Value for Money.
The .American correspondent, of i Dunedin paper tells an amusing story of the Red Indian:— An acquaintance of mine, he says, went iiiquisitiyaly. ampng the. tribes in * Nevada. One* ra'thet"' superior-looking heathen hailed him; with the customary question, "Got any, 'baccy?!' None,"- replied thehwhitai Jman* - -'• Have- some of mine, . . then,'^ said the savage, producing a ; < gpodjy^ roll;. how do you come to havoi so much ?" inquired the visitor. I- f i Q^ - : lam pleacher round abouc here," was j the reply. ** Pleacher ! : 0, . a pre«xchfir f > you mean, I.see. ; . And»what <|o .you; earn by preaching about, here/ h, tell; me." "0, sometime 'baccy, flour, rum,' sometime old pair pants, sometime ;old coat." " H'ml not punch for a. preacher ; I guess. ;•: Don't. you reckon your.siJ.f ;that^ that's darned poor pay- for-i. preaching/ now ?" " May be so, m»y be so," said the Indian reflectively, " but, then, its dam poor pleach they , ges^ ; , tc>s,<> ■. jery dam poor pleach.": ,:enr- ,;...,-.■ ,'• j^ ;r.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 136, 16 May 1883, Page 2
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161Value for Money. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 136, 16 May 1883, Page 2
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