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DIDN’T HIT HIM A tough old debtor in a town across Hudson entered a ,grocoxy and stood for a long time looking at an exhibition of plug tobacco. The grocer felt certain that the old man wanted credit, and he determined to head him off* he thefore observed: “I have to. sell that tobacco for cash down !” ‘You do, eh?” “Yes, sir, Tobacco is cash on the nail.” “How’s sugar ?” “That’s cash.” “Tea and coffee ?” “Cash —all cash. Soap, ' molasses, candles, keicsene, butter, potatoes, flour, rice, hams, starch —all are spot cash.” The old man stood and looked over the stock for five minutes, and then heaved a long sigh, and replied : “Well Mr. Waters, that dou't hit me worth a cent. I.Avantto get trusted far three dozen clothpins !”
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Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 16, 15 July 1893, Page 6
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130Humour Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 16, 15 July 1893, Page 6
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