A PERSON wishing to test whether a daft individual, about

A PERSON wishing to test whether a daft individual, about whom a variety of opinions were entertained,--some people thinking him not so foolish as he seemed,--knew the value of money, held out a sixpence and a penny, and offered him his choice. "I'll tak' the _wee_ ane," he says, giving as his modest reason, "I'se no' be greedy." At another time, a miller, laughing at him for his witlessness, he said, "Some things I ken, and some I dinna ken." On being asked what he knew, he said, "I ken a miller has _aye a gey fat sou_."--"An' what d'ye no ken?" said the miller. "Ou," he returned, "I dinna ken at wha's _expense_ she's fed."