A FUNNY GAME.
A fajv irienda met the other night in j Newtown store to Bfends jovial evening but as they were all teototallera and uone o( them drank anything stronger than element's Tome, druukennesß waß out of tho question. Mao proposed a gamo at euchre, and Jones said thoy had hotter play for something juat to give the game an interest and make it lively, but times were hard, eo tlioy did not care to pla; or money. Smith, howovnr, spied a box of Fletcher's bilious and liver pills, and proposed that each time a man was boaton he should take a pill, and this made the game lively, and the fun was fast and furious. Simpson swallowed five, Jones got away with four, and Smith and Hopkins two each, and Mao got ofi scot freo. The game terminated by a general exodus at 3 a.m., for Dr Fletcher's pills nover labour in vain They aro the boat and mildest pills made and are sold by all chemists and druggists eyofywhero; being a poaitivo, safe and reliable euro for constipation, liver complaint, headache, &c. They always give satisfaction, The proprietors giyo away £6O (in seven prizes) at Xmas., for tho Beven first noarest guesses sent in, as to how many ot these pills a large demerits Tonic bottle (now full) holds. Gues3formis around each bos, and all suchforirs are eligible for this competition tbat come from around a box. One box of pills proves their virtues and they can be obtained eveywhere at Is or post ireo for 13 ponny stfmps, from F. M. Clements, Newtown NSW.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4143, 21 June 1892, Page 3
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268A FUNNY GAME. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4143, 21 June 1892, Page 3
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