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Joke On A Boston Fan

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Parent Issue
Day
17
Month
June
Year
1870
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

-A gi-n'letnan from JJoston, rbo i-, as ilie I ovh say, " brefooted on Ibf top of bis houd," wan reei'iitly i:Dp"r uoed b? Home youug ladies to pre-ent llieui w.iib hit) pbotograpli. He coniplied with the reqacat; but,-instead of presenting them with a picture of bis bandsome feature, sent a very sti iking view ol the back of bia bcad. Tiie joke was duly enjoyed ; but tbe i)iojector waa mucb snrprised hliort ly lifter to see copies of the picture in tbe windows of a print store, and on inquiry of tho attondant, found, to bis horror, thnt the sbarp pliotoyrapher bad publislied it as " A remarkable picture of tbo moon." " Are you contiected with a paper bere?' afked a couutryniĆ¼n of D. H. lknnet, lately of the irisane nylum. " Oh, no," was the reply ; " I have been to the inpane asylum and ara oured ; a man never runs a newsnnpfr after be is i cuied."-

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Subjects
Old News
Michigan Argus