Stories and Poems — Joseph Butterworth

THE HONEST WATERMAN OR HISTORY OF THOMAS MANN  COMPILED BY JOSEPH BUTTERWORTH     GENTLEMAN in London who was Treasurer of a religious society, was called upon one day by a waterman of respectable appearance, whose business was to pay into the treasury of the institution a legacy of fifty pounds. The legacy had been left by his uncle, the late THOMAS MANN, of St. Catharines by the Tower, London. The circumstances and the interview deeply affected the mind of the gentleman, and gave rise to the following conversation. Learning that the uncle was also a waterman, the gentleman asked,...