A countrywoman was taking her son to school for the first lime, and," after impressing the schoolmaster with the necessity of having a thoroughly good education, finished up by saying: "Be shure he leains latin." "But, my dear woman," said the schoolmaster, "Latin is a dead language!" "So much the better," replied the woman; "ye ken he's gaun tae be an undertaker." ,§aid Darbyto m's old wife, Joan : ".We,side by side, hare aged and grownBut here I tell you, plump and plain, * You shall -pot poultice me again! Them's KHaetiing now to cure one faster Of cough or cold than mustard plasterNo more these blisters I'll endure; I'll purchase Woods' Great Peppermint Cure "'■ ..;.'-,. .:■.;■:- -: : :t^ : :.'-.-.. ''".-.,":. ,v ■ -£Advt.>-
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Evening Star, Issue 14037, 19 April 1909, Page 1
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116Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 Evening Star, Issue 14037, 19 April 1909, Page 1
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