HIS LAST JOKE
Aii American who lived on a farm near Bordeaux was known during his life as a great practical joker, and in' his will lie perpetrated a, joke which causes great amusement. He bequeathed £125 to each or! the servants on the farm on condition that during working hours for a whole year they wore the costumes he had provided for them. ■These costumes'had been collected by tlio testator in the course of extensive travels. A visitor to the farm described how ,he saw two' oxiteams ploughing, the driver of one being dressed as a Hawaiian dancer with a grass skirt, while the other was in charge of an apparent Spanish bull lighter. The stables were being swept out by a Gordon Highlan-der in appropriate dress, the cows were being tended by an Indian, a Cossack was in charge of! the sheep, and a fully-dressed mandarin was busy watering tomato plants.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 113, 9 November 1933, Page 20
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153HIS LAST JOKE Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 113, 9 November 1933, Page 20
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