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Cheeses

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Parent Issue
Day
12
Month
November
Year
1884
Copyright
Public Domain
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Nations which use Hule or no money rmi-t make gomething else thoir standard of ricb.es. In patriarchal times wealth was psUinatedby the number of shecpandcattlo. Amongtlic Indians a man is quoted "worth" so many ponies, among the Lapps so many roindeer, amon'í?(heAfiie;ns so many wives, etO. In ValoiB, Switzerland, a man's riches are estimated aecording to the mirutwr of choeses lie owns. By a "cheese-rieh" man ismeant one aswealthyasCrcesus. ¦Said one Valois boy to a companion,- "My lathor is a 'cíieese-rich' man." "How many oheeses has he," aid the other. 'Oh, at least so many, for we have nst made a lot." 'Xouscnse!" snid the other. smiling contemptuously; "my father has that mimbor tlie vear remnd, and some of ours are a hunrired years old." Whenaehildis bom, it is tlie cttstom tomake a gheese, learing t imtouehed uring its lifetime, cutting il first at its funeral f'ast. Weliare öursclves tasted of a cheese Iwcnty-live years old - and our impression was that ciioese not one of the things that improve by growing veri old. A. cheese kept as long as that will niakü better. nioncj than foqd.JoA'a ' I 'uin i ii ii . A crusty old bachetor sends ns the followinsr poimndrnm: What is the il i fíe renca lietwcsn a Uoneycomb and a honeymoon ? A lioiiovcomb consistsof a number of sniiill " scll?," and a honevnioon eonsiits of one ;ieiit "sell."

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News