A Knotty Question.
This is the question that troubles a Trench Justice of the Peace. A drover and a butcher m the market adjusting their accounts went to a tavern to dine together. During the meal the butcher took from his pocket a bank note of 100 francs value .wherewith, to pay the drover, but m handing it over let it fall m a dish of gravy. He snatched it out, and, holding it between the thumb and forefinger, waved it to and (fro to dry it. The drover's dog, accepting this as a friendly invitation, and, liking the smell of the saturated note, made a- spring at it and swallowed it. The butcher was furious. " Give me my money!" he demanded. "Kill the dog and open him !" tl Not by a blanked s-igbt!" replied the drover, "my dog is worth more than 100 francs," "Then I owe yon nothing. Your dog has collected for you before witnesses!" "My dog is not my cashier. And, besides, where is your receipt?" "The justice will have to settle this." " Let him !" And now for weeks the justice has vainly been seeking law or precedent for? such a case.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 155, 29 May 1884, Page 3
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196A Knotty Question. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 155, 29 May 1884, Page 3
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