ALMOST AS GOOD.
A-gentleman wh^yesterday appeared at the Eastern |,Hft>market search of fodderVfor iw^hprse was at onoe surxoun4^d by hjtifc.a dozen owners of loads anxioitrto selKf When they had exhausted their'breath^ rri^shouiing "timothy" he quietly^replied: : :. ;/. - \ ' ■ :,*,All yb|ur,l&ada look-fine enough, but iin a little-particular.'. ,j. *''.••'• :. ,f Why^how—what V- they- shouted. * • I want a load.ofi bay. with about 150 'pounds of stopesjin the centre of it.' All'feirba'ck^witb/ injured looks upon their, faces, but presently one seller gave the gentleman a wink to crdss'the street to Wsalobn.^Wben both were out of sight of the crowd" he whispered : ■ ,' Say,' I've fijot the load you want.' .' Are the rocks there ?' "„'* * K6,'but my son William is lying alongsideitb.« lblinder under.that blanket: '< $Le wou-t ouite pull down 150 pounds, but I'll steal'you four 6t five sticks of good cordwood to make up the difference.'-. ■«._•
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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4819, 19 June 1884, Page 3
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137ALMOST AS GOOD. Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4819, 19 June 1884, Page 3
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