Savory Morsels.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4546, 31 July 1883, Page 2

Savory Morsels.

A clever trick was played upon I <city marshal! by; a Maine liquor dealer,. One night the dealer made a wager with the Marshal that he would bring a large quantity of liquor into the city and .sell it in small wholesale lots without the latter being able to catch him. The next day the liquor-dealer disappeared, only to reappear as suddenly a couple of days later. The marshal's myrmidons' iooa detected a very strong odour of whisky in the public breath, but hunted vainly for a week for the source of supply. At last the marshal thought of his wager, and made a descent on ' his friend, but found nothing illegal op the premises. After dismissing his officers, the marshal said, " Look here, X.; this town is just chock full of whisky, and I believe you are at the bojktom of the bar* rel! Now give us the racket, and,.if you have won your wager, I'll pay up, and say nothing about it." With a broad grin, the other replied, as he selected a cocoanut from a basketful in the corner, "Here take that home and try it! I passed thousands of them under your very ,note last week,' and this basketful is the last of the lot.'' The marshal paid up, and left with the sample. ' '.- . :Jt A few days ago two persons were heard disputing as to the meaning of: the word " lampoon." The one accused the other of never having heard of the word before. "What! do youjthink I never heard: of ■. lampooning whales?' 1! was the reply." m*A Bet of a Sovereign.—The great Elizabeth. j