An extraordinary Cafe to our Purpose.

John Cott, an husbandman in this place, applied to me fome time ago for a great fhortness of breath, like an afthma, and a hard fwelling in the region of his ftomach. Finding him incurable, I informed hiin of what he must expect, and asked leave, before witneffes, to open only his belly after his decease, as I imagined fomething uncommon would prefent itfelf, which might prove of publick utility: my requeft was granted: foon after, he took to his bed and died.

As soon as I made an incifion on the abdomen, out bolted a large hard substance as tough as buff; what should this be at Taft but a fcirrhous liver, as big as four or five common ones. I afterwards w wifhed I had weighed it to find the difference. In fhort it filled up the whole region of the ftomach from fide to fide, and fqueezed that bowel into a very little compaís, and forced up into a by corner under the left ribs, no bigger than my fift; the reafon I faw, why no emetics I ordered him would move once upwards, but all purged off directly.

The Twelled liver was so very large

that it pushed the inteftines downwards,
and the midriff upwards, thereby con-
fining the lungs very much, and pre-
venting their expanfion in inspiration,
the caule of his fhortness of breath,
and not being able to ftoop forwards.
After Thewing all this to my fon, I
left him to few up the incifion for de
cent burial; when his wife coming
home, who had been abfent, fhe
threatened me with law, hoping to
extort money, but the funk in her for-
w. and
row, I heard no more of it. But
what is very remarkable in this cafe,
and for which I produce

the patient had no figns of the jaundice, neither before, nor after his decease,

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Let me tell you, moreover, that on the night he died, about twelve, as he lay with his mind confuled, all of a fudden, and unexpectedly, he jumped out of bed, rab directly to the place, where his huffe was tooping her head

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in the chimney, preparing fome liquor
for him, and clapping his arms round
her waift, he lifted her from the floor,
and danced round the room
with her
in his arms, naked as he was, and fing-
ing all the time: the thought
the should
have died away with the fright, hav-
ing never been so scared in all her life
before, as the told me next morning :
For it was to no purpose to cry out for
help, as it was in the dead time of
the night, and in a lonefome upper
chamber, remote from any neighbours;
however he foon fat her down again,
ran to his bed, and laying himself all
along, kept finging, that he was going
to heaven, and died directly.

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This laft occurrence, it is true, is to thig foreign to the affair in hand, but for its oddity only, I here venture to add it.

I am your humble fervant,
John Cook, M. D.

From the LONDON MAGAZINE, Hardships of the inferior Clergy 'exemplified.

are

very refpeciable body of men, and

HE clergy are without doubt a

esteemed, by all perfons of fente and candour. It must t comgreat give punction, therefore, to a good man, to fee any of them act out of character. But what is more inconfiftent and unnatural than their behaviour to their inferior brethren? What examples of oppreffion will almost every diocefe produce, in refpect to curares? men, who work constantly in the ford's vineyard, who toil night and day (as the accidental duty of many places may by termed and who earn their bread by the fweat of their brows; but bread alas! not for their own fupport, but to fupport, in fact, the, pride and luxury of their fuperiors: as for themfelves, they have fcarce the gleanings tha of of the vintage; if they have enough to fupport nature, they have not enough to fupport credit and reputation.

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As this is a fact too notorious and are ferved by lots: I fuppofe, dear too general to dwell on, why fhould Sam, you don't understand my figura. fuperior clergy complain, if they are sitive way of expreffion: I understand not always paid the respect they think it full well, God knows my heart, and due to their cloth when they fhew focan truly say I tpeak by nofigure, unless little regard for their own brethren! by the figure of 3, as I will explain to or how can they be angry, if the up you. When the rectors and vicars hererightness of their hearts is called in abouts find their lungs begin to founquestion, when they so trequently der or have any other more substantial leave their flocks, throw all their care reafon for quitting the plough and don curates, retire to fome pleafant looking backward or forward, it mat--part of the world, take their pleasure, ters not which, to discovery some pleapay their parishioners a vifit, at a par- fant retirement from duty, two or ticular season of the year, to receive of fometimes three of them meet, smoke them every fhilling more than they de- their pipes, and agree for the good of serve, and to reward their more worthy fome brother of the cloth; to lump hirelings with an inadequate, and I their churches all together. The next will fay, unjust pittance! thing to be done is to procure a curate : they accordingly advertise, that a gentleman, in prieft's orders, is wanted to ferve a cure, in spehi a part of the kingdom, falary 401. per annum, the furplice fees. Am advertisement of this fort I met with and being out of bafinefs, immediately applied as directed, and the returning poft brought me for answer the cure was at my fervice. The word gentleman in the advertisement, operated not a little with me; I concludedil was going into some polite place, where the furplice fées were confiderable I accepted therefore without hesitation, and without any enquiry into particulars, the cure; and, at the fixed time, packed up my divinity, and in two days reached my elyfium: but judge, my friend, how great was the periftaitic motion of my intestines, when I was informed I was to ferve three churches every funday, (fermon at each) to refide in a fourth parish, to read prayers fuch and fuch days in the year, and, in short, to do the accidental duty of all four. You think, perhaps the furplice fees atone for all this hot they truly, they will not amount to three pounds per annum, if I received every poor woman's fix-pence for returning God thanks after child. birth.bauoq bag0.

The hard cafe of the inferior clergy has been long real cause of complaint, and, from the appearances of things, there is little hope of redress. This melancholy cafe, however has touched the heart of the present bishop of E-r; and to the honour of that noble prelate belitofpoken, it is a fact known to thousands, that he has made it a prin799cipal concern, fince his confecration, toinspect into the condition of the diinferior clergy of his diocele, and has actually advanced the falaries of feveral curates, where he found such falaries "inadequate to the duty, and value of the livings. God grant that his example may be prevalent. Atter his lordship bas finished so just so falutary 91 a work in D-n, I shall not be forry to hear that he is tranflated: 1 fear, however, his lordship will find his work increase as he moves more east. ward; for an old school-fellow, who - has been curate for many years, lately informed me of a method by which the *clergy in his neighbourhood get their Churches fer ferved in a very reasonable,

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you will, unreasonable manner, which, I believe, is not practifed by the clergy of G-n. As lie is a humorous fellow, I have fent you part of his letter, which may be an amufe

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justify me in my cenfure.

Churches, in my neighbourhood,

thou hast been whipped fo often, fcam-
pering through thick and thin, on a
funday, from this church to that,
whisk to a third, weather beaten and
frequently wet to the skin, and all for
40l. per annum-Such an immense fuum,
that my friend may have a curiofty to
know how d can poffibly fpendit. The
following communibus annis, isa'true'
account: "ition zot les de
Tolodging and diet:nd gun ɗ 9
To washing and mendingtorg ano
To keeping a horse, fhoe,

ing, &elt to sarit zemtomā To cloaths, including eve- ris. Arything about

To facrament gifts, and to,

* briefs, in order to let a

goodexample to my conPigregations

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To the poor of my parishes, i we at different times, that I taminmay preach with a good od brgrace, fix fermons which

Jibave by me, on charity To visitation expences, then parishes allowing me nomit thing for attending 101 To paper and ink for wri. 26 ting out fermons of my 79 own composition

1 To fervants of the 'fquire, baterity and head-farmers of the bobbing parishes, who often afk tboxme to dinner

To the fervants of one of

sobijamy rectors, who lives but qa few miles from me

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master of all arts too, (except that of getting money) and that is the great eft comfort to the old gentleman, and all, in short, he can layer boast of. If write more on this fubject, I shall grow melancholy, folet, nie affure my friends that if he ever comes this way, and will pay me a vifit, I will sink twe years favings to treat fuch an old ac quaintance: other acquaintance must expect only, as I live contented with, • this Instead, of pompous course, a one 18 dish-meal, oiding a

Instead of rare, quadrimum, home, hvad brew'd-ale,kit via

to PS. I forgot to mention, that I dine on fundays like an old Grecian, quite in high tafte. I carry my dinner in my pocket, and while Sternhold and o Hopkins's band are making feraphie harmony, 1 fay a fhort grace and fall to, in my pulpit Impft, take this opportunity, or am obliged to dine galloping, which I find by no means fo comfortable a way as the former."

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Notwithstanding, fir, my old-schoolfellow feems to be happy and easy in his condition, every confiderate perfon must allow that his falary is very inadequate to the duty and that this ofcheme of uniting feveral churches, be longing to different rectors, with a view of getting them ferved by one curate, (which I know, and, if called pon, will prove to be fact) is fcandalous and oppreffive, and highly demands the attention and inspection of the right re⚫verend and worthy the bishops. ©?

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As for furplice fees, they come and go the Lord knows how fo that you fee, dear Sam, I fave ten fhillings per annum; being the principal and intereft of about a thousand pounds that my father expended on my education; but then he has a fon a clergyman, and

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ofity at the expence of the unhappy the aftonimhing variety of their charac-
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