Employer (to an employee): “I understand, Thompson, that Hie men have all struck.” Thompson: “Yes, sir!” “But what for?” “’Well, we dunno yet, sir! The gintleman from London isn't come down to tell us yet.” “ Cow and horse for sale here.” So ran the notice. The stranger stopped and asked to see the animals, and a scraggy, halfstarved, broken-down looking animal \vas brought, before him. “If that's the horse." he said, •" I'll take the cow. If it's the cow. I'll take the horse, but if it's both 1 .won’t want it.”
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Evening Star, Issue 19788, 11 February 1928, Page 10
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91Page 10 Advertisements Column 3 Evening Star, Issue 19788, 11 February 1928, Page 10
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