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Show How to Meuaurs Wllout. About the time that Danlol Drow began be-gan bis Wall Jlrcct career bo was up In tho country ono tlmo to visit some friends, aud two farmers called upon him to dccldo a case. Ono bad sold the other five bushels of wheat and proposed to measure it in a half bushel and sweep tbo top of tho moasuro with a stick. The othor objected, and Uncle Daniel was asked to decide. "Well, legally speaking, a bushel is only a bushel," he answered. "And can the measure bo swept off!" "I think It can." "What wltht" "Well, it I was soiling wheat I should probably use half the bead for a flour barrel." "Which edge of ItJ" "Gentlemen, that is a point I cannot now decide on," sighed tbo old man. "If I was selling to a widow or a preacher 1 am certain that I should weep the measure with the straight edge, but If I was selling to a man who pastures his cows In tho road and his pigs In bis neighbor's corn I'm afraid I should uso the circular side and scoop a little too boot." Wall Street Newt. |