d mistake they have got into, _that we think any thing is good
enough for the poor_. Now, I do _not_ think any thing good enough
for the poor which is not clean, wholesome, and palatable, and what
I myself would not cheerfully eat, if my circumstances required it."

[16] See the Way to Plenty for a number of cheap recipes.

"Pray, Mrs. Betty," said the squire, "oblige me with a basin of your
soup." The squire found it so good after his walk, that he was
almost sorry that he had promised to buy no more legs of beef, and
declared, that not one sheep's head should ever go to his kennel
again. He begged his cook might have the recipe, and Mrs. Jones
wrote it out for her. She has also been so obliging as to favor me
with a copy of all her recipes. And as I hate all monopoly, and see
no reason why such cheap, nourishing, and savory dishes should be
confined to the parish of Weston, I print them, that all other
parishes may have the same advantage. Not only the poor, but all
persons with small income may be glad of them.'

"Well, madam," said Mr. Simpson, who came in soon after, "which is
best, to sit down and cry over our misfortunes, or to bestir
ourselves to do our duty to the world?" "Sir," replied Mrs. Jones,
"I thank you for the useful lesson you have given me. You have
taught me that an excessive indulgence of sorrow is not piety, but
selfishness; that the best remedy for our own afflictions is to
lessen the afflictions of others, and thus evidence our submission
to the will of God, who perhaps sent these very trials to abate our
own self-love, and to stimulate our exertions for the good of
others. You have taught me that our time and talents are to be
employed with zeal in God's service, if we wish for his favor here
or hereafter; and that one great employment of those talents which
he requires, is the promotion of the present, and much more the
future happiness of all around us. You have taught me that much good
may be done with little money; and that the heart, the head, and the
hand are of some use as well as the purse. I have also learned
another lesson, which I hope not to forget, that Providence, in
sending these extraordinary seasons of scarcity and distress, which
we have lately twice experienced, has been pleased to overrule these
trying events to the general good; for it has not only excited the
rich to an increased liberality, as to actual contribution, but it
has led them to get more acquainted with the