BILL FOR "PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE" IN FRANKLIN'S HANDWRITING.
Original in the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia.

"VIRTUE and a Trade, are a Child's best Portion,"
said Poor Richard, and he not merely claimed,
"He that hath a Trade, hath an Estate," but "He
that has a Trade has an Office of Profit and Honour."
Through all Franklin's life, he never missed an oppor-
tunity to praise the workman, be his calling what it
might, and nowhere did he show more pride than in his
own particular handicraft.

Printing was not a family "mystery," as it was then
termed, of the Franklins, they having hitherto been
blacksmiths, dyers, or soap-makers. But Josiah, with
ten boys to place in the world, had to seek other crafts,
and James Franklin was sent to London, presumptively

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