A man with four wires was brought before a Dutch justice for commitment on a charge of bigamy. " Four wives ?" exclaimed the astonished Hans, " Four wires : Pat was a most hinaoious crime! Disharch him at ronst!" " Why !" protested the prosecutor; •' why discharge him when the proof is positive P Will the court explain P" "Yes ; I ecksplains. Off he lif mit four wires, he got bunishment enough. I lif mit ron, and I got too much bunishment already." A distressed mother who called upmtf| doctor to learn if there wasn't' s«tH medicine that would cure her danghtetH the habit of indiscriminate flirti.ig.i^H adrised to gire her salt. He said tIH what ailed her was, she was too fresh.
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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4676, 2 January 1884, Page 2
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118Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4676, 2 January 1884, Page 2
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