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Deacon's, on Mr. Blacker's property in the barony of 

 Bantrj', or (which will be more convenient for the 

 Forth and Bargy boys) to my friend John Mahony"s 

 cottage and garden at Taghmon ; or to Peter French's 

 at Bannow, where all the dashing and white-washing 

 of farmers, and labourers' houses, in this coimty 

 commenced, under the directions of Mr. Boyse, the 

 principal proprietor; and you will see (or my name 

 is not Doyle) what will delight you. Now, these 

 peoples' houses, and many others on the same estates, 

 are always clean inside and outside. By the way, 

 since I have been abusing the outsides of your houses 

 in Forth, I must admit that most of you are extremely 

 neat and comfortalile inside; and this is of infinitely 

 more importance than the look of the exterior, if it 

 covers filth and nastiness. Nothing is worse than a 

 dirty house within. I would not throw away hme and 

 sand upon those who are satisfied with the merely 

 outward look, like Jenny Dempsey, who hves near 

 me. But, probaldy, you don't know who Jenny 

 Dempsey is; so it is but civil of me to inform yoti. 

 She is a tenant's daughter of mine, who was married 

 about four years ago to a man called " The Hurler." 

 I gave them four acres of land at 1/. an acre, with a 

 snug well-thatched cabin, besides a small cow-house, 

 dairy, and pig-stye: (quite enoTigh for the size of the 

 farm) hme and sand for dashing, bricks for a chimney, 

 cottage -windows, that open and shut on hinges, and 

 paint for them and the two doors — back and front, 

 ever)' thing was as nice as you please. When the 

 Judges (ame to decide the Premiums, the windows 

 were l)right, the gravel walk without a weed, the cab- 

 bages fresh earthed in the little garden, the pig snug 

 and clean in her stye, and the bees (every one of you 

 should have hives,) swarming that very day ; Jenny 

 herself, and the children, as tidy as you can imagine, 

 and " The Hurler" himself had the knees of his small- 

 clothes actually buttoned and tied. Thinks I to my- 

 self, what a fine example to the rest of my tenants 



