A Comparison


DURING the assizes, in a case of assault and battery, where a stone had

been thrown by the defendant, the following clear and conclusive

evidence was drawn out of a Yorkshireman:--



Did you see the defendant throw the stone?--I saw a stone, and I'ze

pretty sure the defendant throwed it.



Was it a large stone?--I should say it wur a largish stone.



What was its size?--I should say a sizeable stone.



Can't you answer definitely how big it was?--I should say it wur a

stone of some bigness.



Can't you give the jury some idea of the stone?--Why, as near as I

recollect, it wur something of a stone.



Can't you compare it to some other object?--Why, if I wur to compare

it, so as to give some notion of the stone, I should say it wur as large

as a lump o' chalk!



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