Coalville Times | 1900-06-15 | Page 6 | Wit Half a Century Age

Wit Half Canlory Ago. Alfred Montgomery waa a membei of the r.ngllah board of Internal revenue rev-enue half a century ago. At one ol I the sessions of this body, held on a baking hot day, he was shocked to lee the chairman's private secretary come Into the boardroom with hla roal off As the secretary waa leaving th room, Montgomery called him back and said "Mr Illank, It you ahould find It convenient In thla hot weather to take off your trousers, pray do not let any feeling of respect for the board stand In your way" One day a canon wrote and aakrd If he muat pay a license li-cense duty on a carriage which was only used to take his Infirm parlahlon-era parlahlon-era to church on Suidaya "What do you siy, Montgomery?" said tho chairman chair-man "Oh," answered he, "tell the canon that tha board will not Insist on the old people going to church " He complained of hsvlng been bitten at country house to a certain lord who was not remarkable for his personal cleanliness. "I nevr hav been bitten bit-ten there," said th nobleman. "No," aid Montgomery, "even bugs mut draw the Una somewhere" On another an-other occasion, when his carriage ran away, he called out to the coachman: "Drlvo Into something cheap." Argonaut.