— —>j———— Two men of Hebraic extraction, joint ownors of a car, were charged with driving at night with only one headlight. They pleaded guilty, and were fined. "Well, said ono of the partners, the easiest way to settlo tho matter is for each of us to pay half. Vo both | own the car, and vo vas both in it. .No, no!" exclaimed tho other. "My side vasn't out." Young Jock had returned from a painful interview with the minister, to whom he had said, in reply to a question, that thero were ono hundred Commandments. Meeting another lad on his way to the ministers, ho asked: "An if he asks you how many Commandments thero are, what will ye say?" - "Say? (Why, ten, o' course." "Ten!" reiteratled the first vouth in scorn. "Ten? Ye , wull try him* wi' ten? I tried him wi a hundred, and he wasna satisfied."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 4 August 1928, Page 4
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