Show EATS CAKE TO ESCAPE TAX irish woman thwarts thwart customs collector who attempted to coffis cate her pastry the customs cordon between north ern rn and southern ireland Is of course a great nuisance to people whose market town lies across the border and the indignation of those making acquaintance with the laws vagaries for the first time sometimes leads to amusing incidents the other day a market woman was taking home la her basket a good solid family cake on finding that the duty would amount to as much as the price of the cake itself she declined to pay refuse ye may said the official hands on the not uninviting 10 tool ing bonfert son fert idt hat we confiscate the cake that yell not said gold she and snatching the take cake out of his hands bands she retired across the border and regardless gard less of possible future consequences quen ces proceeded under the eyes of 0 the disappointed official to consume the cake to the last crumb then she aha calmly marched arched in over the frontier with all the honors of war milwaukee journal |