"Maxims is. what ails me," he said to the Police Judge * " Maxims busted me wide open." The court said it would like an .explanation before fixing the fine. Ji W-eJJ, your Honor," said the prisoner, ■"I draak rye whiskey and didn't gef ■d-rVink. I remembered that maxim, ' try, itry again.' I tried rye again—" "Here, that's enough of that," thundered the <court, '■ this ain't no circus ring. Ten dollars and costs."—Exchange.
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Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3046, 19 November 1878, Page 2
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71Untitled Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3046, 19 November 1878, Page 2
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