Annals of the Town of Concord in the County of Merrimack And State of New Hamp
Annals of the Town of Concord in the County of Merrimack And State of New Hamp
Jacob Bailey Moore
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The remembrance of his native land, and of his youthful enjoyments in this town, induc- ed him to add to his title that of Rumford. Men- dicity had become a public calamity in many of the German cities, and threatened the most alarming BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 57 eonsequences. Conceiving the project of applying a remedy, and having taken the proper measures, Count Rumford, at a given day and hour, accom- panied by several military officers, and a body of troops, issued orders for seizing all the b...eggars at Munich ; and being determined to obviate the pos- sibility of disgrace, attached to such a measure, he began by arresting the first proper o!"ject with his own hands. No sooner had he done this, than the officers and men, without making any scruple or difficulty whatever, cleared the streets with prompt- ness and success ; but at the same time with all imaginable good nature — so tliat in the course of a single day, not a beggar was to be seen in the wliole range of the metropolis. But to sweep away tiie whole mendicant tribe, would have done nothing effectual, had not houses of industry been opened for their constant employment, and wholesome viands been procured them.
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