WANTED-A GOOD LICKING.
Horace Greeley once was discussing in a general company the faults and needs of his own nation. " What this country needs," said he, in his piping voice arid fankee accent, "is a yeal good licking!" Aii Englishman prdseiit promptly said with unmistakable English accent: ' Quite right, Mr. Greeley, quite .right, Ihe country needs a licking." But Mr, Greeley, without glancing in the Englishman's _djrectiOn or seeming to pay any attention to the interruption, went on in the samii squeaky tone; " But the trouble is there's no nation that can sivo n to'us," M . tw ii.iii wwi— ■
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North Otago Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 9779, 12 January 1901, Page 1 (Supplement)
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99WANTED-A GOOD LICKING. North Otago Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 9779, 12 January 1901, Page 1 (Supplement)
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