On the third shelf,
- A bundle of letters unopened, endorsed (in the hand of the deceased), "Letters from the old gentleman."
- Lessons for the flute.
- Toland's "Christianity not Mysterious."[360]. And a paper filled with patterns of several fashionable stuffs.
On the lowest shelf,
- One shoe.
- A pair of snuffers.
- A French grammar.
- A mourning hat-band: and half a bottle of usquebaugh.
There will be added to these goods, to make a complete auction, a collection of gold snuff-boxes and clouded canes,[361] which are to continue in fashion for three months after the sale.
The whole are to be set up and prized by Charles Bubbleboy,[362] who is to open the auction with a speech.
I find that I am so very unhappy, that while I am busy in correcting the folly and vice of one sex, several exorbitances break out in the other. I have not thoroughly examined their new-fashioned petticoats, but shall set aside one day in the next week for that purpose. The following petition on this subject was presented to me this morning: