Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 Excerpt: ... afterwards referred to as his "honey days," because they were the happiest he had ever spent. At his decease he was possessed of property, real and personal, to the value of 2000, which was inherited by his son and daughter. He died in the year 1825, aged 73 years. On leaving Mockerkin by the west approach, we come upon the Bgremont road near Hodyhoad farmhouse, little more than a mile further, the first turn on the left, leads direct to the Arcledon road. At the junction of these roads.stands Kidburngill, where, in the year 1799, was born William Dickinson, now (1866) of Thorncroft House, Workington. Mr. Dickinson has acquired considerable fame, both as an agriculturist and a writer on agriculture. He was the inventor of the Cumberland clod-crusher, a most effective and easily constructed implement, which may now be seen on every farm in the county. He received the premium of 100 guineas for essays on the agriculture of Bast and West Cumberland. He is also the author of a glossary of the Cumberland Dialect, and many pieces both prose and verse, penned in the local idiom. Being eminent as a botanist and geologist, some years ago the Linnean Society conferred upon him the degree of F.L.S. Since his removal to Workington from Mosses, a farm near Kidburngill, were he resided many years, he presented to the Mechanics' Institution of that town, a splendid collection of geological specimens, which must have cost him years of labour, every stone being carefully classified and labelled. A single specimen from his agricultural essays will give some idea to the reader of his ability as a writer. We shall take his description of the Cumberland farmer sixty years ago. "The half-broke horse, the defective harness, and especially the loose halter (n..."
