DIDN’T ACT.
When orange marmalade was first introduced it was quite extensively advertised as an ‘excellent substitute for butter.’ A Newhaven fishwife seeing the advertisement, thought she would try a jar of the article. Next morning she presented herself to the shopkeeper in a state of great wrath. ‘ You auld villain !’ she exclaimed ; ‘ what did ye mean by selling me that stuff last nicht ? I nearly poisoned oor John wi’t.’ ‘ Hoo wos that, ma’am ?’ ‘ Hoo wos that ? Did ye no say it was a substitute for butter ?’ •Yes.’ ‘ Weel, then, I used some o’t to fry a bit of fish wi’, and it made us a’ as sick as cuddies !’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume X, Issue 7, 18 February 1893, Page 168
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110DIDN’T ACT. New Zealand Graphic, Volume X, Issue 7, 18 February 1893, Page 168
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