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Monthly Chronicle.
and always preferred those places to lod ge in where beggars resorted . He was never seen with more than a piece , or a piece and a half of linen in a wretched wallet or bag thrown across his shoulder , with which he called at every door , and usually travelled a circuit of i S or 20 miles at a time . His custom was to go ta ' Ireland six or eight times in the year , where it appears , by receipts found about him , that his trade was so large , that he paid above 1501 . per annum for bleaching 9 !? jy- ' Finding his dissolution rapidly approaching , he sent for ^ tradesman , " at whose house he had frequentlreceived donationsto hirafve disclosed his
y , mind , and told him , that he was possessed of a great deal of cash , as well as several packs of linen , in which his money was concealed , in a warehouse on the quay , in Gloucester , as well as in some goods that ' were in the city of Chester . On opening the packs at the former place , in the presence of the gentleman , who was accompanied by a clergyman and several others , a considerable quantity of gold and silver was found , very curiously tied up in rags and ' old stockings , in small parcels , in a variety of covers ; the whole is intended to be distributed his
. among poor relations in Ireland . It appears that he ' never was married . Some days ago died a man , of the name of Wood , a pastrycook , or rather pyeman , irj Bowlahc . He had amassed between 50 and 6 o , oool . by labour and penuriousriess ' , living in a garret , and performing the meanest offices of life . It was his custom to eat abroad , in order to save at home ; but this custom was fatal to him , for he gorged so ' much at a neighbour ' s , as to stop all the functions of nature , and he was actually suffocated with a good meal . Two nieces , now in services of all workwill share his ' and it is
, . fqrturie ; a pity through the want of a will , that a natural son , before the , mast , should not have ajinger in the pye . EiEci-Rrcrry , M f . M'Neai , in the vicinity of Brav , amusing himself with some electric experiments on Dr . Franklin ' s principles , by flying a kite near a thunder-cloud , suspended-by a cord entwisted with brass wire , received a shock of actual lightning , which struck him to the earth senseless ; through which means he fortunately let ' go the non-electric ribband , by which he held the concord of the kiteand
ducting , thus providentially saved his life , though he was severely hurt . The buttons on the left sleeve of his coat , which fortunately were theonly metallic substance about him , instantaneously melted ; his coat , along , the sleeve ,-singed in a zigzag or rather spiral direction on the outside to his shoulder , and his arm , under the coat , in the same direction , was livid and benumbed , for a considerable time . ' '¦ - " ' ... INGRATITUDE —John Aylatt Stow , Esq . who died lately , left in his will the following item : ¦¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ .,-...- ..-:. ¦¦ »
"I direct my executors to lay out the sum of five guineas in the purchase of a picture of the viper biting the benevolent hand of the person who saved him from ' perishing in the snow , if the same can be purchased for that money ; and that they do present it to .... ... . in order that lie may contemplate-upon the same , and be able to form a just comparison , which is best and most profitable , ' ; a grateful ' reward of past friendship and almost parental regard , of ingratitudeand insolence . This I give him in lieu of 3000 I . which I had by a former wilt ( now revoked and burnt ) given him . "
The paramount estates in England and Wales , at this time , are as follow : ^ , . „ J ( . . per annum . ' ' " per annum . Duke of Bedford ... 77 , 000 Earl Stamford - - 29 , 000 . Duke of Northumberland . 72 , 000 Duke of Portland - % 28 , 000 . Duke of Devonshire - 56 , 000 Marquis of Lansdowne - " i 7 , ooo-Duke of Marlborough 55000 Marquis of Bath 25 '
, -, - , 000 Duke of Norfolk ¦ _ ¦ . ^ 0 d 6 Lord Petre T - - . 35 , 000 . Earl of . Lonsdale - - 48 , 000 Sir James Tilney Long " 24 , 000 : ' . Earl of Buckinghamshire 45 , 000 Mr . Coke , Norfolk ' : ' ¦ ' » 23 , 000 Earl Grosvenor . - 44 , 000 Lord Harewood , * - 22 ' , obo Earlof . Uxbridge - - 41 , 000 Mr . Myddleton : s 30 , 00 a S > VV . W . Wynne . , . " 38 , 000 , , - - ¦ - . * . - ' -, \ T 5
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Monthly Chronicle.
and always preferred those places to lod ge in where beggars resorted . He was never seen with more than a piece , or a piece and a half of linen in a wretched wallet or bag thrown across his shoulder , with which he called at every door , and usually travelled a circuit of i S or 20 miles at a time . His custom was to go ta ' Ireland six or eight times in the year , where it appears , by receipts found about him , that his trade was so large , that he paid above 1501 . per annum for bleaching 9 !? jy- ' Finding his dissolution rapidly approaching , he sent for ^ tradesman , " at whose house he had frequentlreceived donationsto hirafve disclosed his
y , mind , and told him , that he was possessed of a great deal of cash , as well as several packs of linen , in which his money was concealed , in a warehouse on the quay , in Gloucester , as well as in some goods that ' were in the city of Chester . On opening the packs at the former place , in the presence of the gentleman , who was accompanied by a clergyman and several others , a considerable quantity of gold and silver was found , very curiously tied up in rags and ' old stockings , in small parcels , in a variety of covers ; the whole is intended to be distributed his
. among poor relations in Ireland . It appears that he ' never was married . Some days ago died a man , of the name of Wood , a pastrycook , or rather pyeman , irj Bowlahc . He had amassed between 50 and 6 o , oool . by labour and penuriousriess ' , living in a garret , and performing the meanest offices of life . It was his custom to eat abroad , in order to save at home ; but this custom was fatal to him , for he gorged so ' much at a neighbour ' s , as to stop all the functions of nature , and he was actually suffocated with a good meal . Two nieces , now in services of all workwill share his ' and it is
, . fqrturie ; a pity through the want of a will , that a natural son , before the , mast , should not have ajinger in the pye . EiEci-Rrcrry , M f . M'Neai , in the vicinity of Brav , amusing himself with some electric experiments on Dr . Franklin ' s principles , by flying a kite near a thunder-cloud , suspended-by a cord entwisted with brass wire , received a shock of actual lightning , which struck him to the earth senseless ; through which means he fortunately let ' go the non-electric ribband , by which he held the concord of the kiteand
ducting , thus providentially saved his life , though he was severely hurt . The buttons on the left sleeve of his coat , which fortunately were theonly metallic substance about him , instantaneously melted ; his coat , along , the sleeve ,-singed in a zigzag or rather spiral direction on the outside to his shoulder , and his arm , under the coat , in the same direction , was livid and benumbed , for a considerable time . ' '¦ - " ' ... INGRATITUDE —John Aylatt Stow , Esq . who died lately , left in his will the following item : ¦¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ .,-...- ..-:. ¦¦ »
"I direct my executors to lay out the sum of five guineas in the purchase of a picture of the viper biting the benevolent hand of the person who saved him from ' perishing in the snow , if the same can be purchased for that money ; and that they do present it to .... ... . in order that lie may contemplate-upon the same , and be able to form a just comparison , which is best and most profitable , ' ; a grateful ' reward of past friendship and almost parental regard , of ingratitudeand insolence . This I give him in lieu of 3000 I . which I had by a former wilt ( now revoked and burnt ) given him . "
The paramount estates in England and Wales , at this time , are as follow : ^ , . „ J ( . . per annum . ' ' " per annum . Duke of Bedford ... 77 , 000 Earl Stamford - - 29 , 000 . Duke of Northumberland . 72 , 000 Duke of Portland - % 28 , 000 . Duke of Devonshire - 56 , 000 Marquis of Lansdowne - " i 7 , ooo-Duke of Marlborough 55000 Marquis of Bath 25 '
, -, - , 000 Duke of Norfolk ¦ _ ¦ . ^ 0 d 6 Lord Petre T - - . 35 , 000 . Earl of . Lonsdale - - 48 , 000 Sir James Tilney Long " 24 , 000 : ' . Earl of Buckinghamshire 45 , 000 Mr . Coke , Norfolk ' : ' ¦ ' » 23 , 000 Earl Grosvenor . - 44 , 000 Lord Harewood , * - 22 ' , obo Earlof . Uxbridge - - 41 , 000 Mr . Myddleton : s 30 , 00 a S > VV . W . Wynne . , . " 38 , 000 , , - - ¦ - . * . - ' -, \ T 5