grandest
yo'll find all th' year 'll please yo hauf as weel as this. Little
children clap ther hands when they see it, becoss it tells 'em ther's
some fine weather comin' bye an' bye; an' they pluck it to tak hooam
wi' em' to show ther mother; an' ther grandfayther smiles when he sees
it, for it whispers a bit o' comfort to him, an' tells him to cheer
up! for th' time o'th' year's comin' when he'll be able to goa aat
o'th' door an' sit o'th green grass, an' hear th' burds sing, an' let
th' sun shine on his face, an' he willn't be feeard o' bringin' th'
rhumatic back wi' him; an' takkin it altogether it's one o' th' mooast
pleasin' things i' th' year is findin' a daisy i' March. It's strange
ha folk alter in a few years time. Luk at a child when its abaat five
or six years owd--see ha delighted it is wi' a gurt bunch ov innocent
lukkin' buttercups an' daisies. Noatice th' same child when he's
getten fourteen or fifteen years owd. He couldn't fashion to be seen
carryin' a bunch. See him agean when he's a man. He's noa time for
daisies then. What's th' reason? Daisies are as bonny nah as iver
they wor. Ther is a difference somewhear, but it isn't i'th' daisies.

April Fooils

Niver try to mak a fooil ov onybody this month; ther's fooils enuff
i'th world already. It's oft struck me what a varry slight difference
ther is between a wise man and a fooil; one aims at summat an' hits
it--tother aims at summat an' misses it; an' aw have known th' time
when th' chap 'at's missed has been worth a dozen sich like as him
'at's hit. But th' world generally sets 'em daan to be wise men 'at
happen to be lucky men, an' get hold o' lots o' brass. An' ha monny
brains a chap has, if he can't spooart a pair o' kid gloves an' a
daycent hat, he mun niver hope for owt better nor to tak his place
amang th' fooils. Aw've monny a time thowt when aw've heared fowk
settin a chap daan as a fooil;--talk prattley--may be if he wor
weighed up he's a better man nor yo this minit; yo connot tell all 'at
he may have had to struggle wi'--

Circumstances alter cases,
Th' same as nooases alter faces.

An' it's as weel to exercise a bit ov charity towards them 'at's set
daan to be fooils. "Young fowk think old fowk fooils, an' old fowk's
sure young uns is." An aw believe th' old fowk are oft varry near th'
mark,--for th' experience of a life time is little moor nor livin to
know what fooils we've been; an' if iver aw meet wi' a