it's a sooart o' common sense view o' things,--a sooart o' beein able to
invent a way to do owt yo want ommost. Nah, aw'll gie yo a sample o'
what aw call technical eddication. My gronfayther wor booath deeaf an'
dumb an' laim, aw can just recollect him, tho he deed when aw wor a lad;
he wor born deeaf an' dumb but he wornt born laim, that happened after
he gate to be a man. Well, he niver went to th' schooil, but yet he wor
one o' th' mooast genius chaps 'at iver yo met i' yor life; he'd a way
ov his own o' dooin iverything. Aw've heeard mi fayther tell 'at when he
wor a lad, ther wor a family o' five on 'em, an' they all worked at th'
factory, an' as lads will, they sometimes stopt aat soa lat ov a neet
'at they fan it varry hard wark to get up next mornin; an' they had to
be up at five o'clock 'coss they'd a long way to walk. Nah, mi
gronfayther could nawther get up nor call aat, but ha do yo think he
managed to get' 'em aat o' bed? He used to allus keep abaat a barro
looad o' brokken bricks at his bedside, an' th' lads used to know as
sooin as they felt 'em flyin abaat ther heeads 'at it wor time to be
stirrin: one used to be enuff in a general way, but th' second wor sure
to do it, even if he wor a hard sleeper, an' if th' third didn't wakken
him, yo could book him for a tombstooan ony minit. Nah that's what aw
call technical eddication."

"Well, if throwin bricks at a chaps heead is technical eddication, aw
dooant see 'at we want a Schooil Booard to taich us that," said Jabez,
"for ther's lots 'at can manage that job withaat. Nah awl tell yo what
technical eddication is as yo all seem fast amang it."

"Well, if tha can lawse us, we desarve putting in a pooak an' shakkin
up," said Michael, low down, but just loud enough to be heard.

"Aw heeard thi what tha sed Michael, but technical eddication is that
sooart 'at taiches 'em a trade, an aw think its a varry sensible thing,
'an aw for one am i' favor ov a Schooil Board, 'an if we dooant get one
up, ther's sure to be some o' them local board chaps at will, an' aw
consider this to be a varry gooid time to consider th' subject, 'an
depend on it, them 'at start it will have th' best chonce o' being
vooated in members; an' as nooan on us but Michael has ony public
office, aw beg to propooas 'at we form ussen into a quorum an mak
application for a Schooil Booard, an' aw beg also to propooas 'at
Michael is th' cheerman."

This last proposition was a varry good hit, for