Dubious Outlook Wanted—Experienced gardener, to act as caretaker when family away, also drive car; must live on promises. —Advt. in a weekly paper. The printer probably used to work for the family! * ☆ ☆ Cause for Alarm A farmer who seemed to enjoy grumbling, had an extra fine crop of potatoes. A neighbor said to him: “Ah, for once you must be pleased; every one is talking about your fine potatoes this year.” “They aren’t so bad,” admitted the man grudgingly; “but where are the bad ones for the pigs?” * * * Specialized Jones: “He got rich in six months by writing poetry!” Miss Brown: “Indeed!” Jones: “Yes; wrote love sonnets to a rich widow!”
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Northland Age, Volume IX, Issue 18, 5 December 1939, Page 1
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