At a late celebration of the marriages of two gentlemen, the company
being large, respectable, and persons of considerable influence,
a motion was made, and unanimously voted, That all Bachelors of the age
of thirty, and upwards, should annually make an entertainment for the
gentlemen of the place, unless prevented by intermediate marriage. What
is very singular, a considerable part of the company were gentlemen of
that description, who were unanimous in the resolution.
The next day a respectable company of ladies visited the two brides, and
it is said, such of them as were _unmarried_ were highly pleased with
the resolution of the preceding day.
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+EPITAPH ON Mr. SCRIP.+
Here lies Timothy Scrip, late of ’Change Alley, Cornhill, Stockbroker.
During the course of a long life he was diligent, industrious, and
indefatigable in the exercise of his profession. He died in the
seventieth year of his age, and _died well_, having left behind him a
fortune of sixty thousand pounds sterling. It is however much to be
regretted, that, _stocks being shut_ at the time of his death, he was
not able to make a _transfer_, or carry any part of it to his _account_
in the other world. It was remarked of him, that he was always more
solicitous to get the _turn of the day_ to himself, than to do a _good
turn_ to his neighbour; and that though he frequently made bargains _for
time_, he did not choose to risk any thing _for eternity_. He never gave
money to the poor, though offered a very high _premium_, thinking it
safer to make _ten per cent._ in the _English funds_, than _ten
thousand_ in those of a _foreign country_. For these reasons, though he
was always esteemed _a good man_ at Jonathan’s, it is much to be
dreaded, that, at the _general settling day_, he will find himself _on
the wrong side_, and be forced to _waddle, a lame duck, out of Elysium_.
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