children ; and with that broad catholicity 

 of sentiment which distinguished him, he further pro- 

 vided a chapel and a school-house for the use of the 

 Dissenting portion of the colliers and their families an 

 example of benevolent liberality which was not without 

 a salutary influence upon the neighbouring employers. 



EPHENSON'S HODSE AT ALTON GRANGE 



