Show Penny wise lse peter dr britton D evans the brilliant alienist said at a recent dinner tn in new Y york rk then the n there Is tho the cunning lunatic ic of whom when there used to exist edista a good example at bridgetown there was waa a half witted youth in bridgetown to whom the neighboring farmers armors liked to offer a penny and a nickel gathered about him in a circle on market day the farmers ane ne after another would say now willed II 11 ye have poter peter berea ft a cent heres a nickel talce take yer choice and foolish peter invariably would choose the cent rather than the nickel and the farmers before such incredible foolishness would roar with laugh ter double in two and slap their legs lega noisily with their brown hands peter I 1 said ono one day to the lunatic why Is it that you always take the cent instead of the nickel 7 peter grinned a very cunning grin suppose I 1 took the nickel said he would I 1 over ever get bet a chance to tako take another one washington post |