A Philadelphia publisher received this query from an anxious inquirer in the Buckeye State : —“ Do you publish a good family Bible of a high moral tone ?” Two coloured individuals out at La Grange, the other day, held the following dialogue,: “Jim, sposen dere are six chickens in de coop and sposen three of dem are sold, how many’s left “ What’s time o’ day was it, den I kin tell you.” “ What’s de time ob day got to do wid it ?” “ It’s got a heap to do wid it; bekase, sposen it was de night time and you happened in de neighbourhood of dat coop, dar would have been none of de i chickens left.” —Houston (Tex.J Post.
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Patea Mail, 18 March 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)
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117Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 Patea Mail, 18 March 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)
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