Public Documents of Massachusetts, 5. köide1874 |
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... labor and worry of the farmers and of their families ; the economy of health , com- pared with the parsimony that begets disease ; of the proper site for a homestead , and of the importance of cleanliness around it ; of drainage ; of ...
... labor and worry of the farmers and of their families ; the economy of health , com- pared with the parsimony that begets disease ; of the proper site for a homestead , and of the importance of cleanliness around it ; of drainage ; of ...
Page 183
... labor , is comparatively small ; and consequently the great majority of our people are actively engaged in pursuits involving physi- cal or mental toil , the interruption of which for any consider- able period would involve privation ...
... labor , is comparatively small ; and consequently the great majority of our people are actively engaged in pursuits involving physi- cal or mental toil , the interruption of which for any consider- able period would involve privation ...
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... labor- ers , and 2,020 persons classed as gardeners , nurserymen , dai- rymen , overseers and stock - raisers . In 1860 , there were 45,204 farmers and 17,430 farm - laborers , which shows an apparent decrease in the former , during the ...
... labor- ers , and 2,020 persons classed as gardeners , nurserymen , dai- rymen , overseers and stock - raisers . In 1860 , there were 45,204 farmers and 17,430 farm - laborers , which shows an apparent decrease in the former , during the ...
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... are contented with their lot as farmers , I assign to them a long life and a happy life . Still , they may become broken down by hard labor or killed by accident . But the average 1874. ] 191 PUBLIC DOCUMENT - No . 30 .
... are contented with their lot as farmers , I assign to them a long life and a happy life . Still , they may become broken down by hard labor or killed by accident . But the average 1874. ] 191 PUBLIC DOCUMENT - No . 30 .
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Massachusetts. hard labor or killed by accident . But the average life of farmers is greater than any other class . Crowell . Not greater than that of persons in villages , engaged in mechan- ical pursuits , except operatives in mills ...
Massachusetts. hard labor or killed by accident . But the average life of farmers is greater than any other class . Crowell . Not greater than that of persons in villages , engaged in mechan- ical pursuits , except operatives in mills ...
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Page 158 - Correction, under such rules and regulations as may from time to time be adopted by the board of poor commissioners.
Page 17 - In the part of a factory in which the process of melting or annealing glass is carried on, a child or female young person shall not be employed.
Page 13 - If any person shall knowingly employ, or any parent or guardian consent to the employment of any male or female operative under the age of twenty-one years, and proof be made thereof before any alderman or justice of the peace in the ward, borough or district where such offence is committed, he, she or they so employing such operatives, or consenting thereto, as aforesaid, shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay the penalty of not less than ten, nor more than fifty dollars, and full provision...
Page 435 - In the new model school-house, the hot air enters at two registers in the floor on one side, and makes (or is supposed to make) its exit by a ventilator at the floor, on the other side of the room. The master said, the air was supposed to have some degree of intelligence, and to know that the ventilator was its proper exit.
Page 156 - ... or other impurities generated in the course of the manufacturing process or handicraft carried on therein that may be injurious to health.
Page 158 - ... an order directing that within a certain time to be named in such order certain means are to be adopted by the occupier for the purpose of bringing his bakehouse into conformity with this section; the Court may upon application enlarge any time appointed for the adoption of the means directed by the order, but any non-compliance with the order of the Court shall, after the expiration of the time as originally limited or enlarged by subsequent order, be deemed to be a continuing offence, and to...
Page 134 - KIRKWOOD (JAS. P.) Report on the Filtration of River Waters for the supply of Cities, as practised in Europe, made to the Board of Water Commissioners of the City of St. Louis. Illustrated by 30 double-plate engravings. 4i0, cloth IS oo LARRABEE (CS) Cipher and Secret Letter and Telegraphic Code, with Hogg's Improvements. The most perfect secret code ever invented or discovered. Impossible to read without the key.
Page 156 - ... the workers to an injurious extent, it appears to an inspector that such inhalation could be to a great extent prevented by the use of a fan or other mechanical means, the inspector may direct a fan or other mechanical means of a proper construction for preventing such inhalation to be provided within a reasonable time...
Page 11 - ... any manufacturing establishment in this state unless such minor shall have attended school for a term of at least three months in the year next preceding the time when such minor shall be so employed ; and no such minor shall be so employed for more than nine months in any one calendar year.
Page 319 - Tyndall has proved that this particular absurdity may nevertheless be a reality. He has demonstrated that ordinary air is no better than a sort of stirabout of excessively minute solid particles...