Grandfather,” said a saucy little boy the other day, “how old are you? The old gentleman, who was much under the ordinary size, took the child between his knees, and said, “My dear boy, I am seventy-five years old ; but why do you ask ? ” The little fellow replied, “Well, it appears to me you are remarkably small for your age.” Foote, the actor, had occasion one day to cross over London Bridge in a cab, anil as usual there was a “ block up ; ” Foote being, in hurry, anxiously inquired of a passer-by the cause, and the only answer he got was, “ That it was only a man who had swallowed a ton of also.” To which the ever-ready wit replied, Dear me! and what did he take to wash them down ?
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume II, Issue 54, 13 January 1868, Page 4
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131Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Wairarapa Standard, Volume II, Issue 54, 13 January 1868, Page 4
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