JOSH BILLINGS ON GHOSTS.
A ghost is about sft. 7in. in height, and weighs from 4oz. to 6oz. They are of the maskuline and feminino natiir, but principally natur. They ain't afraid ov nothing, and will hang around a graveyard az kareless az a skoolboy will around a norchard in green-apple time. They are like a grate menny other things in this world-often heard ov but seldom seen, I will give $l5O to see a ghost and $250 more to own one; but I want one kaught whole and not hurt. Mi friend, Phineas T. Barnuin will take a whole drove ov them at the same price per ghost and' not quarrel about the gender, Therefore, bring your ghosts. '. Ghosts allwus dress in a witenite-gown sort ov rig, and are the quickest that have ever been trotted out yet. Their ordinary gait iz a mile in a sekund, but it iz sed, for a purse they kan beat this handy. I would really like to see one go in publik for munuy—private time is allwus suspishus. Whi.don't some ov ouragrieultural bqss-tro assosiashuns offer a ghost puss, free for all ghosts I It would draw like a mustard plaster in the month of August,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1481, 12 September 1883, Page 2
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203JOSH BILLINGS ON GHOSTS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1481, 12 September 1883, Page 2
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