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Show CONVEYED ONLY PLAIN TRUTH Advertisement of Boston Physician Merely Stated Facts Exactly as They Were. A Boston physician tolls of a Doctor Reed who, In his time, waa ono ot tho prominent medicos of the Hub. His Inrgo practico Included many patients outaldo tho city limits, and these ho visited in hla buggy. One day Doctor Reed bought a now horso, with which ho was much pleased until ho discovered thut tho mifmal had an Inaurmountablo objection objec-tion to bridgca of all kinds, and could not bo mado to cross ono, Inasmuch as at that porlod It wan necessary to cross certain bridges In order to reach any one of tho Bur-rounding Bur-rounding towns, tho doctor decided to sell the horso. Ho did not think It necessary to montlon the nnlmal's peculiarity, pe-culiarity, but was much too honest to misrepresent him, and, after some thought, produced tho following ad-vcrtlscuicnt, ad-vcrtlscuicnt, which ho Insortcd In a local paper: 'Tor Sale. A bay liorso, warrnntcd Bound and kind. Tho only reason for selling is becauso tho owner 1b obliged to leavo noston." |