OPPOSED TO AMERICAN STOVES.
A physician calls on one of his patients, a lady who was complaining of sick headache and general ill-health. “I’ll tell you wbat’s the matter with you, madame,” he says promptly; “it’s that American have over there. Those coal-burning stoves are reservoirs of poison—the deadliest things in the world.” “ But that stove cost me 100 francs!” protests the laxly. “ Never mind that; better lose any amount of money than your life. I’ll tell you what I’ll do ; I’ll give you 25 francs for it, and fiud some way of getting rid of that pernicious object.” The lady consents, and the doctor removes the stove. A few days later the patient, who thinks of changing her residence, goes to inspect a suite of rooms, and the first thing that meets her gaze is the stove. “ Who lives here ?” she asks of the servant who is showing her over the rooms. “ Mme. A., madame,” says the servant respectfully, “ Dr. B.’s mother-in-law.”
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 927, 19 March 1881, Page 5
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163OPPOSED TO AMERICAN STOVES. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 927, 19 March 1881, Page 5
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