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Harper's Round Table, October 8, 1895

CERTITUDE.

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When I hang up the racket, The paddle, and bat, When my red Tam o' Shanter Supplants my straw hat; When the cranberry's ripe and The turkey is fat, Thanksgiving is coming, I'm certain of that!

Walter. "Papa, how do you pronounce W-o-r-c-e-s-t-e-r?"

Papa. "Wooster."

Walter. "Well, if Worcester is pronounced Wooster, why isn't Rochester pronounced Rooster?"

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