The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-11-21


any kind of spirits; no beer, butches
meat, butter, sugar, lard, cheese, or MT
nor any niceties, of which he was partIc- /
larly fond when they came tree OF eXpenf,
but which he never could lind the hearto !
purchase. His beverage was cold waite
and at morning and evening weak te,
without milk or sugar. However cold te
weather, he seldom had fire, except
cook with, and that was so small That
might easily have been hid under ha-
gallon measure. He has often been sen
rowing the church-yard to pick up bits1f
sticks, or busily looping his shrubs or frlt
trees to make his FIRE, while his wood-hore
has been crammed with wood and col,
which he could not prevail upon himselfo
use. In very cold weather he would te-
quently get by some of his neighbours re
to warm his shivering limbs, and, WIEN
evening came, retire 20 bed for warmth,
but generally without a candle, as he il
lowed himselfonly the bits left OF those po-
vided for divine service in the church by ne
parish. He was never known to keep Dc,
cat, or any other living creature; and Is
certain the whole expenses of his house nj
not amount to half-a-croWn week, for he
/ last twenty years and, as the fees exceed
/ ed that sum, he always saved the whole OF
/ his salary, which never was more than Ut.
per annum. BY constantly placing ms
4-zpr4A- ia tho Fanae4 and the interest, NTH
| about 3GI. per annum more (Itie rent DRIVE
small estates left by some RELATIONSHIPS m
the course of forty-three years aAiassed
many thousand pounds, as his bankers,
Messrs. Child g. Co. of Fleet-st. can testl-
fy. In his youthful days he made free with
the good things Of this life; and when he
first came to Blewberry, he for some time
boarded with person by the week, and
during thot time was quite corpuleut but
as soon as he boarded and lived by himself
his parsimony overcame his appetite, sc
that at last he became reduced almost 10 &
living skeleton. He was always an early
riser. being seldom in bed after break o
day, and, nearly like all other early risers
he enjoyed good state of. health; so thai
for the long space of forty-three years he
omitted preaching only two Sundays.
His industry was such that he wrote
with his own hand upwards of one LhousanC
sermons; but for the last few years his
hand became tremulous, and he wrote bu
little; he therefore only made alteration.
and additions to his former sermons, ant
this generally on the back of old marriage
licences, or across old letters, asst woul(
nave been nearly death to him to lave pur
chased paper. His sermons vert usually
plain and practical, and his funeral liscours
es were generally admired, but tie iear. o
being noticed, and the dread OF expense
was an absolute prohibition to his sending
any thing to the press, although he was full
" capable, being well skilled in the Eng
lsh and Latin Languages. The eXpens
of penny in the postage of letter ha
been known to deprive him of a tight
rest! and yet we must do him the justic
to acknowledge that at times pounds dix
not grieve him. He was a regular and lib
eral subscriber to the Bible, Missionary
and the other Societies for the propagation
of the Gospel and the conversion OF thu
Jews, and he has more thqn once been gen
erous enough to give pound or two to as
sist distressed fellow creature.
ski d6b Tt fPRd ST aGr lRfe 7tae an 9pl'
/ three years he was curate of Blewberry
/ but it must be confessed, he used to par
take Of it too freely when he could have
without cost, until ten years since when
being at a neighbours wedding, and having
taken rather too much of this his favortt
beverage, it was noticed and talked of b.
some of the persons present. Being hur
! by this, he made VOW never more to tastt
4 drop of that or any other strong liquor
and this promise he most scrupulously anC
honestly kept, although SO contrary to hi
natural desires, and exposed to so many
] Temptations.