ovver what change tha's getten i' thi pocket an then sup up an let's get
off to bed, an be thankful tha's getten a dowter to buy a hat for, an a
wife at advises thee allus for th' best."

"All reight, lass,--awm ready,--but aw connot for th' life o' me see
what awr Hepsabah's hat has to do wi young wimmen darnin ther stockins
an weshin ther shifts."

"A'a, Sammywell! Ther's a deeal o' things abaat wimmen at tha has to
leearn yet."

"Aw believe there is,--but twenty two an sixpence a lesson is a trifle
aboon my cut."




Old Dave to th' New Parson.


"Soa, yo're th' new parson, are yo?
Well, awm fain to see yo've come;
Yo'll feel a trifle strange at furst,
But mak yorsen at hooam.

Aw hooap yo'll think nor war o' me,
If aw tell what's in mi noddle,
Remember, if we dooant agree,
It's but an old man's twaddle.