(The Radical Grocer has just been elected County Councillor.)
My Lady (to her pet protégée). "PRAY WHOM DID YOUR HUSBAND VOTE FOR?"
Martha Stubbs. "I DON'T KNOW, MY LADY."
My Lady. "BUT SURELY YOUR HUSBAND TOLD YOU?"
Martha Stubbs. "HE DOESN'T KNOW HIMSELF, MY LADY. HE'S SUCH A POOR IGNORANT CREATURE!"
BURNING WORDS.
(From a Working Man.)
["How many of you men would contribute to a Working Men's Fund the shilling you put on Orme, who, by the way, I am sorry to see was not poisoned to death."—Mr. John Burns in the Park.]
Look 'ere, JOHN, you stow it; you're nuts on the spoutin';