The expression, "I will eat my hat' is likely to lose favor with those people | who always offer to perform some won | derfin" feat in the event of the pronounced opinions being proved incorrect. Two gentlemen recently had r dispute as to the amount of stripping that had to bo done after the milking I machine, and one of them offered to "drink all the stoppings" left by the "Lawrencc-Kcnncdy-Gillies" machine on a dozen cows. The offer was accepted. A teacup was procured, and found ample to hold the stoppings, which were as easily swallowed as the hot was won. J, B. MacEwan and Co., Ltd., sale agents Egmont street, New-Ply-mouth, i ■
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 194, 6 August 1908, Page 2
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112Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 194, 6 August 1908, Page 2
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