After the great fire in Boston in March, 1760, this item appeared in the "Gazette" of May 19:—
We hear that Charles Ward Apthorp, Eſq; of N.-York, Merchant, upon hearing of the Calamity which had befallen this Town by the late dreadful Fire, generouſly ordered his Agent here to pay to the Gentlemen appointed to receive the Donations of charitable diſpos'd Perſons the Sum of One Hundred Pounds, L.M. for the Relief of the Sufferers.
Mr. Apthorp, of New York, made this generous donation—a large sum for that time—for the relief of the sufferers of his native place.
On the 30th of March, 1761, the "Boston Gazette" prints the following among its items of news:—
The following Proverbs we hope will not be diſregarded, tho' taken from a Book in the Hands of almoſt every Freeholder in this Province; for they are true Engliſh Proverbs——
Look before you leap—Wiſe Men think twice before they act once—Avoidance is better than late Repentance—Put your Hand in the Lion's Mouth, then get it out if you can—Haſte makes Waſte—Faſt bind faſt find—A Wedge once enter'd, the Log flies—You may add, when you cannot take away—Cut your Coat according to your Cloth—A raſh Beginning makes a fooliſh Ending—Better late than never—He that acts for others, ſhould act with Caution—Once well done is twice done—A wiſe Man foreſeeth the Storm and ſecureth himſelf——Of all Murderers, Self-Murderers are the moſt ſtupid—A Snake in the Graſs may bite before it is ſeen.
A Word to the Wiſe is ſufficient. Amen.