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by the pupils under the direction and instruction of proper persons, and be incorporated with their school duties, that neither shall encroach upon the other, but together be the means of promoting bodily health and mental strength. It is believed that three or four hours of labor per day would support the pupils so far as subsistence and clothing are concerned and yield some measure toward the support of the literary department of the Institution. 
It is proposed to give the preference in the selection of pupils to orphan children of good promise, as most likely to remain contentedly long enough to receive the full course of discipline and instruction at which the school will aim for all its pupils.

A tract of 500 acres at Rippon Hall York [[Va?]] has been offered for sale for the above pupose [[purpose]]. From satisfactory evidence we believe it is admirably adapted to our