Couldn't Catch Him.—A young countrv chap once got a job in a city grocery. Ho was very cautions in his new berth— (.hoy had told him at home that the city people would try to "josh" him, because he was preen. He kept a sharp look-ont, accordingly, for joshers- A sober old maid entered the grocery one morning. '• I want some bird-seed, please," she said. The new clerk sneered, and answered, scornfully : " No, yo don't, lady. Ye can't josh nv\ Birds grow from eggs, not seeds." For influenza lake Woods' Great Peppermint Cure; never fails: Is 6d and 2s 6<L—£A<b*J
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Evening Star, Issue 14117, 21 July 1909, Page 3
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100Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Star, Issue 14117, 21 July 1909, Page 3
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