A Test of Merit
"Tourist: — “Are there any inns in this village, my little man?”
"Small Native: — “’Ess, Sir, there be the ‘Fox and Lion’ in Middle-street, and the ‘Cobblers’ Arms.’ down the Mill-end.”
"Tourist: — “Which is the best one?
"Small Native: — “’I dunno, Sir, but Feather allus gits drunk at the ‘Cobblers’.”
Wood engraving
Fun (23 June 1866): 271
Courtesy of the Suzy Covey Comic Book Collection in the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.