'] he Lord Mayor of London receives from the city funds for his year of office £IO,OOO, and on an average spends £BOOO or £IO,OOO in excess of that allowance. “Talk about fast running!” said the Michigan Central man, “ you ought to see our limited full head. Why, we pass the telegraph poles so fast they look for all the world like comb teeth ! ” “ Oh, that does very well,” responded the Wisconsin man, •►feat we can go you one better, I suess. Just as one of our slow trains was"pullin’ out of ISeenah the other day, I undertook to slap the ticket aaent and I hit a man at Waupaca. (Join’ down now to settle a suit for assault and battery.”
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Temuka Leader, Issue 2007, 13 February 1890, Page 3
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120Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Temuka Leader, Issue 2007, 13 February 1890, Page 3
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