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"It's quite a heavy shower we're having," he said cheerily to the man who had entered with his clothes soaked and his umbrella dripping.
"Yes, sir," replied the stranger testily "it is a heavy shower, but you have failed to remark also the interesting facts that the shower is falling downward from above that it's a wet shower and that it is raining on both sides of the street. Also you have neglected to observe that this is tha year 1892, that the earth is round, that Columbus discovered America and that there are four seasons each year. But I'm obliged to you for your information about the weather." And the stranger walked away with a glitter of vindictive triu_n_>__ in his eve.-
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 288, 3 December 1892, Page 1 (Supplement)
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