THE MILKY WAY.
When Thomas drove up to deliver the usual quart of mixture, the gentleman of the house kindly inquired. "Thomas, how many quarts of milk do you deliver P " "Ninety-one, sir." "And how many cows have you?"
"Nine, sir." The gentleman made some remarks about an early spring, close of the Eastern war, and the state of the roads, and then asked: " Say Thomas, how much xnilk per day do your cows average ? " " Seven quarts, sir." ■ " Ah! urn 1" said the gentleman as he moved off. Thomas looked after him, scratched his head, and all at once grew pale as he pulled out a short pencil and began to figure on the wagon cover. "Nine cows is nine, and I set down seven quarts under the cows and multiply. That's sixty-three quarts of milk. I told him I sold ninety-one quarts per day. Sixty-three from ninety-one leaves twenty eight and none to carry. Now where do I get the rest of my milk P I'll be banged if I haven't given myself away to one of my best customers by leaving a durned big cavity in these figgers to be filled with water.—Harper's Bazar.
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3108, 3 February 1879, Page 4
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196THE MILKY WAY. Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3108, 3 February 1879, Page 4
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