The Archive · 1939

IN PARENTHESIS

"You, have seen a great change in this village?" asked the visitor.

"Aye, that I ave," replied the ancient. "Tanke ards at the Old Brown Cow now, Used to be mugs."

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No Fooling Him A coop boy was taking a stroll through a cemetery, and reading the inscriptions on the tombstones. He came to one which declare "Not dead, but sleeping."

After contemplating the phrase for a moment, and scratching his head, the negro exclaimed "He sure ain't.foolin' no one body but his-self.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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