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ing and sees the sheep heads, runs out cursing and swearing, and Leper crying after him, sheep head barber. The barber resolved to be revenged oa Leper, so when he was shaving Mess John, he tells him that Leper was the drunkenest fellow in the parish. So Mess John warns him to the session ; Leper cores and says, what do yo want with me, Sir, ? Come away Leper, says Mess John; I hear a bad report of you; Me, Sir, I am sure they were not my friends that told you that ---Indeed, I su informed you are a drunkard.-I a drunkard, you have not a soberer man in voar perish: Stop Sir, I will tell you how ) lead my life--in the morning I Bake a choppin of ale and a bit of bread, hat I call my morning ; for breakfast I generally take a herring and a choppin bf ale, for I cannot sup brose like my ads; the herring makes me dry, so at eleven hours I take a pint, and sometimes three choppins; at supper I take a bit of bread and cheese and a pint and so go to bed. Mess John says, its extravagant Sir, its excessive drinking, I allow you se one half of it every day, for a quarter of a year. Says Leper, I'll try it, and