COMEDY OF À QUACK.
A correspondent of tho "Lancct" tells, of a man who, when lio went to a
"quack" ami complained of. a sharp pain in the loins after sitting on damp grass for some hours, during which ha frequently sucked'the point of tho lead pencil with which ho was writing, was told that he was suffering from "plumbism," and given some pills. The next day he returned to tho "quack" and said: "You told me I had 'plunibism,' which is lead poisoning. mml I now find there is no lead in lead pencils, only graphite of plumbago," "Oh," replied tiio ''quack" airily, "Did I say plunibism is the cause of your lumbism? I meant to 'have said plumbago is tho causa of your lumbago." "Oh," said the man, "but anyhow, your pills arc- only bread." "Of course," replied tho "quack," "don't you know that bread is the oldest and finest tiling to remove pencil marks with, \ou didn't want 1110 to give you indiambber pills, did you "
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1925, 6 December 1913, Page 5
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169COMEDY OF À QUACK. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1925, 6 December 1913, Page 5
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