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An Old Worthy.
AN OLD WORTHY .
BY BRO . SYDNEY LESLIE . TTTILLIAM HUTTON was born at the bottom of Full-street , * " Derby , on September 30 th , 1723 . His parents were only in
moderate circumstances at the time , but shortly after his birth they were reduced to a state of extreme poverty . His father was altogether lacking in forethought ; whilst he had money he spent it , thinking ' nothing of the morrow ; and when he found himself without anything his courage failed , and he gave way to moping . It seemed impossible
for him to put forth any energy to overcome his difficulties , but looked upon them as inevitable , and spent his time in the public-house . Upon the mother devolved the necessity of providing for a rather numerous family . It is not difficult to imagine the struggle she would have , and the fact that she succeeded is a strong proof that
she must have been a woman of good sense and prudence , and one who , if properly supported , would easily have kept the wolf from the door . Speaking of his childhood ' s days , Hutton tells us : " Memory could point out many a dreadful situation in which we were placed in eight ensuing years . My poor mother , more than once , with one
infant on her knee and a few more hanging about her , has fasted a whole day , and when food arrived , she suffered them with a tear to take hers . Time produced nothing but rags and children . " This good wife and mother died in 1737 , at the age of forty-one , after giving birth to her ninth child . Freed from the restraints of a noble
wife , Hutton ' s father was , if anything , worse than before . In a position such as I have described there was but little to inspire hope in the youthful mind .
The lad was now poor , and with every prospect of ever remaining so : and poor he would have continued had he , like many others , looked upon his lot as unalterable ; but he appears to have inherited much of his mother ' s courage and thoughtfulness , and the course of his life will show that he earl y looked forward to an improvement , and
determined to concentrate his whole energy on this object . Although he passed from poverty to wealth his life was not unchequered ; he was not always under a silver cloud . His enthusiasm led him to take false steps , but the result did not discourage him , for with renewed
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Old Worthy.
AN OLD WORTHY .
BY BRO . SYDNEY LESLIE . TTTILLIAM HUTTON was born at the bottom of Full-street , * " Derby , on September 30 th , 1723 . His parents were only in
moderate circumstances at the time , but shortly after his birth they were reduced to a state of extreme poverty . His father was altogether lacking in forethought ; whilst he had money he spent it , thinking ' nothing of the morrow ; and when he found himself without anything his courage failed , and he gave way to moping . It seemed impossible
for him to put forth any energy to overcome his difficulties , but looked upon them as inevitable , and spent his time in the public-house . Upon the mother devolved the necessity of providing for a rather numerous family . It is not difficult to imagine the struggle she would have , and the fact that she succeeded is a strong proof that
she must have been a woman of good sense and prudence , and one who , if properly supported , would easily have kept the wolf from the door . Speaking of his childhood ' s days , Hutton tells us : " Memory could point out many a dreadful situation in which we were placed in eight ensuing years . My poor mother , more than once , with one
infant on her knee and a few more hanging about her , has fasted a whole day , and when food arrived , she suffered them with a tear to take hers . Time produced nothing but rags and children . " This good wife and mother died in 1737 , at the age of forty-one , after giving birth to her ninth child . Freed from the restraints of a noble
wife , Hutton ' s father was , if anything , worse than before . In a position such as I have described there was but little to inspire hope in the youthful mind .
The lad was now poor , and with every prospect of ever remaining so : and poor he would have continued had he , like many others , looked upon his lot as unalterable ; but he appears to have inherited much of his mother ' s courage and thoughtfulness , and the course of his life will show that he earl y looked forward to an improvement , and
determined to concentrate his whole energy on this object . Although he passed from poverty to wealth his life was not unchequered ; he was not always under a silver cloud . His enthusiasm led him to take false steps , but the result did not discourage him , for with renewed