Self Made
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Title
Self Made
Subject
Debts
Creator
[Unknown]
Source
http://addison.vt.edu/record=b1775388~S1
Publisher
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Date
May, 1883
Contributor
Devon Keyes, Libby Howe
Rights
Permission to publish images from The Gray Jacket must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Format
Text
Language
English
Type
Joke
Identifier
LD5655.V8 L4, ser.1, v.2, no.5 (May 1883), p.1
Coverage
none
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SELF MADE
‘Do you see that man near the frog-pond on the common?'
“Thirty two years ago that old man came to Boston with one suspender and a sore toe. He also had a basket of apples which a farmer in Lexington had given to him. He peddled the apples on Washington street and netted eighteen cents the first day. How much do you suppose he's worth now?
“Oh, a million and a half,' said one. 'Two, million,' cried another.
‘Six million three hundred thousand was the estimate of a third.
“I give it up,' remarked No. 4. 'How much is he worth?'
‘Not a cent, and Still owes for the Basket.'
‘Do you see that man near the frog-pond on the common?'
“Thirty two years ago that old man came to Boston with one suspender and a sore toe. He also had a basket of apples which a farmer in Lexington had given to him. He peddled the apples on Washington street and netted eighteen cents the first day. How much do you suppose he's worth now?
“Oh, a million and a half,' said one. 'Two, million,' cried another.
‘Six million three hundred thousand was the estimate of a third.
“I give it up,' remarked No. 4. 'How much is he worth?'
‘Not a cent, and Still owes for the Basket.'
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Paper
