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ALL A MISTAKE. " Prisoner," said a Maryland justice, " you have been found guilty of stealinga pfg belonging to Colonel Childersv Have you anything to say before I pass sentence?" " I has, sar," answered the- prisoner as he rose- np. " It's all a mistake, jedge; all a mistake. I didn't dun reckon to steal ao pig from Zurne! Childers. What I wa» arter was ft hawg belongm to Majah Dawson an bow dem two animals got mixed up an de constable found de meat in my cob, it am gwine to bodder metill I come out o' jail and lick de olewoman for nod keepin better watch at de NOT JUST YET. "Of course it is no longer proper to talk of horse sense." "Why not?" M lt should be bicycfff sense, of course." ••No, sir, not while doubfe and triple centuries are a-tad and the principal aim> fof a man with a bicyole is- to- se« how far he can go in a given time without actually killing himself. Not amy. No doubt there is bieyete sense, but it's mighty seldom that it b seen in public ."—New York World. HEBEDHX w How much George resembles his father f r exclaimed the caller, look* ing at the framed portrait ef the young soldier hanging on the wall. "Very nruob," replied JBra Strong. Mynde in a deep voioe. "He eWt take care of himself at all. HeVwrftte* tore six times for money sinoe be want to

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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 121, 29 October 1901, Page 4

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Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 121, 29 October 1901, Page 4

Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 121, 29 October 1901, Page 4

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