Ashton, John, b. 1834 · London Chatto and Windus · leaf 276
n money, and agood milch cow, four fat weathers, with half a dozen ewes andlambs, likewise geese, hens, and turkies ; also a sow and pigs,with other moveables. She began scolding him the day aftermarriage, and the poor fellow found out he had a hard bargain. Ud swaggers, I think I have a woeful one… … poor Simon such a clank upon the noddle, as made the bloodspin, and afterwards treated Jobson to a sound thrashing, andthen she and her gossips got as drunk as fishwomen. Simon sneaked away, but when he got home he found hiswife before him, and not forgetting the fault he had com-
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