Will animate your spirit.
So long life to its Founder
And family all.”
On the 5th of April, 1788, “Mr. Joseph Ring, potter, in Temple Street was unfortunately killed by the falling in of a warehouse. He has left a widow and nine children to lament his loss.”[98] He was superintending some alterations at the time, when the roof fell in, and he was killed in the presence of his wife. The business was carried on as usual “by the widow of the late Joseph Ring, and late partners, under the firm of Ring, Taylor, and Carter.” The commemorative song of this year is curious. It is as follows:—
“Come cheer up my lads & let us all be gay,
For now we are meet & it’s Martlemas Day,
Of this Bristol Pottery I mean for to sing,
For wealth to our masters I hope it will bring.
Huza for this Pottery!—Huza! my Boys, I call,
Each striving to merit—Will animate your spirit,