Two men, disputing about the pronunciation of the word " either"—one saying it was ee-ther, the other i-ther—agreed -to refer the matter to the first person they met, who happened to be from Ireland. He confounded both ty declaring: "It's nayther, for it's-\r ctier -" ." - iou haven't put on a clean shirt today," said an American captain to his corporal; " you never saw me without a clean shirt on parade when I was a corporal." " True, captain ; but then your mother wa» a washerwoman. '
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Globe, Volume III, Issue 244, 22 March 1875, Page 3
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82Untitled Globe, Volume III, Issue 244, 22 March 1875, Page 3
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