Officer's Servant (replying to adverse criticism of war-worn charger). "I 'eard the guvnor say there was three 'undred quid refused for 'im before the War. What do you think of that?"
Jock. "Weel, I'm thenkin' there was twa fools met that day, and i dinna ken which o' them was the bigger."
"Prospects in English Literature.
III.—Looking Backward."—The Athenæum.
We trust this is only preliminary to a further advance.
"Shepherds in Scotland are feeding lambs with whisky and hot milk. Many titled landed proprietors are acting as shepherds."—Daily News.
Surely our Radical contemporary does not mean to suggest—