TO SUIT ALL TASTES.
There was a loud-voiced Cheati Jack at a country market recently. "Spelling books! Ladies and genlUmen'B he Wonted, for a little crowd had Sored. "This is the book for everyone book for everywhere, the hoc* UcLook!" He tossed it ..,.. and car* , it as it fell. Then he iv«'.rt on: Ihe tol for everybody, see? opaedia of eitrhty pages; reel's fm e\ci> uisn Uwa'evcv cooked; all the new dishes that never were cooked: formulae io (he toothache; agreeable stories tor old women' a- treatise for young women on fte art of gettmghi.sbands; how tonne mnions without amputation; how to plant cabbages when the moon >s not full- how to breed rabbits; Low to intern't dreams; how to tell" fortunes; how to get a divorce; how to reckon : Up the interest on a mortgage; the book .tln«tewpv. The Cheap dack looked over the crowd with disgust that conld he remarked, !« I foreot to mention that m this mcomparable bo.de there is a blank page —for those who cannot read!
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 178, 18 July 1908, Page 3
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171TO SUIT ALL TASTES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 178, 18 July 1908, Page 3
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