HE HAD HIM THERE.

Clutha Leader, Volume XX, Issue 1027, 30 March 1894, Page 3

HE HAD HIM THERE.

By way of illustration of the proverbial craftiness of the Norman peasantry the Paris correspondent of the Daily Telepraph tolls an amusing story, which, he 1 remarks, if not in strict accordance with fact, has at least the merit of originality. A certain baker, in business in a small town, obtained his supply of butter from a farmer in the neighborhood. One day he discovered that; the pats, which were sup posed to weigh three pounds each, were not up to the standard, and further | examination revealed a steady diminution. At last the baker lodged a formal complaint against the farmer, . and the affair was brought before the court. ' Have you any scales V inquired the magistrate. 'Yes,' was the reply. 'And have you any weights'?' continued the judge. An answer this time in the negative .vas given. ' But how did you manage to weigh your butter?' asked the magistrate. Then the farmer related that ever since the baker hacktaken his butter he had re r turned the comp]imenfc...by.. buying his bread. The baker supplied him with 31b loaves, and he u§ed them us weights for his butter. 'It is his fault, not mine, if the weight is not correct,' added the farmer, who was speedily acquitted, and left the court in triumph with an escort of friends.