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Show Animal Food. According to a contemporary an old Scotsman and he must be now very old indeed who was addicted to parsimony, par-simony, was found by a visitor to be manifestly suffering from want of food. He was strongly urged to take some animal food, and promised that he would; but presently thought better of It and thus delivered his final verdict: ver-dict: "Weel," he said, "I'm willing to try a turnip or maybees an onion, but I'm blest If I'll eat straw." The -decision showed which way the wind blew with pirn. T ''nn Olobe. |