A rather longer toast is that of the greengrocer:—
“May we spring up like vegetables, have turnip noses, reddish cheeks, and carroty hair—and may our hearts never be hard like those of cabbages, nor may we be rotten at the core.”
The sentiment of the pawnbroker is:—
“When we lend our cash to a friend, may it be to his interest to pay the principal, and his principle to pay the interest.”
The shoemaker’s toast is:—
“May the cobbler’s lapstones never fail him.”
In another toast we have an allusion to shoes:—
“May the enemies of Great Britain always have long corns and short shoes.”
Here we close this curious collection of toasts, feeling thankful that such a book is no longer required for the every-day use of the people. A great change for the better has come over the manners and customs of our countrymen. Turning over the pages of this publication has given us pleasure, and we trust the quotations culled from it may not fail to interest our readers.