The I.O.G.T's. are the butt of not aftj good jokes, but the following, contribute'! by the "Loafer in the Street" to &| "Press," for once places "the boot m the other foot." He says that a confirm^J drinker was blowing that he had i* l ! thirty pints of beer a day for tventff , years, and his health was as sound I his brain in as good condition as ev«r"| was. "Ah," said the Good TempkV 0 whom lie spoke, "you remind me of a J scientific experiment we made a while agi on the effect of alcohol on fish. We stcpp some grain in brandy and threw it in * pond. The fish went for it ravenously and in a few minutes were all dead but one. Curious to learn the effect up oll the survivor we killed him. On making * ■post mortem we found that he had no brain at all: the others had." ' '
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 95, 10 August 1876, Page 2
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153Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 95, 10 August 1876, Page 2
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