SOME INVENTION.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 8, Issue 443, 21 January 1919, Page 4

SOME INVENTION.

Business was rather slow tl: •'. i! i, in the only shop in the village. 'I!. ■■ i;; ! they sold everything there from a bo:; of matches to a white elephant, not a single copper had been passed evr the counter. As the church cluck struck mic '■ tho bored assistant east a Itopel ■>•■> • ;• up tho narrow street. Only one tig:..was to be Eoen coming towards ■:.. shop, and ho was on the other .-d> el tho road. It was old Farmer Fig:;::'.-. A look of hope came into the ;-•::■ ant's eye. Yes, the old boy wa* ing the street and making strnLh: : the shop! He entered. '■Mernin' morti'n'!" lie said h< an!. "I've just looked in to buy an average Let's have a look at some, will \< > voting feller?" ■•An average, did you say, sir':" )!•! t!te assistant blankly. "Yes, yes: same what old Bn:g<r').< bought." "What was it like, sir:-" asked the. unfortunate fellow behind the counter. '•'Ow should I know:-" answered Figgins angrily. "All 1 Ictmtt is as old Bri!gr;ins told me as 'ow 'e's got a 'en what lays twenty-live eggs a week on an average, an' J wants one, ton -so trot 'em out, and lei's 'ave a look it 'em!"