SMILES FOR THE DAY.
' 'And what are we to understand by the Biblical expression, 'the four corners of the earth' ?" asked the instructor m theology. "Rockefeller's corner m oil, Eavemeyer's m sugar; Carnegie's corner m steel, and Patten':! corner m wheat," answered the new student. A school teacher who was giving a lesson on "The Feeding of Children" was interrupted by one of his pupils. "Please, sir," he said, ".Jimmy says he knew a baby that was brought up on elephant's milk, and it gained ten pounds m weight every day." "James ought not to tell you such rubbish," said the teacher. "Whose baby was it that was brought up on elephant's milk?" "Please,. sir," answered Jimmy, "it was the ■elephant's."
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Ashburton Guardian, Issue 8346, 10 April 1912, Page 6
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121SMILES FOR THE DAY. Ashburton Guardian, Issue 8346, 10 April 1912, Page 6
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