to want one of these be greatly afflictive: How miferable, then, must that perfon be who is deprived of both!

I call'd at Retford, where my hoft and a farmer feem'd earnest to learn from what part of England I came-I bid them guess. They gueffed until their curiofity abated:-Neither did I chufe to gratify them. Reserve, when abroad, among idle impertinents is found policy. I remarked in this house bad precedents: The landlord was rude, and fottish: The landlady appear'd contumacious and imperious, and feem'd to under rate her husband. "Hufbands, love your wives and Wives be obedient to your husbands,” enjoins the GREAT APOSTLE. It griev'd me to heara brother treating a fifter with harsh language. "As the old cock crows the young one learns." " Mala mens, malus animus.”—What is bred in the bone is bad to get. out of the flesh". "A houfe divided against an houfe cannot ftand." "O! how fweet a thing it is to dwell together in unity." "Love as brethren." We are all brethren-We, then, fhould all love one another. · Seek peace and enfue it.”

After quitting this rude scene, I moved forward; and falling in with a return-chaise, I agreed with the driver for a caft-So far, for fo much. Paffing on, we arrived at one of those places, which confumes the money of the thoughtless intemperates.-He pulls up, fo I'm oblig'd to ftop. My driver and the landlord, banishing decorum, and forgetting the true intention of speech, enter'd the lifts and continued to swear, for fometime, with an high hand. This is terrible! thought I.-Hear me: While we were re

galing over our liquor with rude mirth, hither came a poor ragged hunger-bitten youth, a complete picture of famine and diftress. He crav'd an alms of the houfe. His tale was forrowful-His father-his mother in distress-himself an outcast:-from London he came :-Towards Sheffield he was directing his weary steps. There he look'd forward to an uncle, as an afylum from his toils. I faw-I heard-I felt. The chaife-driver reproach'd him with bitter taunts, and call'd him an idle vagrant. The poor lad, amidst briny tears, infifted on the juftnefs of his plea. It is a pity impoftors should render the heart callous, and ftop the ear, against the cause of the innocent, whom fortune has run aground. I was agitated-I was moved-Tears bedewed my cheeks-Here, faid I, is an half-penny for thee, poor unfortunate,-fmall' gift! for great want. He cried afresh. The chaifedriver enrag'd swore at him for crying, and said, he would give him a penny if he would cease. I afk'd

him, whether or not, he could read? Yes, in the Bible, he repli'd. I rejoin'd, if you will read me a few verses, I will give you a penny, and we will, resting on this immediate proof, give you credit for the reft of your story. A Bible is brought-is opened. Amidft a fresh flood of tears, he read-He read well —He justifi’d himself in this-He fairly earn'd the penny. We now give him ale. The landlord too is touch'd with compaffion, and largely diftributed to him a portion of good bread and cheese. Tho' many impoftors may be on the wing, it is humane to err on the charitable fide. We are all deeply indebted to

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the bounty of heaven, and are we not all found wanting in the balance?" He that giveth to the poor, lendeth to the Lord." "Give to the poor and needy, and the Lord will repay thee." Hence very selfishness should teach us to act charitably, and indulge generous fentiments.

Tho' I was far from admiring the temper of my prefent companion, yet, I was oblig'd to compound with the neceffity. It is faid-" Neceffity has no law." Now fee us feated together in the chaife exchanging uninterrupted chat. Now curiofity, meddlesome inmate of the human breast, actuated the fellow: He would know my country:He would be informed of my trade. He gueffes me a South-country man— I fmile. Now my trade-A butcher! faid I, laughing heartily, altho', I confefs, I was somewhat mortified. Shame on my old greafy corduroy breeches! Shame on this old thread-bare coat!

You know, I chid you for this fancy.

It was no fancy.—I had my reasons. I had better cloaths, 'tis true-but-Well, this handsome dress together with an half-worn Indian neckcloth, and my fun-burnt, and early-rifing complexion-these,tout enfemble, I tell you, metamorphofed your Sentimental man into a butcher!:

What harm has the butcher done?

I am not cenfuring-It was the laugh of the moment, and I rebuk'd myself by arguing-Every character, and every trade, properly supported, attaches respect. The butchers are, with fome exceptions, an useful and respectable body of men "Reprehenfio

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ad meipfum." See! weak man's prejudice. If thou haft any superior talent, or petty attainments-To whom do they belong?-Thank indulgent Heaven for the first, and a kind Father, most of all, for the laft.-Be faithful.-Employ thy talent-to a good purpose. Think, and be humble-Avaunt! falfe pride. All learning is vain, and mere pedantry, if mifapplied. Learning, properly digested, elevates the mind, animates and warms the heart, and diffuses a cheering ray all around:-It is feet to the lame, and eyes to the blind.

See me now quit my eafy vehicle, and after travelling a while on foot, I craved leave of a farmer to permit me to refpite my weary limbs, by riding in his corn wain.-Yes, he friendly replied, and took me up. I rode, if not in state, no matter, I was nerv'd for action; and purfuing my journey, Heaven, mus'd I, as I pafs along, has foon repaid thee for thy compaffion to the poor vagrant lad. Heaven does not like to be long in debt." Who ever gave to him, and he did not give again ?"—" Go on and profper." Thou haft a good paymafter. "He is faithful that hath premifed." "Be not weary in welldoing." As I was pacing along, I defcri'd a return-chaise at the door of an inn: -I reach it. To Newark upon Trent?-One Shilling -Agreed. Walk on, faid the driver, and I will take you up. In hopes of a ride, I mov'd gently on, until I reach'd a house of refreshment about four miles from the inn; Here I halted expecting my gentleman, who after keeping me for fome time in a tedious fufpenfe came up, and difcharged three roaring fel

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lows out of his chaife. They bounc'd into the public houfe-Call'd for repeated tankards of ale-This does not fuffice they blend it with spirits which they greedily fwallowed-they are jovial-they are prodigal. How many faint and weary fouls wou'd not your fuperfluity have cheer'd !-Virtue delights to give. Intemperance hurts the body, taints the foul, impairs our wealth, and thereby deprives us of the means of doing good; hence it is fcandalous and vicious. See me fitting by with my gills of ale rather abafh'd. I ey'd the Landlady grow lefs attentive to me. Poverty is foon out of countenance. It is not then to be wonder'd at, that man is fo eager in the pursuit of money, fince he is naturally fond of pleasure, and ambitious of establishing reputation : and what, in general, tends fo effectually to fecure these views, as money? Judging it not prudent to intruft myself to the caprice of an idle driver, I faid to myfelf, "I will stay where I am" And I did fo. Having blended the utile dulci, i. e. Supper and confab, I haften'd to my repofe. Sleep, thou art doubly welcome to the weary traveller! This is a princely treat!-A good bed indeed! Royalty and fplendor, I envy you not-nor ought I. The adage remarks- Multa cadunt inter calicem, fupremaque labra-Many things fall out between the cup and the lip: So a perfon in full hopes of comfort and repose in going to bed, may, by a number of accidents, be defeated of both. So it happen'd to me. At about one o'clock A. M. a Something continued gradually opening a door clofe to my bed head-Pfha! it is

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