ABSTRACT
The little town of Somerville, in Ireland, has, within these few years, assumed the neat and cheerful appearance of an English village. Mr Somerville, to whom this town belongs, wished to inspire his tenantry with a taste for order, and domestic happiness, and took every means in his power, to encourage industrious well-behaved people, to settle in his neighbourhood. When he had finished building a row of good slated houses in his town, he declared, that he would set them to the best tenants he could find, and proposals were quickly a sent to him from all parts of the country. By the best tenants, / Mr Somerville did not, however, mean the best bidders, and many, who had offered an extravagant price for the houses, were surprised to find their proposals rejected. Amongst these was Mr Cox, an alehouse keeper, who did not bear a very good character.
