To a professor who asked: “Wbaf would King Alfred, if lie were alive now, think of the Homo Rule Bill?” a boy returned the admirable answer* “If King Alfred wore alive now be would bn too old to be interested in politics.” In a recent flood in the Mississippi a man was seen riding down the river on a big bass violin. When be was rescued from his perch he was asked if his wife had escaped. “Yes,” ho answered, “she accompanied me on the piano.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 11 April 1922, Page 5
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