A FUNNY GAME.
X fow Iriends met the other night in a Newtown storeto spend * jovial evening, but as they were all teetotallers and none of them drnnk anything stronger than Clement's Tonic, dmnkenneeß was out of the question. Mac proposed a game at euchro, and Jones said they had better play for something just to give the game an interest and make it lively, but times wero hard, so they did not care to plv or money. Smith, however, spied a box of Fletcher's bilious and liver pills, and proposed that each time a man was beaten ho should take a pill, and this mado the game lively, and the fun was fast and furious, Simpson swallowed five, Jones got away wi|;h four, and Smlt h and Hppkins two each, and Mac got off scoc freo. The game terminated by a general exodus at 3 a.m., for Dr Fletcher's piljs never labour in vain They aro the best and mildest pills mado and are aold by all cheinista and druggists everywhere j being a positive, safo, and reliable euro for constipation, livor complaint, headache, so, They always give satisfaction, The proprietors give away £SO (in seven prizes) at Xmas., for tho seyen first nearest guesses sent in, as to how many ot these pills a large Clements Tonic bottle (now full holds. Guess form is around each box, and all such forn'B are eligible for this compotition that come from around a box. One box of pills proves their virtues and they Can be obtained eveiywhere at Is or post • Ireo for 13 penny Btamps, from F. M. Clements, Newtown, KBW
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4102, 2 May 1892, Page 3
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272A FUNNY GAME. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4102, 2 May 1892, Page 3
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