a sum as should be thought of. That
cypher, therefore, for the third year, shows an unwarrantable neglect.
These figures are especially suggestive, too, on the educational and
moral points, perhaps a good index of them. And what a show! Down, down!
What a picture for New Hampshire! Grant that the chaplain preaches to
the men Sabbath mornings, meets them in the prayer-meetings, &c., to
what does it amount in the midst of such surroundings? True, it
gratifies them to assemble, hear the human voice, and sing. That is
about all the good that can be looked for under the circumstances.

The labor figures, too, are expressive,--$209 22, $216 44 and $223 79,
what each earned per year; poorer fare and more work. We admit that this
rise may, in part, be credited to the fact that, from the former
warden's suggestion, our rulers had arranged for the doctor to visit the
prison daily and examine the cases desiring excuse from work, by real or
pretended sickness, with the anticipation of saving more or less labor,
which that warden supposed he had lost from being left himself to do
this excusing, and without medical advice, which measure commenced when
the new warden came in. But, besides this, enough remains unaccounted
for in that way, no doubt, to render it highly probable that too many of
those complaining of having been driven to work when sick, had just
cause for such complaints.

Those figures on repairs are important,--$1,937 64, $1,057 08 and
$1,029 50. That first year made the last of those spent in that general
fitting up, enlarging and repairing as preparatory to running the
institution at more income, less expense, and, consequently, larger
gains than ever before, thus laying the foundation for its present
prosperity. Those sums for the second and third years would have been
mere trifles but for keeping the shop appliances in repair, and that of
the first very much less. Now that the contractor keeps these appliances
in order himself, this repair bill for a long while to come should be
very small. Hence, when we hear the laudations of the present apparent
financial prosperity of the prison over that of a few years ago, we are
not to infer that those former rulers were any the less shrewd,
far-seeing, or energetic in financial matters than those of later date,
but that the latter are only reaping from what the former sowed.

The table shows us how the increased gains are secured; mostly by
withholding the necessaries of