WISDOM FROM A LUNATIC.
There is a place near Glasgow, Scotland, where a railway track runs for some distance beside the fence of a lunatic asylum. At one time some workmen were busy repairing the track, when an inmate of the asylum approached one of the labourers, and from his position on the inner side of the enclosure began a somewhat personal conversation. "Hard work that.’ he said. ‘Troth, an’ it is,’ replied the labourer. ’What pay dae ye get?’ ‘Sixteen Bob a week.’ ‘Are ye mairret?’ ‘I am, worse luck—and have six children besides.’ A pause; then said the lunatic: ‘l’m thinking, ma man, ye’re on the wrang side o’ the fence.’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXI, Issue XXII, 26 November 1898, Page 708
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113WISDOM FROM A LUNATIC. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXI, Issue XXII, 26 November 1898, Page 708
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