“ When I was young,” says a young man mournfully, “my venerable grandfather never usea to tip me, his invariable excuse being, ■At your age you haven’t any need of money, but later on, come to me.’ Well, when I was eighteen 1 went to him, and he coldly buttoned up his breeches pocket and said, “ At your age you ought to be making your own way in the world 1 ’ ” tfo invention has yet been made for plucking a goose or shearing a sheep, but the arrangements for plucking and fleecing:, poor men are tolerably complete. w
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Western Star, Issue 787, 27 October 1883, Page 5 (Supplement)
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97Untitled Western Star, Issue 787, 27 October 1883, Page 5 (Supplement)
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