At an auction sale of miscellaneons goods the auctioneer put up a wolfskin dressing-gown, and invited bids. An old man inspected it closely, seemed to think that there was a bargain in it, but he hesitated to bid. " Don't you want that P" asked the auctioneer."" Yes, kinder," was the reply. " Then why don't you bid and take it?" " Well," I've bought heaps o' things in dry goods and so on," slowly rejoined the old man, "and I never yet took home anything that the old woman thought was worth the price. If I got this 'ere robe for a song, she'd grab it up, pull at one end, chaw at the other, and call out, ' Cheated again, more'n half cotton.' That's the reason I don't bid."
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3506, 20 March 1880, Page 2
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127Untitled Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3506, 20 March 1880, Page 2
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