Show all he could eat for ton ants A bostonian visiting this city and who thought himself very smart was easily sold by an old gag pretending to be something of an epicure he was praising the sea products found near the hub when a philadelphia lawyer remarked but you should eat conr oysters they would knock you silly why I 1 can give you all the philadelphia oysters you can eat for ten cental the bostonian bet fifty dollars on his reputation aa an oyster eater so one evening after a period of semi starvation to fit himself for the contest he and tho lawyer went to a well known oyster saloon not far from broad and chestnut streets the lawyer threw a dime on the counter and told the oysterman togo ahead ten oysters were opened and rapidly consumed by the bostonian his mouth watered for more but the lawyer declined to order them claiming he had won tho fifty dollars A storm of reproaches pro aches greeted him in the midst of which he calmly remarked my dear boy have you not had all the oysters you can eat for ten cents ask the man ho wont give you any more for the money philadelphia record |