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Relieving The Poor.
enes were hatched , before they were turned out to provide for themselves on the common . The English feed their hens , and , " . by so doing , spoil their eggs . The Scotch make them ( like the wild hen , the pheasant ) feed themselves on grass , & c . ; or a fine little chicken , & i for the spit , ten or twelve weeks old , could never be sold for twopence halfpenny ; at which price I have generally bought them when in the country in Scotland . In Edinburgh things are dearer .
The cottager thus placed , thus assisted , will , in a few years , be able to rent a little bargain , as it is called , of about i z 1 . or 15 I . a-year ; grow a little wheat , barley , & c . and , by degrees , rise to a smart " farm of 60 or 70 I . a-year . I myself knew two instances , where , beginning orig inally with only the sow and a few geese , and the man working ( shamefull to tell ' . ) for only six shillings a-week , hay-time and ha "
vest excepted , each rose to good farms ; one to a 60 I , farm , the other died , about five years ago , in one of 120 I . a-year . I have the pleasure of knowing that two poor families are ' rendered comfortable , in different parts ofthe country , by my letting two good tidy houses , with one a large orchard and garden at 4 I . 10 s . a 3 'ear „ where the cow , & c , is supportingawidow , andbringingup
eightfatherless children ; the other , with two fields , at 61 . a year , supporting a very aged man , his insane daughter , and a person to take care of them j who , should they be dismissed from their little bargain , as it is termed must immediately be supported at great expence by the parish to which they belong . It is absurd to read the plans in the different news-papers of turning commons into corn-fieldsthat the
, poor may reap and thrash the corn , and so remain wretchedl y poor . No , let them build , or allow poor labourers , and young farmers servants , when they marry , to run up an hut on the common , and inclose as much as they can cultivate . This is the only way to diffuse happiness among the poor . A FRIEND TO THE POOR
Character Of A Gentleman.
CHARACTER OF A GENTLEMAN .
ESSAY ON THE
AN Essay on the title of ESQUIRE , in the First Volume of the Freemasons' Magazine , gave rise to the following observations . Of all titles of Honour , the hi ghest in my estimation is that of GENTLEMAN . I think it no easy matter to give a definition of the wort-Gentleman which critics mi ght not cavil at , but I will give my idea of the character in the following description .
To be a Gentlemen , a man must be courteous in his address , and polite in his behaviour ; he must be liberal in his sentiments , and just in all his actions ; he must be sincere , generous , and benevolent . — - Whenever we seea man rude in his manners , and illiberal in his notions , void of honour , and void of generosity , do we not say of such a man , however hi gh he may rank in the world , that he has nothing of the Gentleman in him r Is not this the general sense of mankind , the
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Relieving The Poor.
enes were hatched , before they were turned out to provide for themselves on the common . The English feed their hens , and , " . by so doing , spoil their eggs . The Scotch make them ( like the wild hen , the pheasant ) feed themselves on grass , & c . ; or a fine little chicken , & i for the spit , ten or twelve weeks old , could never be sold for twopence halfpenny ; at which price I have generally bought them when in the country in Scotland . In Edinburgh things are dearer .
The cottager thus placed , thus assisted , will , in a few years , be able to rent a little bargain , as it is called , of about i z 1 . or 15 I . a-year ; grow a little wheat , barley , & c . and , by degrees , rise to a smart " farm of 60 or 70 I . a-year . I myself knew two instances , where , beginning orig inally with only the sow and a few geese , and the man working ( shamefull to tell ' . ) for only six shillings a-week , hay-time and ha "
vest excepted , each rose to good farms ; one to a 60 I , farm , the other died , about five years ago , in one of 120 I . a-year . I have the pleasure of knowing that two poor families are ' rendered comfortable , in different parts ofthe country , by my letting two good tidy houses , with one a large orchard and garden at 4 I . 10 s . a 3 'ear „ where the cow , & c , is supportingawidow , andbringingup
eightfatherless children ; the other , with two fields , at 61 . a year , supporting a very aged man , his insane daughter , and a person to take care of them j who , should they be dismissed from their little bargain , as it is termed must immediately be supported at great expence by the parish to which they belong . It is absurd to read the plans in the different news-papers of turning commons into corn-fieldsthat the
, poor may reap and thrash the corn , and so remain wretchedl y poor . No , let them build , or allow poor labourers , and young farmers servants , when they marry , to run up an hut on the common , and inclose as much as they can cultivate . This is the only way to diffuse happiness among the poor . A FRIEND TO THE POOR
Character Of A Gentleman.
CHARACTER OF A GENTLEMAN .
ESSAY ON THE
AN Essay on the title of ESQUIRE , in the First Volume of the Freemasons' Magazine , gave rise to the following observations . Of all titles of Honour , the hi ghest in my estimation is that of GENTLEMAN . I think it no easy matter to give a definition of the wort-Gentleman which critics mi ght not cavil at , but I will give my idea of the character in the following description .
To be a Gentlemen , a man must be courteous in his address , and polite in his behaviour ; he must be liberal in his sentiments , and just in all his actions ; he must be sincere , generous , and benevolent . — - Whenever we seea man rude in his manners , and illiberal in his notions , void of honour , and void of generosity , do we not say of such a man , however hi gh he may rank in the world , that he has nothing of the Gentleman in him r Is not this the general sense of mankind , the