I 111) him THEM. —A clerk in a New York riercaatilo establishment relates a colloquy from which a sprightly youth in tho same store came our second b'*st. A pcur boy came along- with his inaeHne: inquiring—" Any knives or scissors to grind ■' " Don't think- we have," replied the your.g gentlem ia y facetiously; "but can't you sharpen witif you've got any," was the prompt response, leaving tho interrogator rather at a lose to produce ihc arli"'
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New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 639, 29 November 1865, Page 4
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