Coalville Times | 1907-08-16 | Page 3 | Fell into Bad Company

Fell Into Dad Company. A canny Scot was brought beforo a tondon magistrate on the charge of blnK drunkjand dltorderly "What ham jou tei say for jnurself. slrT" do-manded do-manded the magistrate ' You look llko n respectable man, nnd ought to bo nihnmcd to stand there." "I am vcrrn torrj, sir. but I cam' up In bad company frn Olasgow," humbly hum-bly replied tho prisoner "What sort of comimnyf" "A lot of teaolalers'" was tho startling start-ling respomo. "Do jou mean to say teetotalers nro bad cotuiniiy'" thundered the magistrate magis-trate "I think they nro the beat of company for such as )ou " "lleggln' je-r pardon, sir." answered tho prisoner, "jo'ro wrong; for I had n bottlo of w huiky an' I had to drink It nil nijsi'lll"