"I wish you,'would not give ine such short weight for my mondy," said a customer to a grocer, who had an ootstanding bill against hint. " And I wish you would not give me such long wait for mine," replied the grocer. A youngster, who had been detected by his father in the act of stealing some fruit stored for winter consumption, was angrily bidden to go into the next room and prepare himself for a severe Having.finished the work which he had in hand, the inexorable parent armed himself with a stout horsewhip, and went in quest of the culprit, whom he found ornamented with a hump at which Quasimodo himself would have shuddered. " "What on earth have you got on your back ? M asked the wondering sire. " A leather apron," replied John, "three double. You told me to prepare myself for a severe flogging, and I guess I've done the best I could S" " ■ "
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 66, 6 May 1870, Page 3
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155Untitled Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 66, 6 May 1870, Page 3
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