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430 OPEN COUNCIL.
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X. Y. Z. FUND. chiefly LlADIES The throu...
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Extract From A Lady Emigrant's Letter. Q...
future — placed rich duties squatters ; lie wrote . much or . to farmers I rne know in live he great " so will well sp be irits well here , and , off it . as is enj regards astonishing oyed the personal thoug the amount ht comforts of his of
money living , and they then can spend you can . I jud will ge g for ive you yourself an account . In the of fir Mr st . place 1 _& his \ s is sty a le one of - storied house- —of course with verandah built all round—and contains about for this climate but
o drawing a f d course ozen room and we Lave s dining , most no of carpets them are in larg the covered e and bed- well rooms with furnished , veiy nor in nice , any oilcloth other . room The . ; bed The
--rooms business steads are I all am m tired ade of to iron death , without of itthere curtains seems . As to for be the no end eating of the part meal of the s ;
is we eggs lunch have , & c , . breakfast hot At twelve quite about , I have as half substantial a past glass , ei g ht port as o' our clock wine dinners , several and biscuit are kinds at ; of home at hot two , meats always there ,
pudding , or tarts , , wine and beer . At seven o ' clock we dine , and , -very there sumptuous is abundance repast it of is , I can thing _assiu and 'e you all good . Several of its kind kinds of Tea win is e— broug indeed ht
and into hands the drawing it round -room . Mr every . about K , nine is , a , and very one hosp of itable the , g o entlemen pen . -hearted pours man it , and out l
his his little station house d , hter Is of generall course and _myself , y and full they fill of a themselves visitors good sized ; he , table with emp Mr oy The . and man first Mrs y evening y . B . g men I , dined their on
hereel aug even sat down , all gentlemen except two . , and as all were strangers to possession me , you may of four imag large ine I sheep did not stations feel very . I lik comfortable e the children . Mr . very R , much is in ; and but
they they are are certainl honest I , most y loving colonial fortunate , and , that tractable is , There forward , so are I , premature do five not little find men children them much women ; . the trouble eldest , .
You is of ei servants ght see ; there — am five is women a darling and bab I . y about ' t know six how months many old mem . . ; There a man is cook no end and
boy in the into kitchen nice . I am , famil to learn I believe to ride on and horseback ! N" . My know sister is EL well
—Is going as a y , , , you , . settled several , so situations we are . all I disposed know Mrs of . , K and I trust likes shall meshe give has satisfaction as much as in told our
me so so . There ils is are a promised very good . A opening school for -room a school is lent at , for a a town time c to alled any Warwick lady who , many pup
would health Mr . R y venture , and I prettil should to commence y situated most certainl . teaching If y I had have there known tried ; it my of is fortune this a nice before there littl engag e . town ing , very with
are much I at am h better so ome g , lad — here by B the : governesses sup has erior decided class are to ; of treated leave course Eng so there land differentl , are for to di I y live feel sagreeabl from she wh think will e , at vul do they this gar so
le as at liomewith whom it would be impossible . I peop never climate so would oppressive sui , t you as it ; is it at is home warm , and in summer the winter certainl on the y , but of downs this the is heat quite is
cold would enoug disappoint h , I suppose you , though . I think of course the gener it depends al appear entirel ance y on the country district . would be astonished to find how much the colonists think of dress ;
peop You le , ladies in particular , are far more extensively got ujp than they are at
home . "
430 Open Council.
430 OPEN COUNCIL .
X. Y. Z. Fund. Chiefly Lladies The Throu...
X . _Y . Z . FUND . _LlADIES The recep h tion their of the subscri proposal ptions for has raising not A equalled nnuities the for expectations Governesses
which chiefly lifeand may throug . can have undei been _'Stand formed own the b alleviation y those who , in know . their the prospects conditions which of gpvernefss might foe
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1863, page 430, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081863/page/70/
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