64 ways of making money. Sept. tls 
that considerable sum; were cuilected for thar pure 
pese in our parifh; but what became of them I 
know not, for I was not so much interested in that 
businefs as the other ; but p-rhaps some of your rea 
ders can tell. J recollect also many other collecti- 
ons for reforms of various kinds Would not this 
be an excellent invention for me, to try if I could be 
made secretary general to some reforming society ? 
Can you help me to such a thing, Mr Editor? It you 
can, I will eadeavour to b: friend you when I| go to 
Ameriea. Bur I fear 1 must get a better coat, and 
a new wig before I can put in my claim; for a poor 
looking fellow, lik: the apothecary in Hamlet, ex- 
cites alarms at the very sight of him: and how to 
get my belly up, and my cheeks blowsy, I know 
not: so that | f-ar, however excellent the invention 
may be for others, it will not altogether suit my 
circumstances, 
After having tired myself with writing the a- 
bove, and ruminati:g upon it, I took up a bouk to 
amuse myselfa little It was travels in North Ame- 
rica by a P. Campbell In the course of my read- 
ing, I met with the following anecdote, which fhews 
that this same invention is also known in America. 
Whether these our obedient children have learnt it 
from us, their loving parents, I (hall not take it upon 
me to say; bui if they have learnt it from some of 
our emigrants, they are not unapt scholars, I trans 
cribe from the 312th page of that book, 
‘+ It however revived in my mind a story I was 
told that happened in the Jersic., much about the 
time I was there, and seemed well authenticated, of 
