Nature’s methods are slow and far from economical ; the gardener’s business is to reach the same end by a shorter route. —H. C. Davidson. People who spend their time doing good work at such places as ragged schools are the people who hold society together.—Bishop Welldon. A horse-coupcr was trying to sell a broken-winded, gasping horse, and was trotting him round for inspection. He stroked the horse’s back, and remarked to the prospective buyer —“Hasn’t he a lovely coat 7” “Oh,” said the other, “I like his coat all right, but I don’t like his pants.” A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can jou want 7—Wilde.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XLIII, Issue 2286, 26 February 1912, Page 7
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