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the spread of education the people were re- 

 markable for aspirating the " h " properly ; 

 since they have been to school they have 

 lost that letter. Ancient modes of expres- 

 sion, provincial words, and pronunciation 

 are said to linger most among certain of 

 the older farmers, too independent of purse 

 and mind to change their speech to please 

 the present generation. Curious incidents 

 sometimes happen in outlying places. 



There is a church among the heather and 

 woods, and a farmhouse by it ; the hamlet 

 is so small that it is not easy to find. One 

 Sunday morning the clergyman was observed 

 to hesitate in giving out the Psalms, and by- 

 and-by an altercation arose between him and 

 the clerk, one maintaining that it was the 

 2 ist and the other that it was the 22nd of 

 the month. At last a sturdy farmer got up 

 and declared he would fetch the almanac 

 and see. Out he went, and returned in a 



