GOOD REASONS.
When General George Sheridan was camping on the Lower Mississippi his negro boy, Harry, was one clay asked by a friend whether the General was not terribly annoyed by the mosquitoes. 'No, sah,' said Harry, 'in the evenin, Mass' George is so 'toxicated he don't mine* the skeeters, and in the mornin' the skeeters is so 'toxicated they don't mind Mass" George.'
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 304, 24 December 1898, Page 5 (Supplement)
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