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Show Was Same Old Mower "A neighbor of mlno at Hath Peach last July," said ex-Sheriff "Tom" Dunn, "usod to boro everybody on the train by bemoaning tho vagaries of his lawnmowcr. IIo had about ten snunro feet of lawn that ho used to shnvo most conscientiously every other oth-er day. His lnwnmower, how over, seemed possessed of a mlschlovous demon of somo sort. It would sulk nnd refuso to go. Thon, when he started to Imestlgnto tho causo of tho stoppage. It would start suddenly nnd qut his linger to tho bono. It would alternately fall to cut tho grass at all and dig great furrows In tho soft turf. Ho tried to sell It, but no ono would take It as n gift. At last, ono morning ho showed mo nn advertisement advertise-ment In a Ilrookln paper offorlng for sale at a ridiculously low rato a peor-less peor-less lawnmowcr that was warranted to cut grass ns evenly and as regularly regu-larly as n patent raror. Tho owner's address would bo furnished at Uie office of tho newspaper. " 'No New York for mine this morning!' morn-ing!' chortled my neighbor. Tin going to get that peerless lawnmower this very day and tako it homo to my wlfo as n surprlso this afternoon. Sbo's been wild to get rid of our old mower. From tho description, this new ono U Just what we'o been yearnlrg for. And to-night I'll throw tho old ono Into the ash-barrel.' "Tho following day wo wero on tho snmo train again, and I expected to bo bored by n glowing account of tho glorious now. lawumowcr. But, to my surprise. Its i osscssor seemed trying try-ing to avoid me. " 'How about tho new lawnmowcr?' I aslicd. " 'Thero Is no now lawnmower, ho answered shortly. " 'But tho advertisement' "'But that .advertisement,' ho replied, re-plied, with terrlblo Bolomnlty, 'was I Inserted by my wife.' " Now York Tolegraph, |