LOVE IN A MILK CART.
There is n ctory told of a certain young- tradesman in the milk and dairy produce business in one of our large cities, who, with the determination of giving' his sweetheart a treat, put one of the delivery cart horses in a hired buggy, and with his betrothed started on a pleasure trip through the city. He had not driven the animal a greater distance than a few hundred yards, when it suddenly stopped. The young- man flogged, the lady coaxed, but all to no purpose. It suddenly occurred to the driver that the house opposite which the animal had stopped was that of a customer. A bright thought came to him, aud he called on- : " Milk, oh ! " three times, find the animal f'-i^ked its nil and started off contentedly. A few yards further on and there was another stoppage, and the same artifice had to hn used, and so on till the end of a drive that did not impress the future bride as " too awfully nice." — Budget-
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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 48, 2 December 1882, Page 3
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