of this town have at different times been largely endowed by the legacies
of individuals who, in bidding the world adieu, were piously moved to
leave portions of their substance to be expended in “bread to the poor,”
clothing and apprenticing poor children, annual gifts of money and
garments to decayed housekeepers, and the general improvement of all, by
directing commemorative sermons to be preached on particular
anniversaries. In St. Chad’s parish two hundred threepenny loaves are,
on the average, distributed weekly throughout the year.