Thursday, June the 24th, 2004
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“‘The horse is dead, then? Where is the bill?’ 'I'll read it to you: THE BILL.Horse-doctor's fees $125.50 Paregoric for cough 80.00 Galvanic battery 10.00 Repairing stable 12.25 Potts' cow, pigs, apple trees and baby 251.00 Damage to door-knobs, etc. 175.00 Louisa's hymn-book 00.25 Gimlet and injections 15.00 Repairing Patrick's ribs 145.00 Music on accordion 21.00 Damages to player 184 .00 Burying six boys 995.00'” — Charles Heber Clark (Max Adeler), Elbow-Room