AN ANOMALY.
"Father," he said, as he looked up from the boot he was pegging at, " what is an anomaly?" ''Anomaly? Well, what is it?" " Why down in Southern Illinois corn is selling at fifteen cc its a bushel, while in Chicago it is worth thirty-two-" " Well why don't the tarnal fules ship it?" "Because the railroad freight is two cents a bushel more than the corn sells at." "And that is an anomaly?" "Yes." "Looks more like an infernal swindle on the farmers."
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Observer, Volume 7, Issue 338, 30 May 1885, Page 6
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84AN ANOMALY. Observer, Volume 7, Issue 338, 30 May 1885, Page 6
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