STOPPING THE INTEREST.
Daniel Webster once dined with an old Boston merchant, and when they came to the wine a dusty old bottle was carefully decantered by John and handed to the host. Taking the bottle he poured out Mr Web-ter's glass and handed it to him. Then pouring out another for himself, he held it to the light and said : "How do you like it Mr Webster?" *'I think it is a fine specimen of old port." "Now can you guess what it cost me?" said tho host. "Surely not," Paid Mr Webster ; "I only know that it is excellent." "Well now, I can tell you, for I made a careful estimate the other day. When I add the interest to the first price, I find that it cost me the sum of just one dollar and twenty cents per glass!" "Good gracious, you don't say so," said Webster, and draining his glass, he presented it a.am, with the remark ; "Fill it up again ns quick as you can, for I want to stop that confounded interest." .
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 180, 29 August 1878, Page 4
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178STOPPING THE INTEREST. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 180, 29 August 1878, Page 4
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