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begmning of which, lie lived upon pap, bread and milk, &c. ; also, a little 

 meat, the expense of which, I add to the age from then to twenty, as no 

 one can really be called an epicure before that age ; it will thus make the 

 expenses more equal as regards the calculation. The following is the list 

 of what I consider his daily meals : 



Breahfast.. — Three-quarters of a pint of coifee, four ounces of bread, 

 once ounce of butter, two eggs, or four ounces of meat, or four ounces of 

 fish. 



Lunch. — Two ounces of bread, two ounces of meat, or poultry, or game, 

 two ounces of vegetables, and a half-pint of beer, or a glass of wine. 



Dinner. — Half a pint of soup, a quarter of a pound of fish, half a 

 pound of meat, a quarter of a pound of poultry, a quarter of a pound of 

 savory dishes, or game ; two ounces of vegetables, two ounces of bread, 

 two ounces of pastry, or roasts ; half an ounce of cheese, a quarter of a 

 pound of fruit, one pint of wine, one glass of liqueur, one cup of cofi"ee, 

 or tea; at night, one glass of spirits and water. 



man's clothing. 



I have made a little calculation to add to the above board bill, to show 

 how many yards of cloth such a man would naturally use up during the 

 same period. My estimate is, that a full-dressed man carries about fifty 

 yard of cloth upon his body, or, at least, it has taken that many square 

 yards of cloth to make the following garments : one under and one over 

 shirt and drawers, 8 yards ; vest, with all its inside and out, 4 yards ; 

 coat, overcoat and cloak, 32 yards; the handkerchiefs in the coat and 

 cloak pockets. 2 yards ; pants, lined, 4 yards. Then we may add a night- 

 shirt, 4 yards, and morning wrapper, 10 yards, and we have 64 yards for a 

 single suit. Allow six of these suits a year — of some garments, he will 

 want more, and some, less than six ; but take that as an average, and we 

 have 384 yards for the gentleman's wardrobe one year. Multiply that by 

 sixty years, and we have 23,040 yards of cloth, which appears a fair 

 allowance, as we throw out the ten years of childhood. With these gar- 

 ments he will want, each year, two pair of boots, two pair of shoes, two 

 pair of slippers, two pair of rubbers, or overshoes — 480 pairs. With 

 these, he will wear sixty dozen pairs of stockings, and four hats a year — 

 240 hats. I will say nothing about the yards of cloth that he will want 

 about his toilet and table, his carpets and curtains, and his bed, with its 

 daily change of bedding ; but you can imagine it would make a large 

 spread. The great question for consideration, in an agricultural point of 

 view, is this : Could such a consumer of earth's products produce as much 

 as he consumed, with all industry applied during life, or would he be 

 dependant on the labors of others ? 



Wm. Lawton made an address upon the necessity of a great diversity of 

 food, and its benefit to health and intellect, and upon this a discussion of 

 some length followed. 



Dr. Humphrey. — Men and animals all need a great diversity of food 



