A Mendip Valley : its inhabitants and surroundings, being an enlarged and illustrated ed. of Winscombe sketches / by Theodore Compton ; with original illustrations by Edward Theodore Compton, and a chapter on the geological history of the Mendip Hills, by Professor C. Lloyd Morgan.

  • Compton, Theodore, 1816-1909.
Date:
1892
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A Mendip Valley : its inhabitants and surroundings, being an enlarged and illustrated ed. of Winscombe sketches / by Theodore Compton ; with original illustrations by Edward Theodore Compton, and a chapter on the geological history of the Mendip Hills, by Professor C. Lloyd Morgan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    halters, Ink and irons, Knives and keicl'iup. Lemons and lollypops. Medicines and Nutmegs, Oatmeal and Pitch- forks, Quills and Ribbons, Soap and Treacle, Umbrella-S and Vinegar, Wax and Xylographs, Youths’ clothing, and Zoedone, with other articles too numerous to men- tion ; which, if not always in stock, can, no doubt, be got to order. Our shopkeeper is active and industrious, not grasping or greedy. As a farmer he can take the rough with the smooth, without complaining. If the weather does not suit one crop, he thinks it is just right for another. He welcomes alike “good drying weather,” and what he calls “a lovely rain.” A just, as well as a pious man, he can trust in the good providence of God, and with tlie oiled feather of charity so anoint the wheels of life, that they run smoothly and quietly, and if at any time they get out of gear, he thinks and feels with Dr. Syntax— That man, I trow, is doubly blest, Who of the worst doth make the best. [Since the foregoing was written, the worthy postmaster has departed this life, and is worthily succeeded by his widow and family.]