-A farmer down South (says the Bruce , '|j Herald) keeps a rather' dilapidated fowl-- "' run, and' his feathered. stock have for 1 months past been running foul' of his; : neighbour's garden, on which the owner -prides- himself. , ' Numerous protests ■by the gardener were of no avail, the owner of;;'/ the; fowls declaring that he would mend the fence when he liked. Threats '-6 appeal to the" law were ' unheeded. Then a ; little -strategy suggested itself. One morn- m ing the gardener *pnt a card in his window, with a basket'of eggs, and upon the card '■ . the following notice: " New-laid eggs for r w .: sale." The owner of the fowls was amongst r the first to see it. lie knew the gardener :| kept no fowls, and the inference was obvious. In less than six hours the fence was mended, but the man is', still unawarethat those eggs-: were supplied by a local . grocer. ■:'-"' '-.-'. v : '-'-|J
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12328, 21 July 1903, Page 6
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