Upon the death of the senior partner of an Australian firm a notice
of the sad event was sent to, amongst others, a German lithographic
establishment. The clerk in this German house, who was instructed to
answer the communication, wrote the following letter of condolence:--
“We are greatly pained to hear of the loss sustained by your firm,
and extend to you our heartiest sympathy. We notice the circular you
sent us announcing Mr. S----’s death is lithographed by Messrs.----.
We regret that you did not see your way to let us estimate for the
printing of the same. The next time there is a bereavement in your
house we will be glad to quote you for the lithographic circulars,
and are confident that we can give you better work at less cost
than anybody else in the business. Trusting that we may soon have
an opportunity of quoting you our prices, we remain, with profound
sympathy, yours truly,----.”
An American journal, describing a new counterfeit bank-note, says the
vignette is “cattle and hogs, with a church far in the distance”--a
good illustration of the world.
95. On a square piece of paper mark 12 circles as shown in diagram.
The puzzle is to divide the figure into four pieces of equal size,
each piece to be of the same shape, and to contain three circles,
without getting into any of them.
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