IN SCOTTISH DIALECT. An elderly Scotchman had been convicted of drunkenness and sentenced to fourteen days. The warder banded him a bucket of water in his cell next morning with the remark : “That's to clean your cell.” What was his astonishment to find Sandy, who had divested himself of his clothing, having a hath. “Good gracious !” exclaimed the warder. What are you doing ?" “Why,” innocently asked Sandy, “didn’t ye say it was to dean
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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 8, Issue 13, 12 February 1907, Page 2
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74Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 8, Issue 13, 12 February 1907, Page 2
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