Established Fact.—Coquettes ..are like weathercocks—only fixed when they become rusty. During Col., Tom Scott's recent risit to St. Louis, according to the." Globe," he was hailed on the street by a little bootblack : " Boss, hare your boots shined ?" The colonel plesaantly shook his finger at him, saying, "My boy, I am no boss." The little waif swung his box over his shoulder, and eyeing th« great railroad king from head to foot, replied: " You!ro boss of your own boots, ain't yer." i
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Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1794, 2 October 1874, Page 2
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