A history of vagrants and vagrancy, and beggars and begging; . taken up as avagabond, and committed to the House of Correction, in Cold-Bath-Fields, fora month, for his saucy behaviour to a lady who had refused to relieve his im-portunities. On his examination, before the Magistrate, it turned out that hewas a journeyman tin-man by trade ; and, on his being searched, twenty-fiveshillings were found in his pockets. For the first two days of his confinementhe was sulky and refused to eat such wretched refreshment, as he termed theallowance of the House ; but, on recovering his temper, he laughed
A history of vagrants and vagrancy, and beggars and begging; . taken up as avagabond, and committed to the House of Correction, in Cold-Bath-Fields, fora month, for his saucy behaviour to a lady who had refused to relieve his im-portunities. On his examination, before the Magistrate, it turned out that hewas a journeyman tin-man by trade ; and, on his being searched, twenty-fiveshillings were found in his pockets. For the first two days of his confinementhe was sulky and refused to eat such wretched refreshment, as he termed theallowance of the House ; but, on recovering his temper, he laughed at the fat s,and asked, Who would uwk hard for a few shillings per day, when, rah onlya broom in hi3 hand, a polite bow, and a genteel appearance, at the corner of anyof the Squares, the ladies could be gammoned out of pounds per week ; and itwas a bad day indeed, that did not produce him from sixteen shillings to apound. 2 Chattering. 3 Pretended. 4 Spectacles. 5 Knowingness. 6 Eyes. 7 A petticoat retainer ; a degraded individual sustained by a AND BEGGAES AND BEGGING. 637 Piebald, as they termed him, on account of his black mug1 and white mop,2was chafing the little cove,3 that, as he had no pins 4 to stand upon, he musthave a perch; and as he was no starter? he proposed him for their no-pinnd 6 hero, on being elevated, gave, as a toast, success to flat-catching,7 which produced roars of laughter and shouts of approbation. Thefellow sitting near the stove, whose face seems on the grin, from the pleasureshe feels on scratching himself, offers to lay a quart of heavy8 that he has notcut his nails for the last twelve months, he has had such active employment forthem. Quarrelsome old Suke, who has been hobbling all the day on hercrutches through the streets, now descends the ladder quickly to join the party,and is blowing-up her ould man for not taking hold of her crutches, as heknows she doesnt vant em now. Behind the stove, the row has become sogreat,
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