Never have a wooden leg made of oak, because the oak is apt to produce a-corn. Life : A farce to the rich, a comedy to the wise ; a tragedy to the poor. A letter was posted at a village postoffice that had no postage stamp on it, but in place of the stamp had the following written on one corner of the envelope : —" Mr. Postmaster, don't oharfre no noatao-ft nn tlvis • fli« efomit wouldn't stick, so I tore the thing up."
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 136, 6 October 1871, Page 6
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81Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 136, 6 October 1871, Page 6
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