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Show AS TO AN EIOHT-DAY CLOCK. Conundrum Sprung; by a Customer Upon a Maiden Lane Jeweler. An Iilshman entered a Jeweler's shop on Jliilden lane a few diys ago and asked to see some nice mantel clocks. "I'm nfter wantln' ter give the missus a bit nv a tlotlc fer tho muntcl. Will sez be so kind an f show me wan?" he asked. The obliging clerk brought out one that strutk tho Irishman's fancy. "And will sez tell mo what sez would tax mo fer the likes of thnt7" "Twenty-five dollais." slid the clerk. "Twlnts-Ilvo dollais? llowly murtherl I er Unit llttlo bit av a clock? Is there something wonderful ubout that bit uv a clock, will yez tell me' Ccitulnls," said tho tlerk. "This Is nn elght-d.iy dock." "And phwat Is that?" asked tho Irishman Irish-man "Whs-, it goes eight dass without winding," so much ns that? ' sold tho Irishman, stiatthlng his head. "Ilegorra, theie's wan thing Id like to bo after asking sez. If that bit av a clock goes eight dass without winding, how long, fer the s..!ko av St Patrltl.. will It go If sez wind It?" New York Sun. |