CLIMATE, SEASONS, ETC. 



1818. 

 Feb. 28. 



March x. 



Where, then, are they to fling these effects of super 

 abundance ? Just before I left New York for 

 Philadelphia, I saw a sow very comfortably dining 

 upon a full quarter part of what appeared to have 

 been a fine leg of mutton. How many a family in 

 England would, if within reach, have seized this 

 meat from the sow ! And, are the tyrants, who have 

 brought my industrious countrymen to that horrid 

 state of misery, never to be called to account ? Are 

 they always to carry it as they now do ? Every 

 object almost, that strikes my view, sends my mind 

 and heart back to England. In viewing the ease and 

 happiness of this people, the contrast fills my soul 

 with indignation, and makes it more and more the 

 object of my life to assist in the destruction of the 

 diabolical usurpation, which has trampled on king 

 as well as people. 



Rain. Dined with my old friend SEVERNE, an 



honest Norfolk man, who used to carry his milk 



about the streets, when I first knew him, but, who 



is now a man of considerable property, and, like a 



wise man, lives in the same modest house where he 



formerly lived. Excellent roast beef and plum 



pudding. At his house I found an Englishman, 



and, from Botley too ! I had been told of such a 



man being in Philadelphia, and that the man said, 



that he had heard of me, &quot; heard of such a gentleman, 



but did not know much of him&quot; This was odd ! I 



was desirous of seeing this man. Mr. SEVERNE got 



him into his house. His name is VERB. I knew 



him the moment I saw him ; and, I wondered why 



it was that he knew so little of me. I found, that he 



wanted work, and that he had been assisted by some 



society in Philadelphia. He said he was lame, and 



he might be a little, perhaps. / offered him work at 



once. No : he wanted to have the care of a farm ! 



Go,&quot; said I, &quot; for shame, and ask some farmers for 



work. You will find it immediately, and with 



good wages. What should the people in this 



country see in your face to induce them to keep 



you in idleness. They did not send for you. 



You are a young man, and you come from a 



country of able labourers. You may be rich if 



you will work. This gentleman who is now 



about to cram you with roast beef and plum 



pudding came to this city nearly as poor as you 



are ; and, I first came to this country in no better 



plight. Work, and I wish you well ; be idle, and 



29 



