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An Old Worthy.
money was wanting . " He first purchased three volumes of the " Gentleman ' s Magazine . " They were in shabby condition ; but by pasting , patching , and varnishing he brought them into tolerable order . By repeated visits to his " shabby bookseller ' s" shop , and earnestly watching the operations of bookbinding , he soon learnt
the trade . For two shillings he bought an old press which had been thrown aside as useless , and , by the exercise of a little ingenuity , put it into working order , a ad started book-binding in conjunction with his own trade . This he continued for some time , his acquaintances supplying him with work for his press . Desiring
better tools for this business he took a journey on foot to London to purchase them . He was away nine days , at a cost of about ten shillings . Shortly after his return he resolved on a step which proved the first on the road to fortune . This was to start book-selling , and he fixed upon the town of Southwell for his first effort . He tells us that
every market-day during the winter 1749-50 " he set out at five o ' clock in the morning , carrying a burthen of from three pounds weight to thirty , opened shop at ten , starved in it all day upon bread , cheese , and half a pint of ale , took from one to six shillings , shut up at four , and by trudging through the deep roads and solitary night five hours more , arrived at Nottingham by nine , where I always found a mess of
milk porridge by the fire , prepared by my valuable sister . " Most people would have shrunk from such an undertaking , but to him difficulties were but the incentive to more enduring effort ; in the presence of his indomitable perseverance , mountains were converted into mole-hills . He relinquished not this arduous undertaking until
by rigid economy he had saved sufficient to entitle him to hope for better success in another field . He hired half a shop in Birmingham for one shilling per week , and this step proved a turning of the tide in his wonderful career . He was very careful in his expenditure , and during the first year he saved £ 20 . A circulating library was added
to his business , and this brought him into contact with new society , and prosperity continuing he decided to take to himself a wife . In the choice he made he was exceptionally fortunate : he says , " I found in her more than ever I expected to find in woman . " Mr . Hutton was very fortunate in his undertakings , but not always equally so ; he
made bad bargains occasionally , but was more cautious afterwards . He gradually rose to a position of comparative wealth , was chosen a Commissioner of the Court of Requests , the sittings of which he attended for nineteen years , and filled other public offices with pleasure to himself and satisfaction to the people . He was ever at the post of duty , and served his town and country well from pure patriotism The reform of abuses ever secured his earnest attention , and
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Old Worthy.
money was wanting . " He first purchased three volumes of the " Gentleman ' s Magazine . " They were in shabby condition ; but by pasting , patching , and varnishing he brought them into tolerable order . By repeated visits to his " shabby bookseller ' s" shop , and earnestly watching the operations of bookbinding , he soon learnt
the trade . For two shillings he bought an old press which had been thrown aside as useless , and , by the exercise of a little ingenuity , put it into working order , a ad started book-binding in conjunction with his own trade . This he continued for some time , his acquaintances supplying him with work for his press . Desiring
better tools for this business he took a journey on foot to London to purchase them . He was away nine days , at a cost of about ten shillings . Shortly after his return he resolved on a step which proved the first on the road to fortune . This was to start book-selling , and he fixed upon the town of Southwell for his first effort . He tells us that
every market-day during the winter 1749-50 " he set out at five o ' clock in the morning , carrying a burthen of from three pounds weight to thirty , opened shop at ten , starved in it all day upon bread , cheese , and half a pint of ale , took from one to six shillings , shut up at four , and by trudging through the deep roads and solitary night five hours more , arrived at Nottingham by nine , where I always found a mess of
milk porridge by the fire , prepared by my valuable sister . " Most people would have shrunk from such an undertaking , but to him difficulties were but the incentive to more enduring effort ; in the presence of his indomitable perseverance , mountains were converted into mole-hills . He relinquished not this arduous undertaking until
by rigid economy he had saved sufficient to entitle him to hope for better success in another field . He hired half a shop in Birmingham for one shilling per week , and this step proved a turning of the tide in his wonderful career . He was very careful in his expenditure , and during the first year he saved £ 20 . A circulating library was added
to his business , and this brought him into contact with new society , and prosperity continuing he decided to take to himself a wife . In the choice he made he was exceptionally fortunate : he says , " I found in her more than ever I expected to find in woman . " Mr . Hutton was very fortunate in his undertakings , but not always equally so ; he
made bad bargains occasionally , but was more cautious afterwards . He gradually rose to a position of comparative wealth , was chosen a Commissioner of the Court of Requests , the sittings of which he attended for nineteen years , and filled other public offices with pleasure to himself and satisfaction to the people . He was ever at the post of duty , and served his town and country well from pure patriotism The reform of abuses ever secured his earnest attention , and