To the Editor of the "Norra-Cuisa Dairy News."
Sir,—As a gradely lad I've read th' letter written to your newspaper by that chap as coes his sell ''Clogs."
I think this mon fancies his sell as a humourist and am bawn to see mi pals abaft it become yo see th' "Village Lad's -Club" i Shanghai, has gotten a bit sad lately and we were nobbut. gassing abaft it t'other neet, but we coudna come to any arrangements become most on um said as how there weren't a reet spanking humourist abaft to liven us up, but it seems they're ow not guessing reet.
Neaw this mon's joke abaft "Flour Bags" shows he's gifted wi a good sense o' humour an I think th' lad cond do his sell justice an buck up a lot on us 1 China as sometimes gets Dumps.
Besides he might if he has eny moore such rattling jokes mak a bit 0, brass too, which uld help him to pay for his own refreshment a cour Club, become th' Committee's mixed, some chaps being Tykes an we han a Scotty too. when it comes to th' Clubs' partin for entertainers these chaps ull not stump up, so th' entertainer as to go round with th' Hat.
Neaw yo con plainly see that if th' humourist were to get th' company in a very od humour some great Thinkin lad said heed cop more 'Tin' become
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Comin to th' serious side t letter, as th' owd lad seems to know a lot abaft t'finished article, an tells us his sell that he yeard Mr. Kearsley abaft ten year since, an has read o'th articles in your newspaper abaft Cotton, we mun conclude th' lad is one o' them "Fawst" sort, an knows a lot abaft th' raw material an th' labour an cond do us ow a lot o' good if heed tell us summar abaft his ten years i China wi these Chinese.
He talks abaft th' experts having failed, well as th' kids write i their copy books, "If at first yo canna succeed, try, try again," so that's that.
Neaw as T've ow ready said, this chap being one o' them funny uns, I think it would na be a bad thowt if he'd combine th' seriousness with humour an Pay us a to cour Club, when we cond try him east an see if has any gam i' him.
T con assure him heed no need to be bashful an he con call his sell 'Clogs' or any name he likes, become someone said "What's in a name" an its a rule at cour Club not to ax any questions abaft friendly visiting chaps if one o' th members brings um_in.
If it cond be fixed up we can have a reet good neet on it, an ax Mr. Kearsley to come too, an them two expert chaps, Mr. Ker-foot an Mr. Whitworth us as been writing to your papper an some more Cotton men that's bin to Africa an Wigan an some o' them other foreign places.
Th' Committee cond get a lot o' Cotton seed an fertilizer an a Ballad singer too for demonstra-tin an keeping up th' sympathy touch.
So Mester Editor, if yo are in with th' movement proposed i 11i letter an we han a bit of a doo, yo con send one of your reporters (west. want a good listener be-case there'll be so many on um talking, an perhaps ow at once) an he con write yo summar as uld be a good thing for your news-papper next; mornin an get yo a lot. more: readers?
T remain, Mester Editor, Shanghai, (vi Manchester),
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