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Landlords an' teetotal-lecturers manage to get alivin' aat on it some way;--but it's th' same wi' ale as wi'iverything else nah days, --it's nowt made on unless it's sharp. It'sa sharp age we live in;--hand-loom waivin' an' stage coaches are alltoo slow; iverybody an' iverything keeps growin' sharper. But wearn't as sharp as what they are i' 'Merica yet--they're too sharp. They tell me they ha' to lapp thersen up i' haybands afoor they goa tobed, for fear o' cuttin' th' sheets. Aw heeard tell o...' one chaprunnin' a race wi' a flash o' leetnin', an' they say he'd ha' won butfor one ov his gallus buttons comin' off. An' another 'at used to makleather garters an' throw 'em ovver his heead, an' he could mak 'emsoa sharp 'at he allus kept one pair flyin'. He worn't a bad hand athis job, he worn't that. One day aw axed a chap 'at had been, "ifthey wor raylee as sharp as what fowk gave 'em credit for?" "Why, " hesays, "they wor sharper nor aw liked on, or else aw shouldn't ha' comeback; but aw couldn't get on noa rooad: aw tried two or threedifferent trades, but aw made nowt aat, an' at last aw set up astubthumper; but that wodn't do.
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