POTATOES. [PART n. 



who, at any rate, can stow it in pies, what must 

 it be to tradesman's and artizan's families in 

 towns, who can lay in no store, and who must 

 buy by the ten pound or quarter of a hundred 

 at a time? When broad-faced Mrs. Wilkins 

 tells Mrs. Tomkins, that, so that she has " a 

 "potatoe" for her dinner, she does not care a far 

 thing for bread, 1 only laugh, knowing* that she 

 will twist down a half pound of beef with her 

 " potatoe," and has twisted down half a pound 

 of buttered toast in the morning, and means to 

 do the same at tea time without prejudice to 

 her supper and grog. But when Mrs. Tomkins 

 gravely answers, " yes, Ma'am, there is nothing 

 " like a potatoe; it is such a saving in a family," 

 I really should not be very much out of humour- 

 to see the tete-4-tete broken up by the appli 

 cation of a broom-stick. 



280. However, Sir, I am talking to you now, 

 and, as I am not aware that there can be any 

 impropriety in it, 1 now call upon you to show, 

 that I am really wrong in my notions upon this 

 subject; and this, I think you are, in some 

 sort bound to do, seeing that you have, in a 

 public manner, condemned them. 



281. But, there remains a very important 

 part of the subject yet undiscussed. For, 

 though you should be satisfied, that 300 Ibs. of 

 potatoes are not, taking evry, thing into consi- 



