A FUNNY GAME.
A few friends met (ho othor night in a Newtown store to 8f end a jovial evening, but as they wero all teotiitallers and tiono of them drank anything stronger than Clemeiit's Tunic, drunkenness was nut of the question. Mac proposed a game at euchre, and Jones said they had potter play for something just to give the game an interest and make it lively, but times were hard, so they did nut care to pla; or money. Smith, however, spied a box of bilious and liver pills, and'! proposed that each time a man • was beaten lie BhouU ttfkn a pill, and (bis mado the gape lively, and the fun was fast and furious, Simpson swallowed five, Jones got apy with four, anil Smith'and; Hopkins two each, and Maa got ofi scot free, Tho game' terminated by a general exodus at 3 a.m., for Dr Fletcher's pills never labour; in vain, They aro the boat and mildest pills mado and are Bold by all chemists and drugfiißts everywhere; being a positive, safe, and reliable cure for constipation," liver complaint, headache, &o, They alpya give satisfaction. -The proprietors give away £SO (in seven prizes) at Xmna., for tho seven prst nearest guesses sent in, us to how many ot tfieso pills a jqrge Clements Toni'o bottle (now full) holds. Guess form is around eaph box, apd all iuoh forirs are eligible for this competition that come from around a box. Ono box of pills proves their virtues and they can be obtained eveywhere at Is or post free for 13 penny straps, from F. M. Clements, Nowtown, NBW,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4135, 10 June 1892, Page 3
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271A FUNNY GAME. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4135, 10 June 1892, Page 3
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