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Northern Illinois University
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New York Weekly
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v. 26 no. 31
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New York Weekly, v. XXVI, no. 31, June 15, 1871 (Issue) |
| Author: |
Doesticks, Q. K. Philander, 1831-1875
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June 15, 1871 |
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Well, I've tried the celebrated "banting system" for reducing fat folks to their proper dimensions, and keeping one man form going about a perfect walking-tub of lard, while his poor neighbor is so lean that if he was tried out in a tallow factory he wouldn't yield fat enough to grease his boots. |
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