This is the reply made by an old settler who had lived in a city since it was a cabin or two, to a young man who was putting him. through a caurso of interrogatories. " Yon must have lived hore a long time ?" "Well, I reckon." " Why, how long since you came here?" "Young man," said the old settler, seizing the questioner by the coat lappel, "do you see that hill across the river ?" (pointing to a lofty peak). " Yes," said the other, " I do." " Well, I kim here, sir, when that was nuthin' bat a hole in the ground." When Dr. Johnson asked the WidowPorter to be his wife, he told her candidly that he hed no money, and that his uncle had loi g been hanged. The widow replied that she cared nothing for his parentage; that »ho h. lino money herself ; and that, though she had no relation hanged, she had fifty who deserved hanging. So they made a match o£ it.
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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2455, 17 February 1882, Page 3
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165Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2455, 17 February 1882, Page 3
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