An old gentleman, who was always i boasting how folks used to work in his young days, one day challenged his two sons to pitch on a load of hay as fast as Le could load it. The challenge was accepted, the hay waggon was driven r«und, ano the trial commenced. For some time the old gentleman held hie j own very creditable, calling out "More hay, more hay." At leDgth, struggling l to keep on ihe top of the disordered and ill-ranged h.ap, it began first io roll, and then to slide aod at last off it went from the waggon, and the old man wiih it. "What are you doing down here," cried the boys. " I came down here after hay," answered th. old gentleman stoutly, — Exchange. Trying to do business without advertising is like winking at a pretty girl in the dark. You may know what you tre doing, but nobody else does. Cartouche, the French robber, was once requested by a youog man to be admitted into his band. *' Where have you Ber ved?" asked Cartouche. " Two years with a disreputable attorney, and six months with ao inspector of polic," •• Well," answered the thief, •« ihat whole time shall be reckoned as if you had served it in my troop."
Valuable Discovert for tiie Hi,iß.-_lf ) ynur hair is turning grey or white, or falling ' off, use " Th. Mexican Hair Renewer," for it I will positively restore in every case Grey or j White hair to its oirgina! color, without leaving the disagreeable smell of most ' Restorers.' it makes the hair charmingly beautiful, as well as promoting the growth of the hair on j Imld spots, where the glands are not decayed. ' Ceitifieate irom Dr. Versmann on every bottle, with full particulars. Ask your nearest Chemist for "The Mexican Hair ' Renewer," prep -red by Henry C. Gallop, I 49.3, Oxford street, London, and sold every- j where at 3s. 6d. per bottle. \o_ I Advice to Mothebs!— Are you broken in your rest, by a eick child suffering with the pain of cutting teeth? Go at once to a chemist and get a botieofMrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. It will relieve tha poor sufferer immediately. It Is perfectly harmless and pleasant to taste, it produces natural quiet sleep, by rolieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awake* " as bright as a j übtton.'' It soothes the child, it softens the I ugms, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and the best known remedy for I dysentery and diarrhoea, whether arising ! from teething or other causes. Sold everywhere at ls. ijd. per bottle. Manufactory, ', 493 Oxford-street, London. 1093
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 226, 19 October 1876, Page 4
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442Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 226, 19 October 1876, Page 4
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