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Show . 1 A GOOD IRISH ANSWER. "Secretary Cortelyou was discussing," said a New York braker, "a 'question of finance during the panic. He broke off to tell a story. "He said he was reminded of the Irish farmer on the way to the cattle fair. " 'Where" are you going, my man i" said an English Eng-lish tourist, stopping this agriculturist. .'"To Waterford fair, yer honor,' was the answer. an-swer. "The Englishman looked approvingly at the heifers the other was driving. " 'And how much do you expect to get for the beasts at Waterford fair?' he asked. "'Shure, an' if I get eight pounds a head I shan't do badly,' said the Irishman. . -"'Ah, that's a sample of your country,' said the Englishman, severely. Take tho?e heifers to England and you'd average fourteen pounds a head for them.' The Irishman laughed. , "'Just so, yer honor,' he said,' 'and if yez were o take the lake of Killarney to purgathary yez would get a guinea a drop."" |