A chronic growler, who livq.l in ft boarding-houae, kept tho landlady in a state of torment all through the holidays by always remarking, at mcal-timea, " Things are getting tough, [ toll you." The discouraged collector again proKentod that littlo matter. " Well," «ays hie friend, " you are round upiin P" " Yes," Hays the fellow, with tho account in hi • hand, " but I want to get ■aaftn," Now say that a Scotchman can't make a joke I rile magieti atos of Aberdeen have solemnly given it as thoir opinion that it wax unlawful to tako spirit out of an empty cask."
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Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 53, 5 October 1878, Page 4
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98Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 53, 5 October 1878, Page 4
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