" Our major,'* says an old American soldier, " had very long feet, and also a horse that threw every one bat the major. One evening the major's servant was out on the parade ground with the horse, and as usual got thrown off, when one of the boys spoke up and said, * I know why the horse don't throw the major !' ' Why?.' was asked by a dozen or more. ' Well, you see, the major's erot such long feet that, the horse thiuks he is in shaftSv"
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 175, 12 July 1872, Page 5
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85Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 175, 12 July 1872, Page 5
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