JUST SUITED IT.
A certain divine in New Zealand had a piano of which he wished to dispose, and which a friend, a doctor desired to purchase. Considerable bargaining ensued before the puicc was agreed upon,' and the doctor finally secured the instrument at a price which the divine thought ruinously low.
The only vehicle in the town which would accommodate the piano, when the time came for fts removal, was the hearse, and in this it was accordingly driven to the doctor's house. Down came the doctor to the other in indignation^ " Why on earth," he asked, " did you act so rediculously and send my piano home in a hearse ? " The divine's eyes twinkled as he remembered their hard bargaining, and he replied : " Why ? Oh, because it was such a dead bargain'T +
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 190, 15 April 1902, Page 3
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133JUST SUITED IT. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 190, 15 April 1902, Page 3
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