A market girl sold a gentlemau a fine fat' goose, warranting it to be young. It turned out when roasted to be unmanageably tough. The next day the . gentleman said tn the market girl, " That goose winch yon sold me for a young one was | very old. " ' ' Certainly, not," said the girl; "don't you call me young?" "Yes." "Well, I am but nineteen, and I heard mother often say that that goose was six weeks younger than me." " Well. Pat, my good fellow," snid a victorious general to a brave son of Erin, after a battle, "and what dirt you do to help us to gain this battle?"— " Do !" .replied Pat, "may it please your honor, I walked up bouldly to wun of the inimy, and cut off his flit." " Cut off his foot ! and why did you not cut off his head ?" asked the general. " Ah, an' faith, that was off already," said Pat,
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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 724, 8 September 1870, Page 4
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