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 24 Merry Tales

A citizen that was more tender of himſelf, than his wife, uſually in cold weather made her go to bed firſt, and when her fat buttocks had ſufficiently warmed his place, he came and removed her out of it, and lay in it himſelf; and to make himſelf merry, called her his warming-pan. She not being able to endure this indignity any longer, one night (ſir reverence) beſhit the bed. He ridded into it, and finding himſelf in a ſtinking condition cried out, O wife, I am be-ſnit! No, huſband, ſays ſhe, it is only a coal dropt out of the warming-pan.

A young gentleman, late of the country, having more wit than money, and not paying his chamber, ſtudy, or commons, was indebted to the houſe, and it was thereupon ordered that his chamber ſhould be ſeized. He hearing thereof, cried, I'll remedy that I am reſolved, and ſo preſently went and took the chamber-door off the hinges and locked it up in his cloſe. The officers coming to ſix a padlock thereon, found themſelves diſappointed, and ſearching the room found not any thing worth their ſeizure.

Thus I conclude this little books Of Riddles, Jokes, and Tales, Which may create a cheerful look, When other methods fails.

FINIS.

GLASGOW,

Printed by J. & M. Robertson, (No. 20,) Saltmarket, 1800