QUITE A DIFFERENT THING
/ .* The ♦♦ Democrat" of Dayton, Q., tells"'..- ■ th€i- following-' droll | ahce agent called into' sin establishment i on Main street, the other day, mt!h a> large account book under his arni, and walking up in a business, sort of way | he inquired, "How's I stock V "Ob, business is verfifyfty'l\ dull," returned the tradesman, V*P6n; : my.word, sir, I haven't got in '.\ house i Terribly dull!" And he paused and looked inquiringly at his visitor. " Only £9OO V said the insurance man in surprise " Ton _my soul, sir," repeated 1 the dealer," "I don't believe there's a dollar for y«nr.self," and the man looked ..twqA ! "Then sir said the"' man, with a good deaV'df warmth, "how does it come that your stock is insured in onr company for £isb&i*EHV" "0 ah ; beg yoiir pardon !" exclaimed.|he. ... dealer, in great confusiou. "I thougfit"' ' you was a tax gatherer, or, 'poii jhy soul, I wouldn't a said that, fact my stock is worth folly £8,00$»
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Kumara Times, Issue 490, 23 April 1878, Page 2
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