"Bo you drink ?" said ' one of the Women's Christian Temperance Union to Weber, the bookbinder, when ho went to the ladies to deliver some of his works, ♦* Yell, I don't care oph I dafees s leetle, '* said the good-natured Qerman, misunderstanding the question for an invitation. The most skilful three-card man may never hope to equal the lightning-lik* manipulation with which the street fruit* seller introduces three rotten and two green peaches from the back of the basket as a part of the dozen you purchase.— American paper.
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2849, 2 April 1878, Page 2
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88Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2849, 2 April 1878, Page 2
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