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

appleDiscord.
PearMarriage.
PlumWealth.
PineLanguishment.
Gooseberry Simplicity.
MedlarInterference.
ServiceAssistance.
Elder-berrySeniority.
FigDefiance.
SloeTardiness.
CrabSour Temper.
DateChronology.
HipApplause.
HawSwells.
PlaintainGrowth.
Pomegranate Seediness.
PruneRetrenchment.