Caption: Sophograph - 1891
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THE OPHOGKAI'll. ing. 1 was introduced <> several of thera who < all helped to make things pleasant to me,8howing me their treasures or ancienl things and giving me the histories (A' many of them." ^Finally the meeting was called to order, ami. after the preliminaries the possible history of the old book which I lave mentioned was brought into discussion. Mauv theories were advanced bo explain certain t h i n g s about i t : member stating that the picture representing an animal with long ears must have been an illustration of the class of people who lived at the time of its publication; another declared that it must have been the gentleman with the p l u g hat on who lived in t h e year n i n e t y - o n e and w h o STOt " i n tile hook." "\\ last one aro and f ried to </\ isfactory interpretation "I" tie- word r>pho1 graph. M v intei e i in t he "Id b >ok had steadily increa ed till I heard the 1 member ment ion t he word ph a 1 could stand it no longer, hat ran rrani to <he president a table, where. l ;,M must v. lay a coy of ? he b »gus H >ph ph. U M\ agon) of mind w nnb ble. I iced the audience, but had no soone > d my mouth to enlighten tho nt irians, than it was p >mptly filled with water by my room-mate who a1 me, with tears of laughter in his ej . t hat it was b I' ist t ime. which was likewise am in< the loud piping of whistles all vn." i
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