An old soldier came home one day intoxicated, when his wife began to scold him. " What's the use of talking to a man wl en he's drunk ?" said the old soldier, and his wife thought him about right, 85 she said nothing more to him until the next day, when he got off again by saying—" There, there, my dear, dinna rake up auld offencea,"
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 1502, 24 October 1885, Page 4
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65Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 1502, 24 October 1885, Page 4
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