"A SCREED FRAE HYDE."

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XI, Issue 617, 28 July 1881, Page 3

"A SCREED FRAE HYDE."

Hyde, July 25th. Dear Sir, to your columns a few lines I'll noo send, v. , . An' tell you the truth frae beginnih'tae end : A'that's happen't in Hyde sin. ye got my last screed, Sae pit on your specs, thiß'epistle tae read. The first o' importance isJJWedsunday's Coort, The cases were inony, an' gran' was the spoort. ■ On the bench sat oor Warden an local J. P., Tae consider the facs, an' deeceesions tae gie. Messrs Rowlatt an Fraser, twa limbs o' the ilaw Wi their arguments learnecL astonished us a'. The Buke tae each witness? was given, an' then Commenced the cross-questionin' business ye kent The value o' chaff sheets an chaffcutter knives, O' collars for workin' on horses in drives, Was fully discussed, an', as you may suppose, Decided at last on its cons and its pros." What a horse micht destroy i' the coorse o' a nicht, - When he broke tferough ; a fence, Sir, no strained overticht; Thtjjise an abuse o' the frame o' a'dray ; An' the hire o' a horse for the half o' a day, These an ither sma' items were fully made clear, An' much law on each point did oor toonspeople hear, While the patience o' Job couldna match, I maun say, The patience displayed by oor Warden that day. An' noo, Sir, perhaps ye hae plenty o' news Frae writers wlia dinna make luve tae the muse, ' Sae I'll bid you gude by, wi a hearty gude grace, Nor waste ony more o' your veluble space. Sandy Miller.