The Best Share in a Farm.—The plough-share.
A Proverb Fresh from the Country.—No gooseberry without a thorn.
The Connoisseurs.—Groom. "Whew's Beer do you like best—this 'ere hom'brewed o' Fisk's, or that there ale they gives yer at the White Ho's'?"
Keeper (critically). "Well, o' the tew I prefers this 'ere. That there o' Wum'oods's don't fare to me to taste o' nawthun at all. Now this 'ere dew taste o' the cask!!"
THE LANGUAGE OF FRUITS
| apple | Discord. |
| Pear | Marriage. |
| Plum | Wealth. |
| Pine | Languishment. |
| Gooseberry | Simplicity. |
| Medlar | Interference. |
| Service | Assistance. |
| Elder-berry | Seniority. |
| Fig | Defiance. |
| Sloe | Tardiness. |
| Crab | Sour Temper. |
| Date | Chronology. |
| Hip | Applause. |
| Haw | Swells. |
| Plaintain | Growth. |
| Pomegranate | Seediness. |
| Prune | Retrenchment. |