A MISCONCEPTION.

A BARBER having a dispute with a parish clerk on a point of grammar, the

latter said it was a downright _barbarism, indeed_. "What!" exclaimed

the other, "do you mean to insult me? _Barberism, indeed!_ I'd have you

to know that a barber can speak as good grammar as a parish clerk any

day in the week."

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