IDENTIFIED The general postoffiae at Paris once received a letter addressed, ' To Monsieur, my bod, Bue , etc' Ti ey were going to send it to what in France corresponds to oar dead-letter office, but clerk objected. * There must be two fools in that fam ily,' he said. *We shall find out to whom it b locgs.' Sure enough; in a few days a stupidlo&ing youth entered and said to the clerk : ' I'd like to find out if you haven't kept Lere a letter far me from my father.' ' Ye i, sir,' replied the clerk. ' Here it is.'
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 352, 5 February 1903, Page 2
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97Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 352, 5 February 1903, Page 2
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