At a echeel the sentence, "Mary milks tho cow," was given itq bo parsed. Tho last .word was disposed" of by one of the pupils as follows:—'"Cow is a noun, feminino gender, singular number, third person. and stands for Mary." "Stands for Mary!" said tho pedagogue. "11 ow do rou make that out?" "Because," answered the pupil, "if tho cow didn't stand for Mary, how could Mary milk lior?"
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 259, 29 July 1919, Page 5
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69Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 259, 29 July 1919, Page 5
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