Sir,--Although in my hundred-and-fiftieth year I can still
recollect my school days with crystal clearness, and it pains me
to find a lot of young Etonians claiming to have had dealings
with the original Jobey. The original Jobey died in 1827, and I
was at his funeral. He was then a middle-aged man of 93. When I
was at Eton in 1776-1783, he stood with his basket opposite
"Grim's," and if any of us refused to buy he gave us a black
eye. Discipline was lax in those days, but we were all the
better for it. On Jobey's death a line of impostors no doubt was
established, trying to profit by the great name; but none of
these can be called the original Jobey, except under
circumstances of the crassest ignorance or folly.