" IMITATION

Otago Witness, Issue 2104, 21 June 1894, Page 42

" IMITATION

is the SINCEREST FLATTERY." Thf articles most imitated are CLEMENTS TONIC and FLETCHER'S PILLS. WHY? BECAUSE they have the best reputation and are most in demand by the public, consequently every dishonest trader tries to trade on their fame and renown. It is really wonderful that the Australian people are bo slow to see the truth as regards the unscrupulous quacks and charlatans who prey on the credulity of tho Australian public. Scarcely a week ever passes bub what the press exposes the barefaced and shameful practices of some of these harpies, yet, in face of all, they seem to thrive, and the paper who hounds them down most thrives fattest on their advertisements and cracks champagne over each balance sheet. Clements Tonic and Fletcher's Pills have never yet stooped to deception and misrepresentation. They are scientific therapeutical agents, and evidence as to their value can b3 found in every district, and such being the case it is unnecessary to further extol their virtues.

— "George l" exclaimed Mrs Fangle. " Don't bother me," replied Fangle ; " I'm readiog an absorbing article." " What is it about 1 " " SpoDges."

— An editor says his ancestors have been in the habit of living 100 years. His opponent responds by saying that " that was before the introduction of capital punishment."

— An old lady having been told of the theory of the moon being inhabited, remarked, with emphasis, " Nonsense 1 What becomes of the people when there is nothing but a little Btreak of it left 1 "