26 AUGUST 1882, Page 15

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]

SIR,—While an old inhabitant of the parish, a bricklayer, was with me to-day, I drew the talk to the tolling of the death-bell„ and presently said, "How many tellers make a man ?" "Nine," replied he, promptly. Then he paused for a minute, and added, "Yes. Two threes a child, three threes a man."—