TOO MUCH FOR HIM.
i An old farmer who was Iri 'the habil of eating what was set before him) asking no questions,1: dropped into a cafe for dinner. ■ The gave hiM the dinner card and explained that i* was the list of dishes served for din-; ncr that day. The old gentleman began at the top .of the bill of fare asdv ordered each thing in turn untilh<J; had covered about one-third 0f The prospect of what ;still before. him | was^pxet|joweri?vgl*yet there^ei^ somethings at tneVencl'that he wanted to try. Finall}- he called the vraiter, and, confidentially imaVking- offl:*.tssJi spaces on the card with his index'; finger, said: "Look here, I've et froiai thar to thar. Can I skip from t.har to thar and-.eat-on to the bottom?" '.;;.-
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 83, 7 April 1900, Page 14 (Supplement)
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