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And so saying, the old beggar moved off, relieving Mr. Oldbuck of recollections which were anything rather than agreeable. "Who is this familiar old gentleman?" said Lovel, when the mendicant was out of hearing. "O, one of the plagues of the country I have been always against poor's-rates and a work-house I think I'll vote for them now, to have that scoundrel shut up.
I keep a shop in the City, and open it every morning as Bow Church bells are ringing out eight o'clock. I pay a very heavy rent, as well as Queen's taxes and poor's-rates; and I could do neither, to say nothing of maintaining my family, if I did not mind my business, and work hard.
And so saying, the old beggar moved off, relieving Mr. Oldbuck of recollections which were anything rather than agreeable. "Who is this familiar old gentleman?" said Lovel, when the mendicant was out of hearing. "O, one of the plagues of the country I have been always against poor's-rates and a work-house I think I'll vote for them now, to have that scoundrel shut up.
I knew nothing of poor's-rates, and the system of giving relief to the poor of the parish, so long used in England, afterwards explained to me; but the kindness and wisdom of this plan of instruction became evident to my understanding.
The poor's-rates, enormous as they appear, are softened by these brotherly aids. They tend also to keep the mind at rest, for a man will enjoy the day of health, with double relish, when he considers he has a treasure laid up for that of sickness.
In short, Tetterby's had tried so hard to get a livelihood out of Jerusalem Buildings in one way or other, and appeared to have done so indifferently in all, that the best position in the firm was too evidently Co.'s; Co., as a bodiless creation, being untroubled with the vulgar inconveniences of hunger and thirst, being chargeable neither to the poor's-rates nor the assessed taxes, and having no young family to provide for.
There death makes fell havoc; many destitute widows and children have to be maintained out of the poor's-rates; and then we reluctantly confess to ourselves that Ignorance is Power. The only method of abating this power of Ignorance, is by increasing that of Knowledge. As the sun goes up the sky, the darkness disappears; and the owl, the bat, and the beasts of prey, slink out of sight.
Wilmot Horton, Under Secretary of State, also breakfasted. He is full of some new plan of relieving the poor's-rates by encouraging emigration. But John Bull will think this savours of Botany Bay. The attempt to look the poor's-rates in the face is certainly meritorious.
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