The man who desires to compile a complete catalogue of his friends, can make the work authentic by trying to borrow five dollars in time of adversity. He will have a tired pair of legs, though, and a much smaller volume than he anticipated when the task is completed* An American newspaper, writer is only too pleased to catch a brother tripping. When one journal talked in its leading article " buttered thunder," a contemporary desired to know if that had any affinity to "greased lightning ;" forcing the explanation that a typographical error "muttered thunder" was the article intended.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 639, 1 March 1879, Page 2
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