A man who wanted to buy a hone asked a friend how to tell a horse's age. *' By his thee th," was the reply. The next day the man went to a horse-dealer, who showed him a splendid black horse. The horsehunter opened the animal’s mouth, gave a glance, and turned on his heel. “ 1 don’t want him," said he, “ he’s thiity-two years old.” He had counted the theeth. The proportion of the married among the insane is smaller phau that of the unmarried. Of course. No married man can afford the luxury of insanity, To dodge fire-shovels and flat-irons a man wants all his wits about him. A young fellow who wanted some money went to a man and asked him to advance him five pounds. “Why," said he, “I don’t know you. ” “That is why I came here,” answered young hopeful, ‘‘for those who know me won't lend me five shillings,"
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 17, 21 July 1887, Page 3
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153Untitled Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 17, 21 July 1887, Page 3
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