"I believe I have laid more foundation stones than any other man in England."
We (agriculturists) are looked upon as a long-suffering and patient race, and some of the manufacturing class think we are fit subjects for bleeding. In fact, it has been said that agriculturists are like their own sheep, inasmuch as they can bear a close shaving without a bleat; whereas the manufacturers are like pigs; only touch their bristles and they will "holler like the devil."
Tredegar Show,
December 17th, 1867.
Lord Rosebery is alternately a menace and a sigh.
Conservative Dinner, Newport,
November 15th, 1895.
We have had an old-fashioned winter, and I do not care if I never see another. The only people, I fancy, who have enjoyed the winter are the doctors and the Press.
Servants' Ball,
January 16th, 1891.