SPIDERS AND ADVERTISING.
While Mark Twain was editor of a Missouri paper, a subscriber wrote to him saying he had found a spider iu his paper and aslyng Mark whether this was a sign of good luck or bad iuclc. The following was the reply of the well-known humorist: “LiL subscriber: Finding a spider in your paper was neither good luck nor bad luck for you. The spider was mereTy looking; over our paper to see who was not advertising, so that lie could go to that, factory or store, spin his web across: tlie door and lead a life of undisturbed, peace ever afterward.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1931, Page 4
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105SPIDERS AND ADVERTISING. Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1931, Page 4
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