QUESTION AND ANSWER.
Occasionally even an editor is met by a query which lie finds it either impossible or inconvenient to gain sufficient information to answer. A contemporary of ours suffers frequently in this way, but the editor is a bad man to beat, and he generally manages to give a reply which, while it may not cover the whole ground, is practical and to the point. For instance, a correspondent wrote recently :
“I have a horse that has suffered lately from periodical fits of dizziness. Please answer me through your paper, and let ,me know what I should do with him. I'm afraid lie will get worse if something is not done with him soon.’’
The editor in question doesn’t know any more about veterinary surgery than he knows about the Greek calends, but he replied—oh, yes, he replied—and this is what he said : “Our honest advice, based upon a very careful perusal of that capital book, ‘Every Man His Own Horse Doctor,’ would be to take him some time when he is not dizzy, and sell him to a stranger."
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Northland Age, Volume 3, Issue 22, 8 January 1907, Page 2
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182QUESTION AND ANSWER. Northland Age, Volume 3, Issue 22, 8 January 1907, Page 2
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