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Show 34 '1‘ in; 'WAY TO WEALTH. [0.1).] THE WAY ':'0 \V ICALTH. 35 ' r L: : An. , "We a deb-fore; creditors are ampr,iltit.«)i.s leer, bitut .t no u " ohlervers of {ct-days and times." ‘ comes round beftre you are aware, and ltjx: demand is made before you arp pie-paint, Lp farisfy it; or, if you bear‘your ueot 111.1i11};1ii' the term, which at fu‘lr leemed to lt>ng,rr\‘vnr, as it lefleris, appear extremely {hortz liute ‘ will feem to have added wmgs to his heels as ‘ well as his {houlders. " "hole have a llnor't; " Lent, who owe money to be paid at hatter, ‘ At prefent, perhaps, you may think younelves ‘ in thriving eircumtl‘ances, and that you can bear ‘ a little extravagance wrtnout injury; out il- 13‘li'lln‘amm3: ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ And now, to conclude, " Experience keeps a " dear fchool, but fools will learn in no other, " ‘ (as Poor Rice/ml fays) and fcaree in that; for, I it is true, " We may give advice, but we can- (I ‘5 ‘ " For age and want fave while you may, ven; and, therefore, all; that blefling humbly, and be not uncharitable to thofe that at prefent feem to want it, but comfort and help them. Remember, Job fuffered, and was afterwards profperous. not give condue‘t 2" However, remember this, They that will not be counfelled, cannot be helped," and farther, that "If you will not hearReafon, {he will furely rap your knuckles," ‘ as Poor Ric/Jan! fays.' " No morning-fun hits a whole day. ‘ ‘ ‘ " Gain may be temporary and uncertain, but ever, while you live, expence IS conftant and certain; and, " It is eafier to build two chimneys, than to keep one in fuel," as Poorch/mM lays: boy, " Rather go to bed fupperlefs, than rife in debt. " Get what you can, and what you get hold : " 'Tis the ltone that will turn all your lead , . " into gold." ‘ And Awhen you have got the philofopher s flone, ‘ fure you will no longer complam of bad times, ‘ or the difficulty of paying taxes. ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ IV. This dofirine, my friends, is reafon and wifdom: But, after all, do not depend too much upon your own induftry, and frugality, and prudence, though excellent things; for they may all be blaf'ted, without the blefhng of Hea- Thus the Old Gentleman ended his harangue. The people heard it and approved the doctrine,- and immediately praétifed the contrary, juft as if it had been a common fermon; for the auctio n opened, and they began to buy extravagantly. -I found the good man had thoroughly lludied my Almanaeks, and digelted all I had dropt on thofe topics during the courfe of twenty-five years. The frequent mention he made of me mutt have tired any one elfe; but my vanity was wonderfully delighted with it, though I was confeious, that not a tenth part of the wililom was my own, which he albribed to me, but ra- ther the gleanings that I had made of the fenfe of all ages and nations. However, I refolved to be the better for the echo of it; and, though I had at firlt determined to buy fluff for anew ‘ ven; F 2 coat, |