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having a wife, and a number of children 

 grown up, who all live in the same house, 

 but during the day have every one a differ- 

 ent trade or calling, and industriously em- 

 ploy their time, and by such industry 

 amass certain sums of money* which these 

 children, sons and daughters, can conve- 

 niently spare from their different trades. 

 The father, having all the affairs of the family 

 to conduct, taxes and all national mat- 

 ters to attend to, for the protection of his 

 property, to prevent foreign invaders and 

 plunderers, and to promote th.e happi- 

 ness and comfort that the family enjoy 

 in that house, has greater occasion for 

 money than the rest of the family : and his 

 own trade or calling does not bring him in 

 money to supply his necessary wants ; 

 therefore he borrows money of the family 

 round his own fire side, of his wife, his 

 sons, and daughters, &c. and pays interest 

 for it. Now, if it so happen when he is 

 called upon by them, that he cannot pay, 

 there is no other family injured, nor are 



