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Show Got Into Bad Company. A witty Irishman was brought before be-fore a magistrate in Montreal on tha charge of being drunk and disorderly. "What have you to say for yourself, sir?" demanded the judge. "You look a respectable man and ought to be ashamed to stand there." "I am very sorry, sir, but I came up in bad company from Toronto," humbly hum-bly replied the prisoner. "What sort of company?" "A lot of teetotalers," was the startling response. "Do you mean to say teetotalers are bad company?" thundered ' the judge. "I think they are the best company for such as you.!' . j "Begging your pardon, sir," answered the prisoner, "you are wrong, for I had a bottle of whisky, and I had to drink it all myVejf." |