THE SLIDING SCALE.
Country Lady: “Mr Hayseed, I shall send my nurse-girl to you for milk every morning. How much do you charge a quart?” Farmer: “Fourpenee.” Country Lady: “You must give her good pure milk.” Farmer: “That’ll be sixpence” Country Lady: “And I should like my girl to be present at the milking.” Farmer: “Lemme see —I’ll hev ter charge a shillin’ a quart fur that.”
Mrs Casey: “Yistiddy Mrs Malony’s mild man prasinted her wid a silver fraypot.” Airs Murphy: “iSolid?’ Mrs Casey: “Sure, yez be jokin’. How could she put tay in it if it was solid?”
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXII, Issue XII, 19 March 1904, Page 68
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100THE SLIDING SCALE. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXII, Issue XII, 19 March 1904, Page 68
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