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“SWEEP! SWEEP! O!”
Sweep! Sweep! in rags and cold,The poor—the lonely sweep behold!
Yet even he—tho' dark his way—
Tho' half his life shut out from day—
Tho' pain and want go hand in hand,
With him—the wanderer thro' the land—
May hold some ray from Heaven, within,
To guard his heart from grief and sin.
It is indispensable that chimneys should be swept often and thoroughly, as a provision against fire. The poor sweep, therefore, as he follows a useful and indispensable occupation, should not only be treated kindly but be also well paid for his labor. In this city the business of sweeping chimneys is confined to colored men and boys, although in London white men and boys are thus employed. There are two kinds of Sweeps in New York, the climbing boys, with brush and scraper, and the patent sweep men, who use machines.
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