Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-07-07

current while the stream runs strong ioy
il fortune be followed As the FIRST i.lIs ont
the rest will follow money is coy mis-.
tress, and is not to be won without much.
counting that is, not without labour and
industry: And without diligence in acoui.
ring it, II is impossible 10 keep penny in
thy pocket; and this The sacred osae.es a.
bundanlly inform US, by telling US Il is Ne
Di;gen. hand that muss,h rich: and as.
surfing us, that The !Siofhtai soM shall suffer
hunger. Yea, Solomon "a r,an so famed
for wisdom tina; he never had his eouaN
gives such high encomum to diligence
that be asks !%est Mou man diilipeo,.
in his BUSINESS He shall stand before Kings
he shall not stand before mean men-i'e is
moi a ralEjng man, but, doing maa.. ana.
knows that in all labour there is pruat
hu; the talk Of the lips tendc,L ou!v ,c
penury."
! As lie must be diIigenl and industrious
TO gel it, SO, secondly, he must also be
careful to keep it; for if man be never
so industrious in getting money, yet if he
bent careful in kerping it, all that he does
will be 10 no more purpose than Margery
Good cows giving good meal of milk
and afterwards kicking 1t down with her
heels. But need say the less upon this
head, because il is not easy TO imagine.
that he that has been diIigent in getting mo.
ney. should be careless in keeping it: for
unless it be your common sliors, there's
few that are guilty here. The contrary e.
vii Is more prevalent amongst US, | mean
OF persons that have been very diligent in
amassing up of treasure together; which
when they have got, they are so careful 10
keep, that they have not an hear, to lay it
out about their necessary occasions; and
know no otLc- USE of money but only tie
having it.
There are men that oarry-no money in
their pockets, for fear they should lose it /;
but their chests ale era nm'd with it. Arts,
totIe pronounced the prodigal spendhrilt
greater bcneiactor to his country, than
the gripping miser, because every trade
and vocation Jared the better for hiH-as
the tailor, haberdasher, vintner, sRoema.
ke-. hos,!er, &c.
The covetous person is acquainted with
none Of these: for'ir stead of satin, be suits
himself with sacking, he tremhes as he
passes By tavern door, to see reckoning
of eight shilings sent up into the half
moon, for wine, oysters, and fageots for
his own natural drink (you must know is
between that the frogs drink, and kind O!
pitliul small beer, too lad to be drank, AMI
somewhat too good to drive water.mill.
The haterda,hcr gets as little by hin a.
lie did by gentleman Of Suffolk, who,
VIXEN he had worn bat eight and thirty
years, would have pettioned the parIia.
ment against the baberdasters for abusing
the country in making their wares so slight;
For the shoemaker. he hath as little TO do.
with him, as ever Tom Coryat had. Fox
sempsters, perhaps be may love their IA.
ces better than their fashions For plays, Is
he read but their titles upon post, he hath
enough. Ordinaries he knows none save
one OF three pence in Black Horse alley,
and such places. For tapsters and hos..
lers they hate him as Belial, as not seeing
a mot, in his cup once in seven years.
arguments TO keep money All people
complain generally Gas have already said,
OF the count of money, which like an cpl.
demical disease hath overrun the whole
land the city hath little trading, country
farmers complain Of their rents yearly rails
ed by their landlords, and yet can hnd Eo
u.terance tor their commodities. or mus.
sell them at under rates. Scholars with
out money get neither patrons no. prefer
ment, mechanic arts no work, and the like
OF other professions. One very well com
pared worldly wealth unto foot ball, some
few nimbie heeled and light headed run
quite away with il, when the most are
lockers on, and cannot get a kick at it IN
all their lives. Therefore keep Thy moneg.
For, go but among the usurers in Moor
fields, and see if you can borrow an hun
bred pounds Of any OF them without tre'
bic security, with the use one way or Other
doubled. A pleasant fellow came not lorg
since 10 one of them, and desired him thai
he would lend him fifty pounds quolh the
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