A FISHMONGER'S ADVICE,
An anecdote worth laughing over is to!<i if a man who had an " infirmity" ao well ar in appetite for fish. He was paying his bill at his fishmonger’s, and whilst the latter was making it receipted, with his back turned, the honest buyer slipped a codfish under Ids coattail. But the garments were too siiort to cover up the theft. " Now," said the customer, "Mr. Salmon, I have traded with you a good deal, and I have payed you up promptly, haven't I?" " Oh, yes," was the reply, "i make no Complaint." " Well," said the customer, " I always insisted that honesty was the best policy, md the best rule to live by and die by." 1 Thai's so," replied the fishmonger; and ;he customer turned to depart. " Hold on, friend," said the fishmonger; "speaking of honesty, I have a bit of advice to give yon. Whenever you come here again you’d belter wear a longer coat or steal a shorter fish," '
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Dunstan Times, Issue 2481, 17 May 1909, Page 6
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165A FISHMONGER'S ADVICE, Dunstan Times, Issue 2481, 17 May 1909, Page 6
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