A Too Pointed Joke.
A witty clown, by name Durow, has just been compelled to leave St. Petersburg for carrying jokes too far. He was giving a performance with a pig trained to various feats. At the man's command the animal took up from the ground a number of Russian coins, including imperials and small silver and copper coins. When, however, some rouble notes were thrown down, the pig refused to pick them up, even though whipped. Great amusement was caused by this discriminating act, and it was intensified as a voice cried from the gallery to the clown: " You blockhead, if the Finance Minister could not raise the paper rouble in four months, how can you expect a pig to do it ?" Though a favorite with St. Petersburg audiences, the clown received orders to leave the city the following day,
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Evening Star, Issue 7343, 15 October 1887, Page 3
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141A Too Pointed Joke. Evening Star, Issue 7343, 15 October 1887, Page 3
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