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Show How to Know the Trees. There is an auctioneer whose "gift of gab" and native wit draw many purchasers to his sales, but sometimes some-times he is the subject rather than the cause of amusement. The man's name is O. A. Kelley. Not long ago he had to sell, among other things, a lot of pine logs, and the day, before theale he went over them and marked the end of each log with his initials. On the day of the auction an Irishman Irish-man came along and immediately noticed no-ticed the logs with the letters on them. "O. A. K.," he read, loud enough for all round to hear. "Degorra, if 'tis not just like Kelley to deceive us into belaving thim pine logs are oak!" Springfield Republican. |