An old Vermont fer_-.3r rime home diupk the other night, ani ber..u,e the vctimof an ir.espressib.e tie .'re to get st 1 drunker. So he thought he would brit?^ out his waggon and drive over- to Sbelburne Falls for more whisky. Just as be was about putting the finishing touches on the harnessing arrangements he said to himself: "This hoise has got ho:as !" He brought cut bis lantern end found he had haraersci Lie cow to the cow to the vrrggon. He muttered: " I'm drunk enough now," unhitched the beast, and nen 1" into the hcusa to sleep it off.
In en Eating-house.—" Grarcon, a mutton cutlet." " You are just in tiaie, Monsieur, for there is only one left." Ten minutes rfter, the cutlet had not n^ivcd. "Hullo! Waiter, that cutbt ?" " Monsieur, the cat has eaten it." " Oh! the cat, I'll find it again some of these days!" " How do you mean, Mo/isi^ur P" "Io a rabbit stew I"
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4440, 29 March 1883, Page 2
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159Untitled Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4440, 29 March 1883, Page 2
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