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A Picture Of Piety And Œconomy.
" Such , with the resources I have mentioned , was his war of living , which he did not suffer to employ his whole income / for he had always a sum of money lying by him for any extraordinary expences that mi ght arise . Some money he put in the stocks ; at his death , the sum he had there amounted to one hundred and fifty pounds . He purchased out of his income his houshold furniture and linenof which latter he had a amplstore and
, very e ; as I am assured by those that had very good means Of knowing , not les . s than a tenth part of his income was set apart for charity : at the time of his death , the sum of twenty-five pounds was found , with a direction to be employed in such uses ; " He had laid down a plan of living proportioned to his income , mid did not practise any extraordinary degree of parsimonybut
, endeavoured that in his family there should be plenty without waste ; as an instance that this was his endeavour , it may be worth while ' to mention a method he took-in regulating a proper allowance of malt liquor to be drank in his family , that there mi ght not be a deficiency , or any intemperate profusion : On a complaint made , that his allowance of a hogshead in a month was not enough for his own
family , he ordered the quantity of a hogshead lobe put into bottles , had his cellar locked up from the servants , and distributed out every day , eight quarts , which is the quantity each day at one hogshead in a month ; ' and told his servants , that if that did not suffice , he would allow them more ; but , by this method , it appeared at Once that the allowance was much more than sufficient for his small famil and this clear conviction
y ; proved a , that could not be answered , and saved all future dispute . Pie was , in general , very diligently and punctually attended and obeyed by his servants ; he was very considerate as to the injunctions he gave , and explained them distinctly ; and , at their first coming to his service , steadil y exacted a close compliance with them , without any remission ; and the servants this to be the
finding case , soon grew habituall y accustomed to the practice of their business , and then very little further attention was ^ necessary . On extraordinary instances of good behaviour , or diligent service , he was not wanting in particular encouragements , and presents above their wages ; it is remarkable that he would permit their relations to visit them , and stay at his house two or three days at a time .
" The wonder , with most that hear an account of his ceconomy will be , how he was able , with such an income , to do so much , especially when it is considered he paid forevery thing he had : he had no land , except the two or three small fields which I have said he rented ; and , instead of gaining any thing by their produce , I have reason to think he lost bthemhoweverthey furnished him with
y ; , no further assistance than grass for his horses ( not hay , for that I foiow he bought ) , and for two cows . Every Monday morning he seined his family accounts , and so kept up a constant attention to the confining - Iiis expences within his income ; and to do it more e xactly , compared those expences with a computation he had made .
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A Picture Of Piety And Œconomy.
" Such , with the resources I have mentioned , was his war of living , which he did not suffer to employ his whole income / for he had always a sum of money lying by him for any extraordinary expences that mi ght arise . Some money he put in the stocks ; at his death , the sum he had there amounted to one hundred and fifty pounds . He purchased out of his income his houshold furniture and linenof which latter he had a amplstore and
, very e ; as I am assured by those that had very good means Of knowing , not les . s than a tenth part of his income was set apart for charity : at the time of his death , the sum of twenty-five pounds was found , with a direction to be employed in such uses ; " He had laid down a plan of living proportioned to his income , mid did not practise any extraordinary degree of parsimonybut
, endeavoured that in his family there should be plenty without waste ; as an instance that this was his endeavour , it may be worth while ' to mention a method he took-in regulating a proper allowance of malt liquor to be drank in his family , that there mi ght not be a deficiency , or any intemperate profusion : On a complaint made , that his allowance of a hogshead in a month was not enough for his own
family , he ordered the quantity of a hogshead lobe put into bottles , had his cellar locked up from the servants , and distributed out every day , eight quarts , which is the quantity each day at one hogshead in a month ; ' and told his servants , that if that did not suffice , he would allow them more ; but , by this method , it appeared at Once that the allowance was much more than sufficient for his small famil and this clear conviction
y ; proved a , that could not be answered , and saved all future dispute . Pie was , in general , very diligently and punctually attended and obeyed by his servants ; he was very considerate as to the injunctions he gave , and explained them distinctly ; and , at their first coming to his service , steadil y exacted a close compliance with them , without any remission ; and the servants this to be the
finding case , soon grew habituall y accustomed to the practice of their business , and then very little further attention was ^ necessary . On extraordinary instances of good behaviour , or diligent service , he was not wanting in particular encouragements , and presents above their wages ; it is remarkable that he would permit their relations to visit them , and stay at his house two or three days at a time .
" The wonder , with most that hear an account of his ceconomy will be , how he was able , with such an income , to do so much , especially when it is considered he paid forevery thing he had : he had no land , except the two or three small fields which I have said he rented ; and , instead of gaining any thing by their produce , I have reason to think he lost bthemhoweverthey furnished him with
y ; , no further assistance than grass for his horses ( not hay , for that I foiow he bought ) , and for two cows . Every Monday morning he seined his family accounts , and so kept up a constant attention to the confining - Iiis expences within his income ; and to do it more e xactly , compared those expences with a computation he had made .