A tourist in Scotland came to a wide ferry. It was stormy, and the wind was constantly increasing. The Scotch ferryman agreed to take the tourist across, but told him to wait until he had first taken a cow across. When he had returned and started across with the traveller the latter became curious. “Will you tell me why you took the cow over and made me wait?” he asked. “Weel, now,” explained the ferryman, “ye see, the coo wur valuable, and I feared th’ wind wud increase so th’ beat micht upset on th’ second trip.”
Colds and influenza can be prevented by keeping the body well nourished with SCOTT’S Emulsion. Anyone who is susceptible to chills, coughs, colds —or who suffers from weakness, wasting and poor health cannot do better than take a course of SCOTT’S Emulsion now, and in this way gain the health and strength, that resist and overcome weakness and disease. You will avoid worry and save time and money, by insisting on genuine 1874 1914 MARK TRADE VA scons Emulsion with the fisbman trade mark on the package.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3149, 22 July 1914, Page 82
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