IT WAS ONCE NEW.
It must be true that Boston is slow, for the following joke, which the Globe of that city prints for new and original, was one of the first to greet Columbus in the New World: " Do you see that old man near the frog pond on the Common ? Well," con^ tinned he, " thirty-two years ago that old man came to Boston with one suspender and a sore toe. He also had a basket of apples which a farmer in Lexington had given to him. He peddled the apples on Washington street and netted eighteen cents tbe first day. How^ much do yon suppose he's worth now ?" " Oh, a million and a half,' said one. 11 Two million," cried another. " Six millions three hundred thousand,.„ was the estimate of a third. " I give it up," remarked No. 4. " How much is he worth P " 115ot an infernal cent, and he still owes for the basket," wag the answer.
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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4921, 17 October 1884, Page 3
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161IT WAS ONCE NEW. Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4921, 17 October 1884, Page 3
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