What on Boots ?
A gifted young English barrister stood for a constituency where Free Trade was in bad odour, and was psstered by questions which he had never considered. What duty ougbt to be put on woollens — what on dry goods ? Ought bread-stuffs to be exempt? and so forth. At last he escaped by an audacious pleasantry, which would have mined a commonplace candidate. " Pray, sir," a shoemaker demanded, " what would you put on boots ?" " Well, sir," the candidate replied, " if they were patent leather, French polish ; if not, blacking." Piok'tne-up.
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Manawatu Herald, 17 January 1893, Page 3
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91What on Boots ? Manawatu Herald, 17 January 1893, Page 3
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