There was a y.oung urcWßßfc'ot Trinidad Who remarked to his pa, " You're a ninny, dad !" But he soon realised He was most ill-advised, When he felt the sore welts on his skin he had." O'Hoolihan : " Sure, this is a wonderful age ay invention ! Bedad, if Oi didn't boy some matches^-safety matches — t'other day as couldn't be lit except on the box !" O'Callag-han : " Arrah," them can't compare with some safety ma-tches *i've got • Begob, moine can't even be lighted on the box *t «1L *t *ll i"
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3025, 6 January 1899, Page 3
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86Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Bruce Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3025, 6 January 1899, Page 3
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