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lo cuW * a * & A * rij * # <** : * e * > o £ hts life , w the r ^ adiiiff of Homer aad the Greek TestattifcatS but the Latin classics , aod $ * pWto * apiijr of aaqta&t Rome , were the fafc&uri&e objects of his study . _ . ¦ ... . ¦ . - .
« Having been cmgfeaily destmed for the clerical oiSce ^ oj ) the completion of the prescribed course of sJudy at the University , he was licensed to preach by the Fresbytery of Li&lithso By the earfy decease of bis fether , the management of the small property to which he succeeded devolved upon him ; and dot having a * iy immediate view to preferment m the Church , he turned his attention , in a great degree , to the improvement of his paternal estate . His natural sagacity , and
superior education * saoja led hjm to perceive that the state of agriculture in his native parish , was capable of great improvement * and lie lost n 0 time ia making hinaself acquainted tirith the test modes ef draining and enclosing , a&d the other farming operations , which of late years bave adtled
so muck t ^ th& wealth apd resources of the country ; At tlu& pernod * he often guided the plough , worked with his own hand in the labours erf agrit culture , and devoted himself with great emhiLsiasra to the cultivation of this primitive science : and at a later period of li& i it was . his constant inaxioi ,
that to make t \ ro blades of grass , &v cam spring up , where ofie oaly hud formerly grown wd 9 coaferriag a solid beneit on th&comatilmtyi ^ The success , q £ H&s farming ope * tatiofts soon induced bis aeighbouxs > in defiance o £ their peculiar prejur dices , to adopt ! hia impEavetoeats , < uvd attracted aka the attention of the
great bmdholdera of the c ^ xiufy- At this time , and in the aiidat of these occupations , he was the friend and patron of merit s so far aa his limited opport unities permitted , and was looked up td as ia sound adviaer * hi those
cases of difBauitT or dkt ^ ess whifih occarrod among the poor wronnd him , ^> i « h ! ttr fhe s ^ re of hk in # uen ee . He was alsb fl ^ qiteWIt ttfeftM tQ Hs an arbiter irt tft ^ dftsftu ^ a t ^ kfeh oc-< £ md athong lk ^ tk ^ tpfeours , in * fe ^ twoieatAc aa * veU aa tWf ^ grWuUural VW ** V <^« 1 M ; ana ttrpiTV th ^ SOUd iliCuEr JHP « JW ww ^ fiw ^^ pl ^ f ^ ^ a bis knowledge of rural attains , te
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w « a w ^ U < itf alified ftf ^ 4 i ^ ^ gje of thia 4 pi ; y > < - ¦ _ . . ,,-,:: J , f ^ uki ^^ " T ^; w twelve jiMf % « ; liv ; . ^» - ming 8 . Bfo . w ^^ p ^^ f ^ y ^ ^ a ^ Wiire , ttanfc , wefiri roam ^ r > , a « d ^ b mtervai ^ rp ? dedliim , also , tb ^ tJeiswe for readiag" and reflection , wh |( : % W # ]^^ afterward * so conspicuous in the aoquirecneats of his mind * Now , however , a new occupation opened to Idtn ,
wlxich premised more lucrative om ^ play men t than that of the mere C 41 Itivator of his paternal acres . AtMyut the year 1786 * he became factor for Neil , Earl of Ro&eberry , and his r ^ yv dence was transferred to that nobie ~ man ' s estate of Barubougle , s » ear Q » ieensferry . There he spenj ; some years , and had the opportunity , under hm Lordship ' s tuition , of acquuriogmucli knowledge of the world and of actual business , bein ^ f employed alternately as farxner merchant , accountaut or lawyer , $ a this ease required-This trust he executed Hpth great iudigment and fidelity , and in th $
course of it , he ^ ad many opportunities of Uringing forward deserving men a $ farmers or overseers , greatly to the benefit botfr of tUe , proprietors and the country . " His situati ^ B ii | life was nqw > however , to be n > ore Berroanei ^ ly ^
iixedv for . i ^ tiie yr l / SJ * l ^ e was preheated Uy the Earl of Regebercy to tke Chur ^ ll of Primrose , or Caimtoa ^ ia fche Fre ^ ytery of D ^^ oith , situated libaut ten inilea south of J&diqbufglv where . he oificiated as pt ^ etor for 9 . peritMi of flft ^ A j ^ w ^ "• In Ifee < Uneh ^ rgia of 1 && ttMniatsjifcl d * UQ « , AJr . Flem ^ g w ^ s dwtwig- ^ isl ^ a by exet ^ pWy diligence ; and fci * k ^ - tere ^ t for * t hie w ^ SiM ^ of his pai ^ shr tetters wm not exclusjv ^ lv CQutiaed 4 ^ tt ^ ir spiritual €# iicQr * is » b ^ ext § ftd « d also to their worlc ^ y comfort and
j > ros [> erity ^ Jbu tfeift re ^ p ec ^ t , ^ e S ^ efrti ^ h Ctergy are pre-ei ^ i ^ ft ^ and capnot b& loa much c ^ m n > e ^ e 4- ^ 3 JMar l ^ ve llw ^ i ^ vwt ^ ge mI hoMtof ; , ^ rwt hiflhly refepect ^ ble in t | # s ^ cji ^ of wiucU U 107 41 ^ « HSPN ^| bi .-. Wit ) l < A ^ rare addition of v ^ Hmg Pm m
Wffioved irw * tb ^ Hftidd ^ a ^ d top # r fiHlka , l ^ -KBm MW ^ C ^^^ 'lll ^^ to b ^ tbi biy ., tl ^ te bmbm p ^ ^ lM ^| fW in the commoti affairs of life ., Mr . Fleming , therefore , did not hesitate to apply his extensive knowledge to the discharge of every duty which he
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Mem > & of tf ** tote Rev . * fohn Fleming * <^ <>^« J ^ A # l < # ^ r < J ^ . &J $
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1823, page 579, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1789/page/19/
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