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carried om A separate room is allotted for 
every different business, and a female, somen: 
what older than the rest, presides in it, to in-? 
spect the work, and preserve regularity. Per¬ 
sons are appointed to dispose of the several arti-r 
eles manufactured in the house, and the money 
which they produce is distributed amongst the 
individuals engaged in manufacturing them, 
who, after paying a certain sum towards the 
maintenance of the house, and a certain sum 
besides into the public fund of the society, are 
allowed to keep the remainder- for themselves. 
After the boys have finished their school 
education, they are apprenticed to the business 
which accords most with their inclination. 
Should this be a business or trade that is car¬ 
ried on in the young men's house, they at once 
go there to learn it, but if at the house of an 
indi vidual in the town, they only board and lodge 
at the young men's house. If they are in¬ 
clined to agricultural pursuits, they are then 
put under the care of one of the farmers of the 
society. The young men subscribe to the sup¬ 
port of their house, and to the public fund, just 
as the young women do ; the widows do the 
same; and every individual in the town like¬ 
wise contributes a small sum weekly to the 
general fund of the society. 
Situated upon the creek, which skirts the 
town, there' is a hour mill,., a saw mill, an oil 
