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It is to be noticed that an advertiser in these columns has already seen the point to which reference is made. From Tsingtao he announces that "Yorkshire-style hams" are for sale. He readily concedes the point that Yorkshire hams cannot be made in Tsingtao, and thereby deprives the Shantung porker the privilege of dying a really dignified death. Talking, however, of food, there is that tender description, "Canterbury lamb." It conjures up pictures of the pretty little animals gambolling on the grassy swards of the cathedral clóisters, being tenderly herded by archbishops, bishops and other church dignitaries, or do they leave such jobs solely to the rural deans? There is a sinister side upon which too much emphasis should not be laid, of the Chapter solemnly assembling now and again to prick the lists of the lambs to decide which shall go into the world from Canterbury with that description. Again any cat whether Cheshire or not will grin at a Dover sole, but why Cheshire and why Dover? Any scientist knows perfectly well that there is no particular significance in a cat being born in the county of cheese, while any ordinary person knows full well that not all soles come from Dover. It is most probable that if all the soles which have ever come from Dover were laid out in a straight line, head to tail, they would reach a certain distance, but it would not be very far. The subject cannot, however, be left without reference to the "Dutch Party Perfectly innocent foreigners not acquainted with the peculiarities of the English language would immediately assume that this referred to a crowd of hilarious Hollanders, or even naughty Netherlanders, whereas the cognoscenti know very well that it does not. All this has been written merely to indicate what a lot of material the witty lawyers in the Glasgow Sheriff's Court missed. They could, with a very little research, have produced a whole day's revelry, for asses must bray as a relief from continually twitching their ears.
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